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F/V Sea Ranger suffers mechanical problem’s – Towed in

April 13, 2015 Mid Atlantic

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Smith, a machinery technician aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark, stands tow watch as the cutter tows the vessel Sea Ranger approximately 25 miles south of Moriches Inlet on April 12, 2015. The crew of the Sea Ranger, a 98-foot fishing vessel, reported being disabled due to a problem with the vessel’s shaft. The tow is scheduled to be passed to a commercial provider near Narragansett Bay on April 13. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Amanda Seneca. Click here 10:58

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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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