CBCNews – A 36-year-old man has died after he fell off a fishing boat in the waters off Richmond last night, Vancouver police said on Sunday. The Coast Guard was called to the boat around 8:40 p.m. PT on Saturday. Two crewmates had pulled the man back on board by the time the rescue hovercraft arrived. continued
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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
My name is Scott Brown and am a seasoned fisherman of the West coast.I don,t appreciate vague reports like this with no follow ups.
I can appreciate that Scott, and just as soon as I get an update, I’ll post it.
Do you have any info you can share with us?
No, its just after decades of loosing friends to the water I become anxious when I hear news like this.
Believe me. I understand.
Still no update. I’m looking for one.