Queensland – Massive air and sea search near Fraser Island for missing prawn trawler “Cassandra” fishermen

April 5, 2016 International News

The two men were on board a prawn trawler that capsized off Fraser Island and they haven’t been seen since. A flotilla of of trawlers joined the search on Monday which also involved two rescue helicopters, a plane and two volunteer marine rescue units. To Read Click here Related story- A search for two prawn fishermen missing in rough seas off Queensland’s Fraser Coast has been called off for a second day. The prospects of finding the men alive are “looking quite grim”, rescuers say. The trawler was last seen about 3:00am on Monday about five nautical miles off Waddy Point. It was found overturned about three hours later. To Read Click here 11:23

F/V Cassandra, prawn trawler “Cassandra”, Queensland Coast

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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