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BC: Fishing-boat captain from Courtenay presumed drowned near Kelsey Bay

June 14, 2014 Canada

RCMP and a coast guard crew are looking for the body of a 48-year-old Courtenay man believed to have drowned after his commercial fishing vessel overturned Thursday night near Sayward.The 28-foot aluminum crabbing vessel overturned around 9 p.m. near Kelsey Bay, dumping two crew members overboard, according to Sayward RCMP. The deck hand, a 32-year-old Comox Valley man, was wearing a personal flotation device that allowed him to swim to safety. Read more here 16:55

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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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BC: Fishing-boat captain from Courtenay presumed drowned near Kelsey Bay

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

Elda Curtis Henry, followed in his Commercial Fisherman fathers footsteps, has passed away

Repeat illegal fishing offences land B.C. Fisherman in jail — again

NOAA/NMFS Ignores Dangerous Sound Levels from Pile Driving – By Jim Lovgren

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 81.5′ Steel Scalloper, Cat 3412, excellent electronics, available immediately

Banning Bottom Trawling Could Lead to Higher Carbon Footprints As Consumers Seek Alternatives

Commercial Horseshoe Crab Fishery in Del. to Close July 9

F/V Pappy’s Pride: Unified command suspends search for two missing fishermen after vessel collision near Galveston, Texas

Copper River sockeye harvest jumps to 837,000 fish

U.S. seafood exports dry up while cheap Russian crab is undercutting local industry

Animal Protection Party of Canada calls for the resignation of Canada’s Fisheries Minister

Local skipper speaks at United Nations fisheries conference

MAIB report reveals drama of the moment a WWII bomb exploded under a fishing boat

Video: Coast Guard medevacs commercial fisherman 40 miles northwest of Johns Pass, Florida

Obituary: Reno Red Leaf

Fishery managers weighing cuts in Bay crab harvest

The 2020 P.E.I. spring lobster season that almost didn’t happen because of coronavirus, comes to an end

Aquaculture insider: the diseases that could ruin my industry

Alaska Department of Fish and Game – Alaska Boards of Game and Fisheries Set to Host Joint Meeting

Fraserburgh RNLI Crews’ 12-Hour Rescue Mission to Stranded Fishing Vessel

Ship Strikes of Whales are more common than you might think!

Coast Guard escorts disabled RI fishing vessel ahead of winter storm

Letter to the Editor: Fishermen deserve the chance to earn a living – Rick Beal, Gloucester Ma.

Frontiers 190: Iron Men of Bristol Bay

Hope fading for recovery of northern cod off Newfoundland: ‘This stock isn’t growing’

Kodiak – Coast Guard medevacs ailing F/V Sierra Seas fisherman

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