1481281392085

December 9, 2016

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 2024

M T W T F S S

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

« Oct

November 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

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

Recent Posts
- Belfast Maine fish company to double production, add 40-50 workers
  
  BELFAST, Maine — At Ducktrap River of Maine, the smokers — and employees — are working six days a week to meet the ever-increasing demand for Read More »
- New crab fishing vessel is completed by Macduff Shipyards
  
  Macduff Shipyards has signed over its latest new build vessel Euroclydon (GY77). It is the second crabbing fishing boat built by the yard in a space Read More »
- Mass. Senate approves lobster processing bill
  
  The state Senate on Thursday approved legislation allowing the processing and sale of frozen, in-shell lobster parts in the state. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bruce Read More »
- Navigating the maze of rules
  
  Take bluefin tuna, for instance. Recreational anglers are allowed one bluefin per boat between 27 and 73 inches. However, recreational anglers fishing on a charter boat Read More »
- Doctor becomes friend after he saves local fisherman’s arm
  
  A Narragansett fisherman, Capt. David Tyrrell, nearly died after a serious onboard accident three years ago. Thanks to a miraculous medical procedure from Lifespan orthopedics surgeon Read More »
- New Jersey fishing industry wonders if it can coexist with Biden’s planned massive wind farms
  
  Clammers like Charlie Quintana are back from two days at sea on the Christy. Quintana worries about climate change: He says he’s noticed a change in Read More »
- What Canadians think of the Blue Economy
  
  Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray released findings Friday of an engagement process on its Blue Economy Strategy, which aims to make better use of Canada’s Read More »
- “NO PIPE, NO WAY” Northern Pulp effluent pipe protest draws huge crowds on land and sea in Pictou
  
  Hundreds of people from all three Maritime provinces gathered Friday in Pictou, N.S., to protest Northern Pulp’s plan to put an effluent pipe into the Northumberland Read More »
- Sitka scallop fishery a test of one entrepreneur’s ingenuity and skill
  
  On days when Evan O’Brien isn’t diving for pink swimming scallops or harvesting gooseneck barnacles off steep rock faces at low tide you can find him Read More »
- Fairhaven man sentenced for making hoax distress calls to U.S. Coast Guard
  
  A Fairhaven man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with sending three false distress messages to the U.S. Coast Guard over Read More »
- Common property
  
  Almost four decades ago, a Juneau salmon seiner by the name of Wayne Alex filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the state of Alaska from taxing Read More »
- Georgia food shrimp harvest season opens June 18
  
  Georgia’s 2024 commercial and recreational food shrimp season will open in state waters at 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The opening applies to Georgia’s territorial Read More »
- At-Sea Monitoring 2019 Coverage Levels and Reimbursement for Groundfish Sector Fishery
  
  NOAA Fisheries announces that for fishing year 2019 the total target at-sea monitoring coverage level is 31 percent of all groundfish sector trips. Additionally, for fishing Read More »
- New marketing efforts in Maine could benefit everyone in the industry by leading to increased demand, says Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley.
  
  MacKinley said he thinks what is happening in Maine could lead to higher prices for Island lobster fishermen. “The more lobsters that we can move, the Read More »
- Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
  
  Back in the sixties and seventies, “Save the Whales” was the exclusive domain of the political left. As Bob Dylan might say, “The times they are Read More »
- FISH-NL leaders to meet with Labour Relations Board, address reporters on Friday
  
  The leaders of an upstart union movement in Newfoundland and Labrador will reveal their strategy for a certification bid Friday, months after launching a bitter and Read More »
- Cape Sable Island fisherman reflects on industry changes of past 65 years
  
  There’s been a world of change since Cape Sable Island fisherman Clifford (Babe) Goreham first started out in the lobster fishing industry 65 years ago. A Read More »
- Fishery Council Sends Letters to Obama on Impacts of Marine National Monuments
  
  The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is hopeful that when President Obama arrives in Honolulu tomorrow, he will acknowledge the $100 million commercial fishing industry Read More »
- Public Comment Period Reopened for Acadian Redfish Action — DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS IS 1/22/13
  
  NOAA Fisheries today announced that it has reopened the public comment period for an Acadian redfish-related proposed rule that published on November 8, 2012. Deadline for Read More »
- The heroic efforts of the Ernestina’s crew during the No Name storm of 1991
  
  The 1991 No-Name Storm became a “where were you when” moment,,, Two of our close friends, Brad Anderson and Alexandra de Steiguer, were out in the storm, Read More »
- TV crabber nets Conch Key lodge, marina
  
  “Deadliest Catch” crabber Erik James didn’t just check into a room at the Bayview Inn Motel & Marina, he bought all 11 rooms, the bay bottom Read More »
- Could marina project turn back the clock for New Smyrna?
  
  NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Several decades ago, crowds would flock to the banks of to see fishermen offload their day’s bounty — boxes, sometimes hundreds of them, teeming Read More »
- David S. Oakes has set sail for his final port.
  
  South Thomaston — David S. “Oakesey” Oakes, 46, a true captain and hero, died doing what he loved, off the shores of Cape Ann in Massachusetts, Read More »
- We need Stephanie Hawke – Mark Jones
  
  Dear Editor: Being a lobsterman for the last 45 years, I would ask you to support Stephanie Hawke for House Seat 89 in the Maine legislature. Read More »
- F/V Rebecca Mary Crew Credited for Early Communication, Fast Action During Sinking
  
  The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is crediting a heads-up crew and early communication with the Coast Guard for saving lives during last year’s sinking of Read More »