Atlantic Canadian commercial fishing industry calls for clear regulatory oversight for all fisheries

December 22, 2020 Canada

The Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA), a newly formed alliance of commercial fishery stakeholders, is calling on the Government of Canada to establish clear, lasting, responsible, regulatory oversight for all fisheries – commercial, food, social, and ceremonial. Established in Nov. 2020, the UFCA represents thousands of multi-species commercial fishermen, fishery associations, and associated businesses from across Atlantic Canada and its membership is growing. “It is essential that every community, association and fisherman in the Atlantic fishery have certainty as to the rules they abide by. Clear rules, regulations, compliance, and enforcement are needed.” >click to read< 07:30

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
- Snow crab producers compelled to respond to 2022 market challenges
  
  The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), representing the majority of Newfoundland and Labrador based snow crab producers, issued a media release today, saying the industry is Read More »
- Time passes but the Otter remains the same
  
  Walt Fossek is 88 years young, and his boat, the Otter, is 104 years old. Both wear their age well. Fossek is active, mentally sharp and Read More »
- Contessi Launches Fresher Trawler for Rawson
  
  The Contessi shipyard in Mar del Plata launched at the beginning of August a new coastal fresher trawler built to fish from the port of Rawson Read More »
- The surprising reason you might be seeing more jellyfish in the sea this summer
  
  Scientists have discovered that offshore wind farms and oil and gas platforms provide an ideal habitat in which the creatures can thrive. Until now, the rapid Read More »
- MACHIAS, Maine – Despite two good scallop years, lean season predicted ahead
  
  Scallop fisherman enjoyed a banner year in 2013, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, but they are likely to have smaller catches next season Read More »
- Time to challenge the fisheries oligarchs
  
  On the fish-catching side of the equation, the federal government distributes fish quotas under the so-called Individual Transferable Quota System (ITQ). It means that a licence Read More »
- On the Fraser: Return of the sockeye
  
  535!,” bellows Oswald as sockeye slip into a slurry of ice, all destined for a fish-processing plant in Steveston. For the first time this season, 250 Read More »
- As Asian Carp Invade Tennessee, State Asks Fishermen To Help Fight Back
  
  The scale of the asian carp problem has gotten considerably worse in recent years as the invasive species moves further into Tennessee. The state Wildlife Resources Read More »
- Coast Guard medevacs ailing fisherman 170 miles northwest of St. Paul Island, Alaska
  
  Coast Guard 17th District command center watchstanders received a request from Health Force Partners in Seattle that a 22-year-old man aboard was ill and needed a Read More »
- Parents of reality show star, overdose victim Adam Moser, invited by Trump to opioid speech
  
  East Kingston’s Jim and Jeanne Moser stood in front of President Donald Trump in the White House’s East Room Thursday with a photo of their son Read More »
- US Fish-Bill Unity – Sam Parisi
  
  Recently, Fisherman Jon Johnson wrote an opinion piece in Fisherynation.com (Why Fishermen Fail To Unite and Resist Being Swept Off of Our Historic Fishing Grounds) about Read More »
- Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for December 5th 2016 Has Arrived!
  
  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. – We are Direct to Read More »
- Marine Sanctuary’s. The Focus is Eliminating Fishing, but only for Humans!
  
  The team gathered information from two data sets — satellite and geolocation animal tracking data, and a database of 24 conditions caused by humans that put Read More »
- Meet the seal seller keeping Good Friday traditions alive in Newfoundland
  
  The seal hunt is not what it used to be, and neither is the habit of eating flippers on Good Friday, but at least one retailer Read More »
- HPMAs: Tiree’s economy could sink unless plans are scrapped
  
  In Tiree, there are good years and bad years. Years when crab and lobster are plentiful, years when they are not. Small boats work using fixed-line, Read More »
- Fishermen attack govt offices
  
  Kannur, Jun 26 : Fishermen attacked four State Government Offices of the Executive Engineer (Harbor Engineering Department), Fisheries Station- Kannur and Awareness Center at Mapila Bay Read More »
- Canada, U.S. researchers gathering virtually to report on right whales
  
  Researchers from Canada and the U.S. are gathering virtually this week for an annual conference that focuses on an endangered whale species. The North Atlantic Right Read More »
- Florida Keys spiny lobster industry hit by housing crisis, labor shortage
  
  Living where you work in Florida is a real problem for thousands of state residents, and it’s causing problems across industries. Harvesting spiny lobster, also known Read More »
- No worries! – BSEE, Coast Guard Responding to Loss of Well Control Incident in Gulf of Mexico
  
  The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Coast Guard are responding to a loss of well control event at Vermilion Block 356 in Read More »
- ‘Seasickness covers you like a shawl’ — my week on a Cornish trawler learning to fish
  
  Though I set my alarm for 5.45am for this, my first morning on the Filadelfia, I sleep right through and rouse to find it is 9am Read More »
- Monterey Bay anchovy numbers in decline, groups say
  
  Geoff Shester, the California program manager for the conservation group Oceana, said, “The problem is we know anchovy goes way up and way down. What was Read More »
- California fishermen in 2012 caught most Chinook salmon since 2005
  
  The 2012 king salmon commercial fishing season was the best in California in nearly a decade, according to a new report that also offers hope for Read More »
- Small Filipino fishermen losers in sea dispute
  
  While the Philippine government has taken the territorial dispute to the United Nations’ arbitral tribunal, the livelihood of small fishermen on the western coast of Luzon Read More »
- Chasing Chinook: following Idaho’s migrating fish from the “Ocean to Idaho”
  
  Kris Millgate has been traveling like crazy lately. Her schedule is relentless, similar to the migrating fish she is following. There’s little time for showers — Read More »
- Making demersal seines more precise
  
  Demersal seines are so effective that the haul can become unmanageable. It has also been difficult to avoid bycatches when using them. Since 2013, fisheries researchers Read More »