pushing for a provision – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: pushing for a provision

Maine political leaders push provision in federal spending bill decried by environmental groups as threat to right whales

December 19, 2022 National, New England

Members of the delegation, including US Senator Susan Collins, said they plan to push a provision in the spending bill that would revive for 10 years federal fisheries rule that environmental groups successfully challenged in court earlier this year. Congressional leaders announced a framework for the spending legislation last Tuesday, and plan to use the days before Christmas to finalize details. In a letter Friday to Democratic congressional leaders, 15 environmental groups urged lawmakers to leave the language out of the spending bill. “This is a profound and disturbing end run around the legal system,” said Erica Fuller, senior attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, on Saturday in a phone interview. >click to read< 07:44

Comment

Sen. Susan Collins Moves to Block Stricter Rules Protecting Endangered Whales

December 17, 2022 New England

Senator Susan Collins is pushing for a provision in the massive government funding bill that could further endanger the already precarious North Atlantic right whale. In July, a federal judge ruled that a 2021 regulation from the NOAA, which established new requirements for lobster traps in an effort to reduce the risk of those traps entangling and harming or killing whales, didn’t go far enough. The judge has since given federal regulators until 2024 to come up with what are expected to be even stricter rules to safeguard the imperiled whale. Collins’ provision, which has not yet been introduced, seeks to block those regulations and cement the 2021 rule for a minimum of 10 years. >click to read< 09:21

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
- Jared Golden asks feds to delay fishing restrictions that aim to protect whales
  
  U.S. Rep Jared Golden, a Democrat who represents Maine’s 2nd District, on Tuesday asked federal officials to reconsider regulations meant to protect North Atlantic right whales. Read More »
- Crabbing by day, pouring beer by night
  
  If you want to know what the new Half Moon Bay brew pub Cowboy Fishing Co. is all about, just read the writing on the wall. Read More »
- U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act regulations could impact Canadian fishers
  
  While there were no active harvesters at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) public meeting on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Clarenville Inn, the resource Read More »
- Florida: One month into stone crab season, and there’s good news from the docks and markets
  
  Fishermen are reporting a strong supply while markets and restaurants are saying customer demand is just as promising. “It’s been an outstanding season so far,” said Read More »
- Nova Scotia lobster fishery braces for a downturn as inflation hits
  
  Fishermen are seeing the downside of a cyclical industry at a time when inflation has sent their input costs skyrocketing. Geordy Bennett, a lobster boat captain Read More »
- Crew on ill-fated trawler Njord which sank after capsizing ‘weren’t wearing lifejackets’
  
  Seven fishermen on board the Njord, skippered by Danny Normandale from Scarborough, were rescued uninjured. However, an eighth crewmember “succumbed to the effects of immersion in Read More »
- Acidification-gate?: NOAA accused of ‘pHraud’ by hiding data showing oceans have not “acidified” over past century
  
  “Ocean acidification” (OA) is receiving growing attention. While someone who doesn’t follow climate change science might think OA is a stomach condition resulting from eating bad Read More »
- South Atlantic Tilefish harvest limit to begin
  
  The daily vessel trip limit will decrease to 300 pounds effective Monday, Feb. 18. NOAA Fisheries has determined 75 percent of the 541,295-pound annual catch limit Read More »
- The Worst Marine Invasion Ever – I could not believe what I found inside a lionfish.
  
  “Do you know what this is?” James Morris looks at me, eyes twinkling, as he points to the guts of a dissected lionfish in his lab at the National Read More »
- Gulf fishermen applaud seafood labeling law
  
  A new regulatory program that will go into effect next year would require seafood to be labeled with its country of origin. Although some are worried Read More »
- Sanford “Sandy” Twitchell, Santa Rosa – WWII Marine Vet, teacher and commercial fisherman has passed away
  
  Sanford “Sandy” Twitchell passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the age of 96, 17 days before his 97th birthday. He is now with the Read More »
- Michigan commercial fishing harvest’s value rises in 2014
  
  The commercial fishing industry’s total catch last year in Michigan was down slightly, but its cash value was up. Officials say the total harvest was 200,000 Read More »
- Purse seiner owner sounds alarm bell
  
  A purse seiner owner foresees that locally based vessels may pack up and leave because fishing in the South Pacific is no longer profitable. Ricardo Da Read More »
- Transport Canada must be ‘more vigilant,’ relatives say two years after N.S. sinking
  
  “My father said, ‘After this trip, this was it,’ because it was quite dangerous,” Michael Francis said during a recent interview at his home in Milton, Read More »
- Trawling makes for skinny flatfish
  
  Trawling the seabed doesn’t just remove some of the fishes living there; it also makes some of the survivors thinner and less healthy by forcing them Read More »
- A Journey with French Fishermen
  
  Usually, a crew consists of three to four people. The captain, who is frequently the owner of the fishing boat, is the oldest and most experienced. Read More »
- Monday start to LFA 33/34 lobster season in southwestern N.S. and province’s south shore being delayed
  
  The start of the province’s largest and longest lobster fishery in LFAs 33 and 34 is being delayed due to winds and won’t start Monday, Nov. Read More »
- Study: Less than 3 percent of eels survive Ontario dams
  
  The study, published by the American Fisheries Society in one of their symposium series, Managing the Impact of Human Activities on Fish Habitat: the Governance, Practices Read More »
- Finding his calling: Former lobsterman forges a new career
  
  Coby Lesbines is a completely self-taught bladesmith and blacksmith. What started as a hobby for when Coby wasn’t lobstering has turned into a full-time enterprise, Barney Brook Customs. Read More »
- How the Cold War depleted our oceans and led to Japan’s $37,000 tuna – Really?
  
  Though the price one Tokyo sushi-maker paid for a Pacific bluefin tuna marks a sharp drop from recent peaks, $35,000 isn’t chump change. Given the species’ scarcity, it’s Read More »
- Full-on #FishyFriday in Newlyn
  
  The repairs to the Fishermens Arms must be taking longer than when they built the place. Mordros looking good in the morning sunshine. some classy curves Read More »
- Breaking: 1 Fisherman recovered, 3 missing from capsized vessel 24 NM SW of Martha’s Vinyard
  
  We will be updating the story as we get more information. F/V Leonardo 20:27 Read More »
- NOAA and Sea Grant fund $800,000 in research to understand effects of ocean changes on iconic Northeast marine life
  
  NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and the Northeast Sea Grant Programs joined together to prioritize and fund new research on how ocean acidification is affecting marine life Read More »
- Tropical Storm Elsa Public Advisory – 800 AM EDT
  
  The center of Tropical Storm Elsa was located near latitude 24.5 North, longitude 82.6 West. Elsa is moving toward the north-northwest near 12 mph (19 km/h) Read More »
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Approves Omnibus Recreational Accountability Measure Amendment
  
  During a meeting last week in Eatontown, New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted on a suite of alternatives that would change the way the Read More »