F/V Shannondoah – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: F/V Shannondoah

Coast Guard rescues 2 on fishing vessel near Frying Pan Tower, NC

December 23, 2017 Mid Atlantic

The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen aboard a vessel disabled and taking on water 20 miles southeast of Bald Head Island Friday. Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center in Wilmington received notification at approximately 3:50 p.m. that the 50-foot fishing vessel Shannondoah was experiencing engine issues. The men contacted watchstanders later to notify them the engine had lost power and the vessel was taking on water. click here to read the story 13:25

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
December 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 31

« Nov

December 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	31

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
- A Greek tragedy? New England lobsters caught in perfect storm of warming seas and save the whales activism
  
  Climate change, ocean acidification,,, it’s nothing compared to what will become of the industry if the self-coronated “Prince of Whales,” New Hampshire’s Richard “Max” Strahan, has Read More »
- Expert questions BP’s drilling plans for offshore Nova Scotia
  
  An engineering expert and former oil industry consultant has raised the alarm on BP Canada Energy Group’s plans to drill off Nova Scotia. “Given BP’s current Read More »
- Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Chief Reacts To Being On Chopping Block
  
  The Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission is defending itself against a recent state report pointing out inefficiencies and legislation that could dissolve the agency. Since its creation Read More »
- Dory Days 62nd Annual Festival schedule
  
  This year marks the 62nd annual Dory Days Festival and it’s packed with three days of fun for everyone in Pacific City, the quaint destination beach Read More »
- Calvert fisherman Laurie Sullivan remembered fondly
  
  People in Calvert, on the southern shore of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, are mourning the loss of fisherman Laurie Sullivan, 59, who died Wednesday after he was pulled Read More »
- Most likely Carnival Cruise Lines is responsible for 18+ Right Whale deaths in the past 3 year, at which rate they would soon be extinct.
  
  Human caused Right whale deaths have suddenly, in sync with a plummeting whale birthrate, put the right whale on the path to extinction.,,, There is the simple Read More »
- Time to discard top-down regulation of Scotland’s fishing
  
  Brussels is not working for any but the bureaucrats, argues Simon Collins At a time when the health of our seas has become a serious and Read More »
- On the “Kitzhaber Plan” – Promises have not been kept
  
  Until recently, the Columbia River gillnet fishery was a major economic driver in Wahkiakum County and the lower Columbia. The policy focused instead on recreational fishing Read More »
- NEFMC Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting Sept 1, 2015 – Listen Live
  
  The public is invited to listen in to the September 1, 2015 Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting (SSC). It is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. at Read More »
- Fishers of men? Here’s the catch
  
  When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.,, From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom Read More »
- Lower than expected scallop landings drive price spike
  
  Auction prices in both New Bedford, Massachusetts and Newport News, Virginia spiked in the last week of July; just after data was released confirming what that the Read More »
- Scientist calls 6-year delay in Maine lobster rules ‘mind-boggling’
  
  Scientists dedicated to saving North Atlantic right whales from extinction say they are optimistic they can work with the fishing industry to save the species. But 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 »
- NOAA Reports Show Strong Economic Gains from Fishing, Continued Improvement in Fish Stocks (While Destroying New England)
  
  U.S. commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated more than $199 billion in sales in 2012, a gain of seven percent over the previous year, with the Read More »
- This is happening now. Click to listen 13-15 June 2017 | WASHINGTON, DC Capitol Hill Ocean Week Live Streaming
  
  https://www.marinesanctuary.org/oceanslive/ Read More »
- Canada’s Science Library Closures Mirror Bush’s Playbook
  
  Reporting by The Tyee, prompted by tips from U.S. readers, found that a similar scenario unfolded in the United States during the administration of George W Read More »
- Lessons from ‘the last clam’: Casco Bay shellfish ‘renaissance’
  
  Tim Johnson of Harpswell had been clamming for more than 30 years when, in 2014, he hung up his hoe. Between predators such as the invasive Read More »
- Fisheries minister pushes for joint Canada-U.S. management of depleted Atlantic mackerel stock
  
  “We don’t support the fact that we had closures because the stock was in critical condition and the United States were fishing essentially that same stock,” Read More »
- This invasive fish population is exploding as native Blue Crab populations hit record lows.
  
  The invasive species in question is the blue catfish, a species so large it has become known as the “River Monster of the Potomac ” and other Read More »
- NMFS – Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan – Final Rule
  
  Final Rule to Implement Interim Measures for Framework Adjustment 48; Framework Adjustment 50; and 2013 Sector Operations Plans, Contracts, and Allocation Annual Catch Entitlements to the Read More »
- Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman from vessel 322 miles northwest of St. Paul Island
  
  Coast Guard aircrews medevaced a man from a fishing vessel 322 nautical miles northwest of St. Paul Island, Alaska, Wednesday. The 45-year-old man was safely hoisted Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 18, 2017
  
  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 12:37 Read More »
- F/V Miss Jenna aground on Lobsterville Beach
  
  The Vineyard fishing vessel Miss Jenna ran aground on Lobsterville Beach 11:30 pm, according to the U.S Coast Guard. At 12:30 am the vessel was still Read More »
- Would netters OK a flounder buyout?
  
  During the run-up to a June 17 public hearing about southern flounder management, several members of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission asked that the meeting be Read More »
- Cape Cod: Summing up the seals
  
  When David Pierce seated himself at the table at the Nantucket Seal Symposium last month, one image came to mind: private pilot Aaron Knight’s video from Read More »