2 views on Vineyard Wind delay

August 20, 2019 New England

In the letter below to two Trump cabinet secretaries, Markey, Kennedy, and others adopt a far more moderate stance, imploring two cabinet secretaries to find a way for fishing and offshore wind to coexist in “mixed-use regions offshore.” Meanwhile, the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, which represents fishing interests, applauded the Trump administration for slowing the process down and gathering more data. >click to read<

offshore wind farm, RODA, Vineyard Wind

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
April 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

« Mar

April 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
- Federal grant giving ice-making equipment to Marshfield, Newburyport and Chatham fishing fleets
  
  The USDA recently awarded $480,000 to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, which will use the grant, in part, to purchase ice making equipment for three Read More »
- Watch new Serene being launched in Poland
  
  A NEW 82-metre pelagic trawler made for the Whalsay based Serene Fishing Company has been launched in Poland. A ceremony for the partly-outfitted vessel took place Read More »
- Job Opening! NOAA – Title: Director, Office of Enforcement – Can YOU Cut the Mustard?
  
  Salary Range: $120,479.00 to $181,500.00 / Per Year – Duty Location: 1 vacancy in the following location: Silver Spring, MD – Job Summary: Unlock secrets in deep Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 140′ Raised Foc’sle Mid Water Trawler, (2) CATS D399’s, Federal Permits
  
  For specifications, and information and 7 photos of the vessel, click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:29 Read More »
- Bristol Bay fishermen renew call for input on Pebble Mine as commercial fishing season opens
  
  Commercial fishing season is underway in Bristol Bay; but instead of focusing all their attention on their catches, fishermen are focused on the future the Pebble Read More »
- Whale deaths in NC and along the East Coast have officials searching for answers
  
  On Jan. 7, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale calf was found dead, wedged under a pier in Morehead City. In the previous month, three Read More »
- Not Fake News! Low salinity suspected for poor crab harvest in Upper Chesapeake
  
  At the beginning of July, media across Maryland delivered good news for those planning a traditional feast of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs on Independence Day.,,, “The survey Read More »
- The Fraser River could have the biggest salmon run in B.C. history this summer, with up to 72 million sockeye returning.
  
  “I mean, it’s hard to fathom,” Rollie Rose, president of Sooke Salmon Charters Ltd., said in an interview of the magnitude of the projections from the Read More »
- Fisherman Charged in Wife’s Lake Killing Despite No Body
  
  A commercial fisherman’s story about his wife disappearing into the depths of Lake Erie on a boating trip isn’t adding up, and Pennsylvania authorities believe they Read More »
- Could a seal cull help cod recover? It’s not so simple, scientist says
  
  The equation seems simple: seals eat fish, fish are declining, kill the seals, fish recover. But experts warn that many factors need to be considered before Read More »
- The Financial Viability of New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Farms Possibly in Jeopardy
  
  The final nail in the coffin for offshore wind energy projects on the East Coast might be in danger by the policies of the very same Read More »
- SAFMC Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel Meeting
  
  Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EST (Sorry for the late post!) Webinar sign in here. 12:03 Read More »
- US fishermen lose quota in new fishing pact with Canada
  
  American fishermen are losing thousands of pounds of valuable fishing quota under a new catch share agreement with Canada. Fishermen from the U.S. and Canada seek Read More »
- Crew member stabbed on Dutch Harbor commercial fishing boat
  
  A 28-year-old fisherman was arrested after stabbing another crew member on a commercial fishing boat in the Aleutian fishing hub of Dutch Harbor Friday, Unalaska police Read More »
- Nantucket Fisherman Finds a Digital Lifeline for His Fading Livelihood – Video
  
  For many years now, Willis Blount, the last offshore commercial fisherman still operating around Nantucket, once the center of the country’s whaling industry, has been having Read More »
- Opinion: Fish union’s delay tactics appalling
  
  It is disgraceful what is happening in Newfoundland and Labrador. Our government declared our food supply essential weeks ago. Those involved had to step up, despite Read More »
- Big changes, worry of lower prices in Maine Elver fishery
  
  Nearly 22% of that quota is assigned to the state’s four Indian tribes, with the largest share going to the Passamaquoddies. The remainder of the quota Read More »
- White sharks aren’t the issue. Gray seals are – amend the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act
  
  Last summer’s white shark attacks off Cape Cod beaches, one resulting in the first human fatality in the state in over 80 years, highlight the fact Read More »
- Commercial King Mackerel Season to Re-open for Two Days November 1
  
  The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the commercial season for king mackerel in Louisiana waters, previously closed on September 20, will re-open at 12:01 Read More »
- HALIBUT FEST: celebrating Homer’s big flatfish
  
  Homer and halibut go hand in hand. After all, anyone can see from the top of Baycrest hill that Homer is the “Halibut Fishing Capital of Read More »
- Young captain bets on NJ’s commercial fishing industry with new boat
  
  As the sun rose on the docks in Point Pleasant Thursday morning, a rare sight for many New Jersey longtime fisherman came into view: a new Read More »
- How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?
  
  No one confessed to knowing that, just a few weeks before, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, an agenda setting program for sustainability-minded seafood buyers and Read More »
- Shrimp season may be slow, opens June 20
  
  Georgia’s shrimp season should start well when it opens June 20, but scientists and shrimpers expect it will taper off as fall settles in the Golden Read More »
- Is there a dark side to North Carolina’s fishing heritage? Just more ENGO bunk?
  
  According to David Sneed there is! Plenty of colorful stories about our state’s heritage of commercial fishing are published on a regular basis across North Carolina Read More »
- Gulf shrimpers contend with falling prices, tainted imports
  
  Worrying about bills and plummeting shrimp prices, Dwayne Harrison stopped to apply for a mowing job one morning recently before dropping his nets in the Houston Read More »