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Man accused of stealing crabs on Troublesome Point

August 6, 2024 Mid Atlantic

A Currituck County man found himself in a pinch Friday night after deputies say that they caught him making trouble on Troublesome Point. Deputies say that they, along with the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, arrested David Dixon, Jr. of Gibbs Woods around 11:30 Friday night after they caught him in the act of stealing crabs from crab pots in the Troublesome Point area of Currituck Sound. Deputies say that when they got near to Dixon Jr’s boat that the man jumped overboard and tried to swim away, but he was quickly caught. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:25

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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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Man accused of stealing crabs on Troublesome Point

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

Crane barge set to lift and recover fishing boat wreck in Kawau Bay

Northeast Seafood Coalition and its members express gratitude to U.S. Senators for their support

NCFA Weekly Update for May 6, 2024

Scotland: Funding for fishing businesses and marine organisations after Brexit and Covid impact

Illegal mud crab fishermen targeted as price reaches $70 a kilogram

Central Coast Crab fishermen making sacrifices to protect whales

Massachusetts Environmental Police busts Maine skipper for six hidden bags of scallops during offload

Evidence supports trawling depth limit

California’s 5 most deadly, devastating tsunamis

Coast Guard and Navy Rescue Guam Fisherman

A lament of whales and windmills

Center for Sustainable Fisheries Files Amicus Brief in Support of Mass, NH, in alleged NOAA National Standards Violations

The 10 Best Deadliest Catch Boats Ranked

U.S. Seafoods apologizes to Unalaska following coronavirus exposure at the Norwegian Rat Saloon

National mental health campaign targets commercial fishermen

Cape Breton energy plans worry fishermen

Shell Arctic Campaign – Federal Judge Rules Shell’s Spill Plan Sufficient

Dave Cousens, longtime chief of lobstermen’s association, to step down

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Can New England’s cod fishing industry survive? (How can the scientists and regulators ignore the ever increasing seal predation?!)

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This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. – Southeast Alaska and Kodiak Dive for Dollars

Marlees Seafood – A promising marriage has soured into a dock fight

New England and Canada: Seafood watch list weighs ‘red-listing’ lobster. Lobstermen push back

Fish about to be plundered off coast of UK as EU about to strike major deal with Iceland

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