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Nova Scotia Supreme Court approves sale of Clearwater Seafoods

January 8, 2021 Canada, International News

It is the final step in a deal described as “the single largest investment in the seafood industry by any Indigenous group in Canada.” On Thursday, shareholders voted in favour of the sale to a partnership of Premium Brands of British Columbia and a coalition of Mi’kmaw First Nations led by the Membertou band of Nova Scotia and the Miawpukek in Newfoundland and Labrador. Court approval for the mega deal took 20 minutes. >click to read< 18:40

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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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Nova Scotia Supreme Court approves sale of Clearwater Seafoods

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

First month of Dungeness crabbing disappointing

Our History: The wild nature of B.C.’s fisheries

New England Fishery Management Council Webinar Meeting, April 14th-15th, 2020

This Insane Mimosa Has a Lobster Tail and Muffins in It and You Will Want It Right Now

South Lafourche oysterman remains resilient

Storm surge prep – Getting ready in Sambro – Video

“It has to be tested” – Massachusetts Lobsterman to test ropeless buoy equipment

Family finds closure in remains from sunken boat, the Seattle-based F/V Arctic Rose

Well, he did it, but we knew he would. Obama just destroyed more fishermen and supporting businesses

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 19, 2013

Opposition to Atlantic Siesmic Blasting – The Bipartisan Fight for Quieter Oceans

“It’s almost like a special run of crab.” Labrador crab fisherman ‘awestruck’ at size of this year’s catch

FISH-NL membership drive. Inshore harvesters offered second chance to break free of FFAW-Unifor

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, JUNE 7, 2015

N.L. crab fishers taken aback by DFO’s latest details on crab data

Commercial fishing is dying in Southwest Florida. Can it be saved?

Former ‘Deadliest Catch’ Cornelia Marie Captain Tony Lara passes away in Sturgis

Chinese company First Catch builds advanced lobster storage at Halifax airport

Half-red lobster discovered in Maine described as 1-in-50 million rarity

The “Lobster Lady” is honored as Grand Marshal for Sea Goddess Coronation

Island Voices: ‘Namgis First Nation – Why land-based fish farms work

Picnics and politics

Chief Engineer tells court of alleged knife attack in Highland Harbour

Missing shrimp boat and captain found

Fifteen Years Ago Lives Were Lost Aboard The Starbound- My Cousin Joe Marcantonio Speaks Out About The Events Which Took Place That Night

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