Scotland: Fishing industry faces a storm like no other

March 26, 2020 International News

It may be well used to dark skies and rough waters, but never has Scotland’s fishing sector seen a storm like this one. As an industry it’s worth £316 million annually to the Scottish economy, but with export markets and the domestic restaurant trade collapsing due to the coronavirus outbreak, the potential losses have been described as ‘terrifying’ by industry representatives.,, With demand from the domestic restaurant trade and export markets falling away the fishing industry is facing a crisis that few could have predicted. >click to read< 09:03

commercial fishermen, Coronavirus, fishing industry, Scotland, Scottish economy

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
- Lack of Trust muddies the water in UK fishing industry, (it muddies all waters, not just in the UK)
  
  A survey of UK fishermen has revealed low levels of trust in key government organisations and scientists. The authors of the study say it is an Read More »
- Atlantic Canada snow crab fishery hopes for another banner year
  
  But concern over high fuel prices, fear of U.S. recession dampens hopes for one Nova Scotia processor. The snow crab fishery in Atlantic Canada is gearing Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44′ 11″ X 19′ Novi Dragger, Cat 3406C Diesel
  
  To review specifications, information, and 10 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:33 Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 34.8′ Wood/Fiberglass Lobster boat, 8 Cylinder Detroit 8.2 Diesel, Permits and Gear
  
  Specifications, information and 7 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:11 Read More »
- N.B. reports first cases of infectious salmon anaemia since 2012
  
  Canada’s Food Inspection Agency is reporting the first New Brunswick cases of infectious salmon anaemia in four years. Four separate incidents have been documented in the Read More »
- Keeping it real with eels
  
  ROCKPORT — There is much that still is not known about the American eel. But that’s hardly the fault of Eric Hutchins. Hutchins, a NOAA fisheries Read More »
- RCMP investigating Mi’kmaq lobster boat tie-up line slashing allegation
  
  The RCMP are opening a criminal investigation into a report that nine lobster fishing boats operated by Mi’kmaq fishers were purposely cut loose from a wharf Read More »
- Into the ice: A crab boat’s quest for snow crab in a Bering Sea upended by climate change
  
  Aboard the F/V Pinnacle in the Bering Sea. Through the wheelhouse window, Capt. Mark Casto spotted a white line on the horizon. The edge of an Read More »
- Mayport fishing vessels scramble for docks in Jacksonville in advance of Hurricane Irma
  
  The entire First Coast shrimping and fishing fleet is in the process of moving away from the coast and into a safer docking space in downtown Read More »
- Hundreds swarm Boothbay Harbor for Maine’s first lobster boat races of 2019
  
  As Maine as lobster rolls, blueberries and Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy, the 2019 lobster boat racing season began Saturday in Boothbay Harbor. Under sunny skies and Read More »
- North Pacific Fishery Management Council staff defend catch sharing plan
  
  FAIRBANKS — A proposed plan to allocate halibut catch shares between charter and commercial boats will not necessarily lead to a one-fish per day limit for charter Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association is working on relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Laura in the Gulf
  
  Doug Cross of Pamlico Packing and Meade Amory are working on accumulating seafood and other items that will be trucked to Amory Seafood in Virginia and Read More »
- New York: Bill Enabling Easier Transfer of Family Fishing Licenses is Now Law
  
  The new law amends the environmental conservation law allowing the Department of Environmental Conservation to transfer certain commercial fishing licenses to immediate family members in cases Read More »
- Senate winner will inherit fishing crisis
  
  The winner of Tuesday’s special election for the U.S. Senate will face a number of issues, but perhaps none tougher than representing a diminished and dispirited Read More »
- How towns are affected by reduced fishing fleets
  
  Over the years I have seen our fleet in Gloucester, Mass decline. As a former fisherman in the sixties we had about two hundred draggers, and Read More »
- Norwegian authorities arrest Latvian trawler with crew of 30 people
  
  The Independent Barents Observer reported that the Latvian boat was detained last week as its crew was illegally crabbing in the Norwegian shelf in the Svalbard Read More »
- Coast Guard honors Steamship Authority Capt. Raymond Oliver for saving the lives of three fishermen
  
  “I’m humbled to be in a roomful of heroes,” Capt. Raymond Oliver said Tuesday at The Southeastern Massachusetts Port Safety and Security Forum at the Cape Read More »
- Panama City Fishermen going where the ice is
  
  Necessities in the commercial fishing world are few. Beyond a fueled boat, a vessel’s captain only needs the gear, the men, bait and ice to preserve Read More »
- Wreck of trawler which collided with Condor freight ship ‘located on seabed’
  
  The wreck of the trawler involved in a collision with the Commodore Goodwill has been located on the seabed in up to 50 metres of water, Read More »
- Millions of shellfish are dying off before they can be harvested at Island Scallops
  
  The deteriorating health of B.C.’s oceans is impacting not only the province’s marine life, but also its economy. Millions of shellfish are dying off before they Read More »
- Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Fishery News
  
  Pacific Islands Fishery News is the newsletter of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. The latest edition of the Pacific Islands Fishery News is now Read More »
- Finally, California Seeks Federal Disaster Declarations for Commercial Crab Fishing
  
  In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. today requested federal declarations of a fishery disaster and a commercial Read More »
- One Year After The Sinking, Crab Fishermen Remember The F/V Destination — And Take Extra Precautions
  
  This Sunday, Feb. 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the loss of the F/V Destination. Its sinking ranks as the Bering Sea crab fleet’s deadliest accident Read More »
- Save an Endangered Species – Support Your Local Lobster Fishermen
  
  Whether we realize it or not, commercial fishermen help us all live better. Fishermen are an integral part of the local economy. Think of all the Read More »
- Snow crab fishermen plead guilty for failing to accurately report catch weight
  
  A number of snow crab fishers pleaded guilty in a P.E.I. court Thursday to violations of the Fisheries Act following a Department of Fisheries and Oceans Read More »