plant workers left out – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: plant workers left out

Ice Assistance Emergency Program – $5M for iced-in fish harvesters, but FFAW says plant workers left out

June 9, 2017 Canada

A Liberal member of Parliament says the federal government has allocated up to $5 million to help fish harvesters who are stuck in port because of heavy ice. Gudie Hutchings, MP for Long Range Mountains, said Friday the money will come under the Ice Assistance Emergency Program for eligible applicants in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Quebec. Some fishermen have been without income for more than two months, as ice socked in the coastline. “Plant workers have been just as impacted by severe ice delays as fish harvesters. Leaving these people out of the income bridging program is unacceptable,” said FFAW president Keith Sullivan in a news release Friday evening. click here to read the story 20:10

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
December 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 31

« Nov

December 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	31

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
- FFAW Welcomes New Federal Fisheries Minister
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal cabinet shuffle today has announced Diane Lebouthillier as the new Minister for Fisheries and Oceans, replacing the Joyce Murray as the Read More »
- New penalty points system – Fishermen say there is no right to challenge the points for breaches of rules
  
  The chief executive of Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Séan O’Donoghue has said that fishermen are not being afforded the same rights as other citizens under the new Read More »
- Clogged Oregon Inlet keeps charter boats docked
  
  HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. — Boat owners are concerned that the start of charter fishing season may leave them high and dry because the Oregon Inlet is Read More »
- ‘Home and Dry’: Fishing crews urged to turn the tide on industry’s safety record
  
  The campaign comes as many fishing crews across the UK are returning to sea following weeks of lockdown and challenging market conditions to sell their catch. Read More »
- Our View: Federal fishery decision undermines management
  
  Years of measured, responsible attempts to improve the effectiveness of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in these dynamic and troubled waters are challenged by Read More »
- A year in the life of a tuna boat helicopter pilot
  
  I had 25 minutes of fuel on board and no place to land except our boat or the sea. As I got closer, I could clearly Read More »
- Commercial King Mackerel Season to Re-open for Two Days November 1
  
  The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the commercial season for king mackerel in Louisiana waters, previously closed on September 20, will re-open at 12:01 Read More »
- The incidental catch of seabirds in gillnet fisheries: A global review
  
  Based on bird feeding ecology we identified 148 seabird species as susceptible to bycatch in gillnets, of which 81 have been recorded caught. The highest densities Read More »
- Fishermen haul up other deadliest catch
  
  PROVINCETOWN — Fishing vessel crews from the All In and Miss Lilly pulled in at around 2 p.m. Tuesday to MacMillan Pier from a morning of Read More »
- Fishery interests urge judge to rule in lobster lawsuit
  
  Parties in a lobster industry lawsuit filed against federal regulators are urging a judge to make a decision in the case because its outcome affects a Read More »
- Transportation Safety Board report on B.C. fishing boat capsizing that killed three to be released
  
  Investigators with the Board are scheduled to release a report today about a commercial fishing boat that capsized last year near Tofino, B.C., killing three men. Read More »
- New boat design, New opportunities for success loom off the coast of Maine
  
  Amidst the lobster traps, blue and barren berried rolling hills of Harrington, Maine, forager, artist and engineer Dave Olson is re-imagining the rockweed harvesting scene.,,, This new Read More »
- F/V Endurance scallop trip to Closed Area 1 (Great South Channel) Fri Aug 19, 2011
  
  Some excellent photo journalism that should not be buried on newsvine.com Interested in sharing your photos? Send an email [email protected] This is my first photo post. Read More »
- Workshop put on by Canadian, Maine groups focuses on lobster science. (Now carry that cooperation into joint marketing!)
  
  ORONO, Maine — Scientists, fishermen, processors, regulators and others connected to the lobster industry in Maine and Canada are,,,continued@therepublic Read More »
- The Impacts of Trawling in the North Sea are Overrated
  
  A new study by Ferdinand Oberle, Curt Storlazzi, and Till Hanebuth attempted to quantify the global impact of bottom trawling on continental shelf. It presents a high-resolution, one-year, Read More »
- My Turn: Time to continue moving Alaska forward – By Sen. MARK BEGICH
  
  The election is over and the dust has settled. I congratulate Dan Sullivan. He and I disagreed on many issues, but now he is senator and Read More »
- Land Based In Name Only? Belfast lobstermen fear Nordic Aquafarms’ discharge pipes will harm fishery
  
  Some Belfast lobster fishermen told the local Harbor Advisory Committee that they were concerned that dredging for installation of Nordic Aquafarms’ discharge and intake pipes along Read More »
- Getting CHOKED! Cod quota cuts, boats not fishing could interrupt New Bedford fish auction trading
  
  The fish auction that’s been a daily institution on the city’s waterfront for decades could see periodic closures over the next month or so, as a Read More »
- Penobscot Bay Pilot Photo gallery: 2015 Maine Fishermen’s Forum
  
  The Samoset Resort Saturday was packed with people, all turned out for the 40th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. Today was the last day of the three-day Read More »
- Fukushima radiation has reached U.S. shores – Poses no danger to humans or the environment, they say.
  
  For the first time, seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has been detected on the West Coast of the United States. Cesium-134, the so-called fingerprint Read More »
- One we missed! Thank you, Joe. F/V Fireman Explodes in Valdez Small Boat Harbor
  
  A 30-foot commercial fishing boat, the F/V Fireman, exploded Wednesday evening at approximately 7:46 p.m. in the Valdez Small Boat Harbor leaving one man with minor Read More »
- Hastily assembled meeting gets New Hampshire Fishermen face to face with NOAA Administrator Sullivan
  
  While no promises for action were made by the official — Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association — those who met Read More »
- The new Vietnamese generation leaves the seafood business behind in Mississippi. Why?
  
  The son does not know how to sew the nets. The father took the old boat out last month but caught no shrimp. And the docks Read More »
- Auction for offshore wind lease just around the corner
  
  The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is set to hold an auction to lease space approximately 25 miles off the coast of Eureka to develop an Read More »
- Fishing community plans tribute to “Uncle” Andy Gove
  
  Andrew Gove began lobstering in the waters around Deer Isle as a boy of 7, fishing with his grandfather off Eagle Island in Penobscot Bay. Last Read More »