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Omega Protein launches largest vessel in Louisiana, F/V Vermilion

April 8, 2018 Canada, Gulf of Mexico

Omega Protein is pleased to announce the launch of its newest and largest fishing vessel operating in Louisiana, the F/V Vermilion, to start the 2018 Gulf of Mexico fishing season. The Vermilion marks a significant upgrade to the company’s fleet with state-of-the-art technology and safety features that will improve worker safety and increase efficiency. It is the latest investment made by the company in its gulf fishing communities. >click to read<09:22

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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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Omega Protein launches largest vessel in Louisiana, F/V Vermilion

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

Search suspended for missing fisherman off Nantucket coast

Monhegan Island is the wrong place for wind turbines

Three Charged with Violating Laws Intended to Protect Rebuilding Atlantic Herring Stock

Cape officials push for Sea Grant program’s survival

Man gets six months home confinement, probation for fishing violation – co-defendant cannot engage in charter or commercial fishing anywhere in the world.

FISH-NL – Which Side Are You On?

Proposed Snowy Grouper Management Measures Will Harm the Stock and Commercial Fishermen — Help Us Fight

Congressman Issa Wants More Information About the EPA’s “Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment” 01/08/13

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s spiny lobster review panel, Monday, Feb 9, 0:900

Department of Fisheries and Oceans: Northern cod biomass at highest rate since 1992

Brexit: Thank-you note from 1666 could save Flemish fisheries

Maine Fishermen’s Forum Honors Cape Elizebeth Fire Department Water Extrication Team

UPDATED: CF/V Cape Dorset crew rescued, vessel sank off Burin Peninsula – No injuries reported for all 19 crew members

State of Alaska fishery spending analyzed

ASMFC Spring Meeting, May 12-15, 2014 is under way

Police Blotter: Colorado Man Steals Shrimpin’ Boat from Murrells Inlet Marina

SpaceX to launch $180 million NOAA ocean satellite, data to be used to aid fisheries management

On the Grill! Walmart and Sodexo – Senate Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.

THREATENED – Scallop fishing off the coast of Long Island

Coast Guard crew frees second fishing boat in two days from ice near Woods Hole

Wide-ranging meeting covers gauge changes, ropeless gear, damage repair – DMR to lobstermen: We need your data

To avoid another massive fish kill in the Peconic, limits on bunker fishing lifted by “episodic event set aside program,”

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Gamage Steel Dragger, 3412 Cat, Permits available

Belhaven Fisherman helps Navy pilot who crashed off Va. Beach

Seal Fishery Set to Open Tuesday

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