DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos says NY commercial fishermen ‘getting a raw deal’

November 14, 2017 Mid Atlantic

New York commercial fishermen are “getting a raw deal” in federal fisheries quotas, and the state will follow through on a lawsuit early next year if meetings in December don’t fix the problem, the state’s top fisheries official said last week. At a meeting at the East Hampton Public Library on Thursday, Basil Seggos, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, listened to two full hours of complaints about state and federal regulations and management of fisheries, including restrictive quotas, inaccurate fish-population data, difficulty in getting and transferring permits, and “Gestapo”-like tactics of federal observers on local fishing vessels. click here to read the story 10:10

Assemb. Fred Thiele, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Attorney Daniel Rodgers, Basil Seggos, Bonnie Brady, Chuck Morici, Department of Environmental Conservation., federal fisheries quotas, Federal regulations, fisherman Hank Lackner, fisherman Phil Karlin, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, inaccurate fish-population data, New York Fish, NY commercial fishermen, observers, restrictive quotas, Sen. Kenneth LaValle, will follow through on a lawsuit

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
December 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 31

« Nov

December 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	31

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
- Oregon: Bay crabbing closures leave businesses empty
  
  The Oct. 15 closure of both recreational and commercial crabbing came as quite a surprise to many local businesses who rely on bay crabbing in the Read More »
- IFAW Officials Disappointed with Lobsterman Association’s Position on Whale Issue
  
  The Yarmouth Port-based International Fund for Animal Welfare is expressing disappointment for the Maine Lobstermen’s Association decision to withdraw its support for the Take Reduction Team Read More »
- Fit to Serve? Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District has a poacher on its board of commissioners.
  
  Commissioner Aaron Newman, on the eve of trial, recently entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors in which he admitted to misdemeanor charges of illegally obtaining Read More »
- Work ramps up on Western Flyer
  
  Sitting in the pilot house of the Western Flyer, the fishing boat that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took down to the Sea of Cortez, shipwright Read More »
- As the Pacific sardine population keeps dropping, the feds come under scrutiny
  
  On April 8, the Pacific Fishery Management Council – a body of appointed officials that regulates fisheries off the West Coast – will be presented with Read More »
- A Very Special Holiday Message From Governor Larry Hogan
  
  10:20 Read More »
- Possible Scotian Shelf Blowout aftermath: To protect fishery, nix toxic oil dispersants
  
  The fishing banks of the Scotian Shelf have supported coastal communities and the fishery for more than 300 years because our industry is both highly successful Read More »
- Forearm-sized prawn caught in Gulf of Carpentaria
  
  A photo of the prawn sent to the ABC by Kai Thomas has generated plenty of interest on social media this week, with fishermen comparing their Read More »
- New York DEC Will Talk About Licensing With Commercial Fishermen This Fall
  
  State lawmakers said this week that they have persuaded the State Department of Environmental Conservation to meet with commercial fishermen to talk about expanding how many Read More »
- UK fishing town warns Boris Johnson over Brexit
  
  Welsh fishmonger Lenny Walters has a warning for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he celebrates his one-month anniversary in office on Saturday. If he goes back Read More »
- Annual Blessing of the Fleet Returns to Stonington Borough
  
  As Stonington has done for over 60 years, the St. Mary community will celebrate the annual Blessing of the Fleet. This is to honor present and Read More »
- DEM seizes 9ft tuna from Massachusetts charter they say was fishing illegally in RI waters
  
  The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management seized a 113-inch giant bluefin tuna from a Massachusetts charter boat last week and issued a criminal summons for Read More »
- Rare blue crab found in Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau
  
  Missouri Department of Conservation resource scientists found an unexpected guest recently when they pulled a net during fish sampling in the Mississippi River. Southeast Missouri State Read More »
- F/V Frøyanes: Ice-Capable Trawler/Crabber for Norwegian Barents Sea Fishing Company
  
  Norwegian fishing company Ervik Havfiske recently took delivery of a new shrimp trawler built to a design by naval architecture firm Marin Teknikk. The steel-hulled F/V Read More »
- Alaska Salmon Fish Skins are a Work of Art
  
  I’m Stephanie Mangini. Her teachings and passion is Alaska. It was September 4th 2002 when Audrey Armstrong was mesmerized by a king salmon she had caught. Read More »
- Commercial Fisherman George Mendonsa, whose Times Square kiss became an iconic photo, dies at 95
  
  George Mendonsa never doubted that he was the sailor in Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous photo from Times Square, when news broke in 1945 that Japan had surrendered Read More »
- $20m deal for New Zealand seafood secured with a signed EU-NZ FTA
  
  New Zealand seafood will gain $20 million in tariff reductions when the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union comes into force in the first Read More »
- Owl rescued by fishing crew 100 miles out to sea
  
  A long-eared owl shocked crew on board a fishing boat over 100 miles off the north coast of Scotland. The bird was rescued by a crew Read More »
- Fishing industry rattled as white spot disease breaks barriers
  
  It was the outbreak they were expecting, but hoping would never come to pass. Concern and uncertainty seem to the prevailing moods amongst the Queensland commercial Read More »
- Clyde Fishermen’s Trust raise over £37,000 to help in recovery operation of two missing fishermen on Loch Fyne
  
  The Clyde Fishermen’s Trust have started a crowdfunding page to help in the recovery operation of fishermen Duncan MacDougall and Przemek Krawczyk who have been missing Read More »
- Plan to rebuild south coast cod stocks announced
  
  A rebuilding plan for cod stocks off the south coast of Newfoundland was announced Wednesday in conjunction with a 15 per cent increase in the total Read More »
- The Western Flyer has drawn the attention of a Canadian documentary filmmaker.
  
  “This is a part of our history,” said Ian Hinkle, a former resident of Port Townsend who now lives in Victoria. “It’s sad to see a Read More »
- Suffolk Closeup: Drill, baby … spill? – using the precise words of the oil industry — an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy.
  
  Despite the 2010 offshore oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, despite the U.S. suddenly becoming the top oil producer in the world and despite Read More »
- Fishermen catch a 1,076 pound Mako, second-largest shark ever from Nova Scotia waters
  
  It was a big year for the Lockeport Sea Derby with big sharks and a big turnout. There were a few records set including the biggest Read More »
- Letter: Brexit mess will last for decades
  
  Last-minute negotiations were all about the fishing industry. Instead of helping them the fishermen have been badly let down, being paid £23million in compensation. We are unable Read More »