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Fishing and football is a full life for Perry

September 4, 2020 Gulf of Mexico

Jimmy Perry is a hard working football coach and commercial fisherman, who was born in Naples. Always having a passion for time afloat, he has been fishing since the age of 5. He owns and operates Big Jimmy’s, a small business that provides customers from Immokalee to Okeechobee, and everywhere in between, with delicious, locally caught, fresh fish, shrimp and crabs. When asked about the perks of crabbing and commercial fishing, he said, “My favorite part of what I do is watching the sunrise every morning.” As for the hard parts,,, >click to read< 11:26

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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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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

NOAA urged to expedite decision to allow the American Samoa purse seiner fleet to fish in the high seas.

Hull’s Quiet Disaster: The Christmas Day Tragedy of St. Finbarr

All eyes on Washington over bill that could ‘halt’ offshore wind construction

The Western Flyer – known as the Gemini during her Homer fishing years

Feds receive thousands of comments on Atlantic drilling

LETTER: Need thorough, unbiased environmental study

Bocaccio rockfish are still endangered, but a huge birthing event in 2016 has it popping up everywhere

The trial against a Western Isles trawler skipper accused of human trafficking has collapsed

OMG- Outstanding Cartoon Based Off Our Exit Interview With Lobsterman Wannabe Ben Grenon From North Carolina-gmg

This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Sitka Herring prices could hurt the haul. Sitka’s Seiners Deliver Big, But at What Price?

Fishermen protest at Karachi harbour

A Rising Tide of Noise Is Now Easy to See – new york times

IRS Provides Penalty Relief to Farmers and Fishermen

Maine Department of Marine Resources Launches Online Elver License Lottery Application

Coast Guard, NOAA seize illegal shrimp catch

Newport fishermen’s wives scramble to save rescue helicopter -Won’t give up without a fight

Trawler skipper was looking at WhatsApp, swamped a small boat, killing three leaving one survivor

Annapolis Royal mayor says tidal turbine shutdown won’t hurt town’s coffers

NOAA Spends $25 Million for 2015 Recommended Projects of the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program

Iceland volcano spews smoke, lava in 4th eruption since December – Nearby fishing town evacuated

Rio History: Stingrays and Giant Mantas of the Gulf of Mexico

Meeting Notice – NEFMC, Groundfish Oversight Commitee and Advisory Panel

Fishing in Gloucester 2016: The year didn’t go swimmingly for industry

“It looks like 1,000 tornadoes went through”,,, Hurricane Laura blasts Louisiana coast with wind and wall of seawater

Astoria gillnetters, recreational anglers renew battle – Kitzhaber salmon plan getting tough review

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