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Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection continue escorting 85 Mexican vessels to safe harbor

September 15, 2013 Gulf of Mexico, National

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection crews escorted 53 Mexican shrimping vessels into the Port of Brownsville Saturday and are escorting another 32 Mexican vessels into port Sunday. more@uscgnews 12:26

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Mexican fishing vessels seek safe harbor ahead of Tropical Storm Ingrid in Brownsville Tx – Video

September 15, 2013 Gulf of Mexico, National

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and the Brownsville Harbor Master are working together Saturday to allow safe harbor in the Port of Brownsville for more than 20 Mexican fishing vessels seeking refuge ahead of Tropical Storm Ingrid. more@uscgnews 08:09

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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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Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection continue escorting 85 Mexican vessels to safe harbor

Mexican fishing vessels seek safe harbor ahead of Tropical Storm Ingrid in Brownsville Tx – Video

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

The Legacy of the Blob

Tide turning on wearing safety gear – Campaign says lobstermen listening

Harpswell Lobster Boat Races draw a crowd at new location, with race results

NOAA, BOEM, Fishing Industry Sign New Memorandum of Understanding

Mandurah: men fined $8000 for interfering with crab pots “just having a look”.

Tobacco Science Pew Charitable Trusts is not opposed to offshore drilling! Just Fishing.

A day in the life of Alaska’s fishery photographer, Chris Miller

Salmon or trout: What the heck is a steelhead, anyway?

5 reasons why slaves still catch your seafood

After Deadly Man Over Board, Norway Requires Crab Boats to Improve Deck Safety

Fish out of troubled waters: Field day held to examine habitat at Elwha River mouth

Japanese fishermen, scientists confront eel problem

GULF OIL SPILL: Judge tosses claims against dispersant’s maker

East Hampton Fisheries Committee Pushes For Economic Study Of Local Fishing Industry

Remember this guy? Joseph Vaudo faces charges in the death of $10k worth of lobsters

Fairhaven man sentenced for making hoax distress calls to U.S. Coast Guard

Fishermen on Prince Edward Island are still fuming at last year’s low lobster prices and some want a firm $5 a pound rate set before the spring season begins.

School Principle bans seafood from lunches because one student has a seafood allergy! BRILLIANT!

The ENGO Media Pollution Machine is in High Gear! – ‘Disaster’ funds must be used to improve groundfishing in the long term

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council Decry ‘Fish Stealing’

Diversions, barrier islands discussed at coastal restoration meeting

F/V Nicola Faith: The deadly mistakes that led to the boat capsizing and killing three men

Many Northern Peninsula harvesters preparing to pack up gear as cod season slows

UMass Dartmouth awarded $1M for scallop, flounder fisheries research

Offshore wind farm shot down again by New Jersey

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