Infectious Diseases – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: Infectious Diseases

Audit finds Canada’s federal government fumbling on fish farms

April 24, 2018 Canada

The federal government is fumbling the management of fish farms, while failing to enforce rules and manage risks of infectious diseases, parasites, drugs and pesticides that cause damage to wild fish, says a scathing audit released on Tuesday. The audit was one of three reports tabled on Tuesday in the House of Commons by Julie Gelfand, Canada’s commissioner of the environment and sustainable development. It sounds alarms about Canada’s fish farms on Canada’s coasts while questioning the effectiveness of about $30 million in annual government spending to oversee the $1-billion industry. >click to read<11:47

Comment

Infectious Diseases Play A Part Of Declining Chesapeake Blue Crab Population

June 18, 2014 Mid Atlantic

It’s almost summer. Seafood restaurants from coast-to-coast are serving platter after platter of steaming crabs, ready for hammering and picking. The supply seems endless, but is it? Not if we’re talking about blue crabs from Chesapeake Bay. Read more here 10:28

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 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

« Oct

November 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

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
- Maine lobster industry braces for impact of Canada’s sweet EU deal
  
  More than 1,700 fishing boats raced out of Nova Scotia ports before first light Tuesday morning on what is known as Dumping Day – the opening Read More »
- Divide and conquer has always been the FFAW model
  
  “Adjacency” is a word that can bring about anxiety in a room full of fishermen/women like few other industry terms can. This unnecessary fear essentially stems Read More »
- K-6 gillnetter is a reminder of Kenai’s long fishing history
  
  One of the earliest commercial transactions involving Alaska salmon occurred in 1786. In that year two British ships stopped in Cook Inlet, which was then under Read More »
- U.S. dollar surge boon to N.S. lobster
  
  When the value of the Canadian dollar plummets, cross-border shoppers feel a twinge of pain in their pocketbooks. But for people in the fishing industry, it’s Read More »
- Dwan Street says FFAW won’t shy away from a fight as first woman to lead union takes reins
  
  In a fiery introduction speech in front of members of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union, new leader Dwan Street said Tuesday her presidency also Read More »
- Trident Seafoods fined a third time for polluting Newport’s Yaquina Bay
  
  Oregon environmental regulators have fined Trident Seafoods Corp. $43,200 for wastewater violations at its Newport surimi factory. It’s the third time since 2015 the state Department Read More »
- Seal hunt off Nova Scotia dormant as pelt market disappears
  
  The seal hunt off Nova Scotia’s shores isn’t dead yet, but it’s pretty much dormant, fishermen said Tuesday. If market conditions improve, I’m sure we’ll be Read More »
- American Samoan Governor Lolo Moliga gets tough with NOAA
  
  American Samoan Gov. called a spade a spade when he met with officials from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation visiting the territory last week. Speaking at Read More »
- Absence of right whales in Bay of Fundy puzzles scientists
  
  “Probably because there wasn’t very much food for them,” said Brown. “The plankton, and although we don’t sample that ourselves, our colleagues on Grand Manan did Read More »
- Owners of Kodiak’s Wild Alaskan floating strip club charged with improper disposal of human waste
  
  Kimberly Christina Reidel-Byler, 46, and Darren K. Byler, 54, both of Kodiak, face charges that they piped waste from bathrooms on the Wild Alaskan directly into Read More »
- Good News for Cortez? Sarasota Bay Fisheries go to Tallahassee
  
  Manatee County Commissioners will take the booming and sustainable future of Florida’s west coast fisheries to Tallahassee. Among the legislative priority requests named at Tuesday’s meeting, Read More »
- NEFMC and MAFMC propose new bycatch reporting system for Northeast fisheries
  
  The Mid-Atlantic and New England fishery management councils jointly proposed the revision. They want the revision to apply to all 13 fishery management plans in the Read More »
- Maine brothers charged with poaching NH eels – caught netting baby eels in the Hampton Falls River and ran from police.
  
  CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Fish and Game officers have two brothers from Maine in custody and two buckets of baby eels as evidence of what Read More »
- Letter: No apologies for my stand on the seal hunt, Capt. Wilfred Bartlett, retired
  
  This letter is in response to Renee Gosse’s letter in The Telegram on Jan. 9 (“Let’s stick to the facts about the seal hunt”), stating that Read More »
- Celebrating 140 years of the Fishermen’s Mission
  
  A charity which looks after the welfare of fishermen and their families is celebrating its 140th anniversary with a special eBook. The Fishermen’s Mission was founded Read More »
- ‘Find some good solutions’: governments, experts, fishermen prepare for 2020 right whale regulations
  
  An annual roundtable meeting held by officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has wrapped up after discussing how to deal with the declining North Read More »
- Ferry rescues 3 fishermen from Cabot Strait after fishing boat fire
  
  Three people are safe after being plucked from the waters of the Cabot Strait Monday night by a Newfoundland-bound ferry after their fishing vessel caught fire Read More »
- ‘Huge increase’ in fishing ahead – Could a redfish trawling bonanza zap the Maritime Link?
  
  Owners of the Maritime Link are exploring whether the two subsea electrical cables between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia will need to be better protected from fishing Read More »
- Virginia: Some area marinas collecting increased bushel fees from oyster harvesters as baywide delicacy rebounds
  
  On a cloudy muggy morning along the shores of Deep Creek in Newport News’ Menchville area, third generation marina operator Lonnell Perok-Coffen carries on the business Read More »
- Rye, N.H. fisherman Keper Connell hooks consumer wave with his Gulf of Maine tinned tuna
  
  Each tin of Gulf of Maine Conservas tuna begins with fisherman Keper Connell boarding Figment, his 45-foot Novi, long before sunrise to make the two-hour, 25 mile journey Read More »
- Lobster buyer balks at wharf fee increase
  
  A lobster buyer based at the Seal Cove Wharf is asking the town to make major improvements at the wharf to justify the extra $600 he Read More »
- Fatal Port Hood fishing accident probe slowed due to backlog
  
  The Transportation Safety Board says it’s dealing with a large number of marine incidents in Atlantic Canada and that’s slowing down the investigation process. For example, Read More »
- Last commercial fisherman in town will fight fines after being found guilty of engine error
  
  A FISHERMAN has been ordered to pay £1,750 after being found guilty of fishing with an overpowered boat. Brightlingsea skipper Terry Stimpson appeared before Basildon Magistrates’ Read More »
- A Fundraiser by Lawauna Cappa – Westport Fisherman loses livelihood & home at sea
  
  This morning my brother Matt Finley and his crew left the Westport dock with f/v Terry F loaded with crab pots to finally begin the crab Read More »
- Fishermen first aid and safety training coming to Charleston
  
  Commercial fishing is a dangerous and challenging occupation. Everyone wants to be safe, but the risk of injury is always there. With this in mind, a Read More »