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Charleston, OR – F/V Drill Conductor Workshop

August 13, 2015 Pacific

CHARLESTON — The Alaska Marine Safety Education will be offering a two-day drill conductor course Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The course is free for commercial fisherman and meets training requirement 46CFR28.270.Participants will learn emergency procedures and the use of safety equipment aboard commercial fishing vessels. This class will be physically demanding, including timed immersions suit donning, entering the water and liferaft, starting dewatering pumps, extinguishing fires, etc. Register online at www.amsea.org, call Steve Kee at 541-756-9224 or email him at [email protected]. Link 11:53

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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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Charleston, OR – F/V Drill Conductor Workshop

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

Video: Fisherman airlifted by Coast Guard to South Jersey hospital

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Serving up Asian Carp

Southeastern P.E.I. lobster fishers prep for spring setting day

NOAA: Final Rule for Amendment 21 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan

A Maine lobsterman rescues a very lucky dog off North Haven

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 08, 2023

Gig Harbor fishing boat sailed for 77 years

Stakeholders hope for more input, more preparedness for potential cod fishery

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Due to high fuel costs, shortage of fresh fish anticipated in Andalucia

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