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Video: Coast Guard rescues 5 fishermen from F/V Nobska ablaze 85 miles east of Cape Cod

May 1, 2021 New England

The Coast Guard rescued five mariners from a vessel fire 85 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Friday. At approximately 5 p.m. Coast Guard First District watchstanders received an EPIRB notification from the 100-foot trawler Nobska. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod crews were launched and when they arrived on scene the bow and wheelhouse of the vessel were engulfed in flames and all five Nobska crew members were on the stern. >click to read/watch< 11:15

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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

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Video: Coast Guard rescues 5 fishermen from F/V Nobska ablaze 85 miles east of Cape Cod

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Fishing trawler stable after taking on water off southern Labrador

The Governor needs to fix the dysfunction at the Division of Marine Fisheries

Commercial Tuna Fisherman Pete Battaglia and dozens of others working in the tuna industry are stuck in American Samoa

The heartbreak of lost Shea Heights fishermen, for friends, families and reporters alike – Jonathan Crowe

DNR Releases 2013 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Numbers

Lobster fisherman ruined financially by the Long Island Sound lobster die-off, escapes a prison sentence

B.C. fish processors spewing potentially dangerous bloodwater into key salmon migration corridor

Mayor wants New Bedford voice on NEFMC

BIG STORY! – Prodigy to pariah: N.J. oysterman’s bizarre battle with the state

Buyer found for Newlyn’s Fishermen’s Mission

EDITORIAL: Ocean imbalance

Corporate Green Washing: WWF International accused of ‘selling its soul’ to corporations

Loved ones gather for reading of 264 names on Fishermen’s Memorial and the Blessing of the Fleet

Fishermen Question Cod-Fishing Ban Data -one boat couldn’t catch any cod — and that boat happens to belong to the U.S. government.”

South Australia rejects proposed Southern Ocean offshore wind energy zone over lobster industry concern

Positive outlook for SE Alaska commercial net fisheries

Louisiana has an ambitious $50 billion plan to fight coastal wetlands erosion. But will it work?

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, September 21, 2014

New regulations for commercial Dungeness crab fishery now in effect

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Ron McKinley wants TFW exemption for lobster processing plants

Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association questions LFA23 lobster extension

Trump Orders Review Of National Monuments, Including The First In The Atlantic Ocean

EPA fines American Seafoods nearly $1 million for Clean Water Act violations

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