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Coast Guard suspends search for man near St. Matthew Island, Alaska

September 29, 2018 North Pacific

The Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for a man last seen aboard a fishing boat north of St. Matthew Island Thursday. Two Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft crews searched along with the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro and the crews of fishing vessels Clipper Epic, Frontier Spirit and Frontier Mariner for more than 24 hours, covering approximately 894 square nautical miles. The search was suspended at 3 p.m., pending any further developments. -USCG- 08:53

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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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Coast Guard suspends search for man near St. Matthew Island, Alaska

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

Louisiana Shrimp Task Force voted 7-0 in favor of federal rules requiring the use of turtle excluder devices

Maine holding hearings about scalloping cutback

Twin Maggies crew member Craig Landry pleads guilty to accessory after the fact in killing of Phillip Boudreau

What is killing off the menhaden in Long Island Sound? ‘Whirling disease’ suspected

Panama City man catches 330-pound Warsaw grouper – “Definitely a fish of a lifetime”

Commerce appoints Blue North CEO to serve on NPFMC

Wind Farm Protesters March in Ocean City

Fishermen’s association changes name to reflect Bristol Bay focus on their bottom line.

Arniston fishermen destitute after selfless sea rescue

Canadian lobster exporters feel ripple effect of U.S.-China trade war

Shrimp season opens in Mississippi Sound

Silver Bay Seafoods making bold moves for 2018 rebound

Port of Anacortes’ T Dock sees more than $14 million in annual commercial activity

Three Lower Keys brothers will serve six months in prison, prosecuted under the U.S. Lacey Act

Baltimore researchers turn carnivorous fish into vegetarians

Imported shrimp eaten in U.S. may not be safe – U.S. Rep. Castor wants to do something about it

The Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Council is scheduled to meet in Biloxi, Miss. to discuss red snapper rules

Truck Beach Trespassing Cases May Head Out of Town

Fishermen can be a Rather Superstitous Bunch

California’s commercial Dungeness crab season delayed yet again

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Sac roe herring fishery opens as first spawn is seen in Sitka Sound

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 58′ Fiberglass Shrimper, Twin 3406B Cat’s, Izusu 8 KW Genset

After Irma: Storms leave lobsters, stone crab seasons underwater

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