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Video: Portrush RNLI battles treacherous conditions in 15-hour fishermen rescue

December 16, 2019 International News

Lifeboat crews from Northern Ireland battled treacherous conditions in the rescue operation of five fishermen who got into difficulty off the Donegal coast. The five men who had been fishing for crab got into difficulty when the boat lost power and encountered steering difficulties while violent waves smashed the wheelhouse windows in, around 20 miles north of Fanad Head. Video, >click to read< 12:35

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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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Video: Portrush RNLI battles treacherous conditions in 15-hour fishermen rescue

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

The limits on Crown regulation of Aboriginal and treaty rights

F/V Aleutian Isle Successfully Raised

Fearing fraud, US pushes for imported shrimp to be tracked

Maine political leaders join lobster haulers to rally against new rules

FISH-NL calls on C-NLOPB to suspend seismic work in light of potential impact on basis of marine food chain

Very few sockeye have passed Chilcotin River landslide area: DFO

Blown Deadlines Weaken Hawaii’s Voice On Federal Fishery Management Council

Distress call from the grounded F/V Nat, Coast Guard responds

Scallop fishermen and industry advocates call for changes to proposed NY Bight offshore wind farm area’s

Fisherman dies in Aleutian Islands clinic after medical emergency

In Maine, a key day for elvers regulation

Lobster boat strikes the stern of schooner Lazy Jack, a 48-foot tourist and charter boat based out of Boothbay Harbor.

Alaska – Compass: Commercial, charter fishermen target trawl fleet’s bycatch

Photos:Commercial crab fishing season starts Saturday

Marine Corps to comply with marine mammal protection

Commentary: Leave fishery management to the pros (not Sam Farr) by Larry Collins

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced it is extending the commercial Dungeness crab season to Aug. 14.

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Salvage Begins on Sunken Fishing Boat in Point Pleasant Beach

Talk of the Times: City woman, Frances Ferrante, takes fishery pitch to Obama:

Court environmental victory is major setback for Cape Wind

Capt. Edwards casts off aboard Miss Judy Too for another shrimping season

Quinlan Brothers Bay de Verde fish plant is on fire, prompting evacuation

Businessmen fined a historic $2 million for overfishing rock lobster

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