crab processors doing business in Alaska

Tag Archives: crab processors doing business in Alaska

Crab Certification Audit Complete, as Crabbers Await Stock Survey Results – Walmart, again, is part of the conversation.

August 8, 2013 North Pacific

Prices are down a bit, but demand remains strong, as harvesters of Alaska’s deadliest catch, albeit multi-million dollar crab fishery await stock survey results that will determine quotas for the 2013-2014 fishery….Schraeder notes that company policy requires that all wild seafood suppliers be third-party certified as sustainable using Marine Stewardship Council, Best Aquaculture Practices or equivalent standards. But crab processors doing business in Alaska have chosen to not use the MSC certification program. more@fishermensnews

Comment

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
- Constitutionality of seizing Carlos Rafael’s permits in question
  
  Judge William Young decided half of Carlos Rafael’s fate on Monday: The New Bedford fishing mogul was sentenced to 46-months in prison with three years supervised Read More »
- The Toothy Grin of Bow Art! Shark mouth painted on his vessel is catching lots of attention
  
  The new paint job on the boat Wedgeport fisherman Jeff Boudreau bought last year is snagging lots of interest. Knot Too Shore is wearing a toothy Read More »
- FISH-NL accuses FFAW-Unifor of hypocrisy, preaching ‘fair access’ for inshore harvesters while squeezing them out
  
  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) accuses the FFAW-Unifor of hypocrisy for preaching “fair access” to adjacent resources for inshore harvesters Read More »
- Six tiny lobsters born to save species in Mediterranean
  
  Commonly known as the Mediterranean lobster, it is a vulnerable species. Today a research team from the University’s Stella Mare Laboratory Corsica And the French National Read More »
- Just how badly are we overfishing the oceans?
  
  So just how badly are we overfishing the oceans? Are fish populations going to keep shrinking each year — or could they recover? Those are surprisingly Read More »
- Louisiana Shrimp Task Force voted 7-0 in favor of federal rules requiring the use of turtle excluder devices
  
  A key industry panel wants Louisiana lawmakers to repeal a 1987 law that prohibits state fisheries agents from enforcing federal rules designed to protect sea turtles Read More »
- Letter From the Editor: ‘Our Fish’
  
  I picked an inopportune moment to ask the top guy for the U.S fisheries industry for a little education on his business. He was among 350-400 Read More »
- NEFMC to NOAA on Closed Area Access: “Council Opposes 100% Observer Requirement” – “Your Arguments Are Not Convincing”
  
  New England Fishery Management Council Chairman C.M. “Rip” Cunningham has written to NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard expressing the Council’s opposition to NOAA’s requirement Read More »
- Fishermen’s voices will not fall silent
  
  As we look to the summer ahead, the Bristol Bay commercial fishing fleet again faces a season of uncertainty. To be sure, our fishermen face unknowns Read More »
- What happens to those halibut after being caught?
  
  When you pull over Baycrest Hill and catch a glimpse of the Spit, it almost looks like a hook dangling in the gaping mouth of Kachemak Read More »
- Faith Leaders Bless Block Island Wind Farm, Call For More Offshore Wind
  
  On Monday, more than 110 people of faith from New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland stood silently as Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Christian Read More »
- Environmental Police Investigate Mysterious Menemsha Harbor Lobster Deaths
  
  “It was reported that a commercial lobsterman within Menemsha Harbor discovered what appeared to be motor oil poured on top of several of his lobster crates Read More »
- National mental health campaign targets commercial fishermen
  
  The commercial fishing industry is known for its grueling work conditions and unpredictable nature, which can take a toll on the mental health of fishermen. However, Read More »
- Conservationists raise alarm over wild fish killed inside B.C. salmon farms
  
  A conservation charity said it’s concerned by what it calls a “growing trend” of wild fish killed by the salmon farming industry on British Columbia’s coast. Read More »
- Commercial fishermen furious NOAA rejected DeSantis’ fishery disaster request
  
  Are bad policies and poorly written federal statutes to blame? Or does it boil down to politics? That depends on who you ask. But, commercial fishermen Read More »
- The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong – Bottom Trawling and Seals
  
  Bottom-trawling study has a critic calling for crab grounds to be protected, and We’ll check in the Northeast Coast Sealers Co-op in advance of this year’s Read More »
- Point Pleasant loses a fishing industry icon; Oscar John Stensland
  
  On March 19 th , Oscar John Stensland passed away at age 90 after battling recent health issues. John was a former Commercial fisherman who was Read More »
- Louisiana House moves turtle extruder shrimp-net rule moves forward unanimously
  
  The Louisiana House took a great step forward on Wednesday when it unanimously passed a House Bill 688. The measure — if it passes and is Read More »
- A coast guard vet raced to save freezing fishermen: ‘I remember my friggin’ heart pounding’
  
  Alone in the darkness, eyes frozen shut, ice cracking off him with each step and a wind howling so viciously it repeatedly knocked him to the Read More »
- Commercial longline seasons to open March 11th, on time
  
  Commercial longliners in Alaska can go fishing on March 11 after all. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Friday. March 3 that March 11th will be Read More »
- Maryland Seafood labeling legislation could pose problems for restaurants
  
  ANNAPOLIS — Marylanders — lawmakers included — take their crabs very seriously, which prompted a legislative proposal that would let residents know when their “Maryland style” Read More »
- OPINION-High Class, Low Class – The Case for No Class-Fishing Vessel Safety-Pacific Fisheries Review
  
  We want the USCG back as our inspectors. Please write your Senators and Representatives asking them to give fishermen and the USCG the latitude to handle Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Feb. 27, 2015
  
  Weekly Update for Feb. 17, 2015 as a PDF 07:06 Read More »
- New Zealand: Sealord’s new $70m freezer trawler will shortly be recruiting staff
  
  Sealord’s new $70million freezer stern trawler will be making regular appearances in Dunedin next year, sharing its port calls equally with its home port, Nelson. The Read More »
- ‘How are we going to get paid?’, NOAA shutdown continues to squeeze the life out of Shoreside Businesses
  
  New Bedford, Massachusetts- Anne Jardin-Maynard is an Accountant. She doesn’t own a fishing vessel. The New Bedford native works within an office on Centre Street. Yet Read More »