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One of Three Defendants in Waldoboro Lobster Boat Arson Case Pleads Guilty

October 14, 2015 New England

One of three men charged with arson for allegedly burning a Waldoboro boathouse containing a 36-foot lobster boat in 2012 pleaded guilty in Lincoln County Superior Court Oct. 1. Sentencing for the class A arson charge was continued so Luce could testify against his co-defendants, Frederick Campbell, 31, and James Simmons, 40, both of Friendship, District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau said. Campbell and Simmons have been charged with two counts of class A arson each. Read the rest here 17:24

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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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