RIFA Weekly Update – Page 3 – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: RIFA Weekly Update

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, September 7, 2014

September 7, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update here 11:03

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, August 24, 2014

August 24, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, August 17, 2014

August 17, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, August 10, 2014

August 10, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 27, 2014

July 27, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JULY 20, 2014

July 20, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JULY 13, 2014

July 13, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 6, 2014

July 6, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 29, 2014

June 29, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read more here 13:09

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, June 22, 2014

June 22, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 15, 2014

June 15, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update 10:22

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, June 1, 2014

June 1, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 18, 2014

May 18, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update May 4, 2014

May 4, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update here 09:40

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update April 20, 2014

April 20, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update here

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update April 13, 2014

April 13, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 10:47

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, March 30, 3014

March 30, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update March 16, 2014

March 16, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update 09:17

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update March 9, 2014

March 9, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update – March 2, 2014

March 2, 2014 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update February 16, 2014

February 16, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update 09:58

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update February 9, 2014

February 9, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 09:45

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update February 2, 2014

February 2, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 09:30

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JANUARY 19, 2014

January 19, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business. “ Read the update 17:37

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JANUARY 12, 2014

January 12, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 14:01

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JANUARY 5, 2014

January 5, 2014 New England

The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 10:16

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update DECEMBER 29, 2013

December 29, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 09:44

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update DECEMBER 22, 2013

December 22, 2013 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update DECEMBER 15, 2013

December 15, 2013 New England

Comment

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance December 8, 2013

December 8, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
May 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

« Apr

May 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
- More than $200K raised for families of fishermen lost aboard the F/V Chief William Saulis
  
  More than $200,000 have been raised to provide monetary donations to the families of the fishers who went missing off the coast of Delaps Cove, N.S., according to Read More »
- No cod, no children
  
  Before the cod moratorium in 1992, children could be seen waiting along the wharfs across St. Brendan’s Island, eager to cut out the cod tongues as Read More »
- Suffolk County Officially Transfers Ownership of Shinnecock Commercial Dock To Southampton Town
  
  Tuesday, Suffolk County officially signed over full ownership of the commercial fishing dock to the Town of Southampton, according to a press release. Additionally, the transfer Read More »
- Con Group Oceana wants West Coast Sardine Fishing shut down immediately!
  
  West Coast fisheries managers will likely shut down sardine fishing this year in the face of evidence that the stock is declining. The commercial fishing fleet Read More »
- Alaska: Seafood industry facing challenges beyond harvest cuts
  
  The Alaska seafood workforce, both on boats and on shore, is aging, and fewer young people are going into careers in the industry. While the graying Read More »
- R.I. fishermen critical of wind farm plan
  
  Developers Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource Energy say that they’ve taken into account the concerns of fishermen by configuring the wind farm’s up to 15 Read More »
- First U.S. Offshore Wind Developer Acts on Fishing Gear
  
  U.S. offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has adopted a first-of-its-kind procedure designed to prevent impacts to commercial fishing gear from its activities. Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Read More »
- How ropeless fishing traps could protect North Atlantic right whales — and the fishing industry
  
  Tensions between Atlantic fishermen and conservationists escalated this week as the Department of Oceans and Fisheries closed six fishing grounds off the coasts of New Brunswick Read More »
- Coast Guard, locals help fishermen, dog after boat floods off Hampton Harbor, NH
  
  The Coast Guard and Hampton Fire Rescue helped two people and a dog to shore Saturday after their boat started taking on water about three miles Read More »
- Proposed bill could put Connecticut fishermen out of business
  
  A battle brewing in Washington could mean big changes for Connecticut fishermen. Those fishermen, and some environmental experts say that the proposal for changing who controls Read More »
- Canada: Nature’s Past: Part 5 – Fisheries, Regulation, and Science
  
  Canada’s fisheries have been subjects of controversy and sites of tension for over 200 years. On this episode, we speak with five leading historians of Canadian Read More »
- Role of Unionized Firms at Center of Maine’s Offshore Wind Debate
  
  On Thursday the Maine Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee held a public hearing on a proposal to pave the way for the development of offshore wind Read More »
- PUTNAM: Slow government action hurts fisheries
  
  Christian Putnam is a Scituate resident and board member of Friends of South Shore Fisheries. This is his take on administrative bureaucrats, stock assessments, cod behavior, Read More »
- Penny Rich: Dangerous drilling
  
  Last month, the Orange County Board of Commissioners told Gov. Pat McCrory and President Obama that we oppose offshore oil and gas exploration, drilling activities and Read More »
- Enviros sue Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Endangered West Coast Orcas
  
  Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for ignoring a legal petition to protect critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales in the heart of their Salish Read More »
- UPDATED – New Brunswick: ‘This is terrible’, Val-Comeau seafood processing plant goes up in flames
  
  A seafood processing plant in northeastern New Brunswick has gone up in flames Thursday afternoon. A plume of thick black smoke could be seen coming from Read More »
- Groundfishermen: ‘It feels like we’re just forgotten’
  
  New Hampshire fishermen say temporary federal aid for at-sea monitor coverage is barely holding their industry afloat now that a court battle over the cost appears Read More »
- Fishing Crew Rescued After 1 month at Sea in Thailand
  
  A Phuket fishing crew survived for nearly one month at sea after their boat, the Soi Sakul Petch, suffered engine failure a week after it departed Read More »
- Joe Biden’s mission to Maine
  
  Joe Biden travels to Maine tomorrow (today), the first time he’s made it to the state during his presidency. The trip is part of the president’s Read More »
- John Sackton: Are the big NGOs winning the marine monument battle, but losing the war?
  
  Coinciding with the opening of the Our Oceans conference in Washington, D.C., last week, President Obama announced a new 5,000-square-mile marine monument on the southeast corner Read More »
- Video- “WOULD FISH FOR FOOD BUT CAN’T” Jim Rohan Makes A Statement goodmorninggloucester
  
  http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/video-would-fish-for-food-but-cant/ Thank you, Joey C! Read More »
- Papahanaumokuakea: Hawaii Fishermen get no response from Obama, Schatz
  
  U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has yet to respond to a June 20th request to meet with the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on his Read More »
- Coast Guard: Budget cuts to limit flights, patrols
  
  Adm. Robert J. Papp said Wednesday that emergencies will be a priority. He didn’t say how many patrol hours would be cut under what’s known as Read More »
- Just Now!! F/V Mary K Backing up in a frozen harbor.
  
  The harbor in New Bedford is frozen over and the Norpel fish plant is processing the mackeral that always seem to show up with the cold Read More »
- High Sea Surface Temperatures on Northeast U.S. Shelf Moderated in 2013, Other Ecosystem Shifts Noted
  
  The Northeast Shelf ecosystem continues to experience wide swings in physical conditions. The biological responses to these pronounced physical fluctuations have significantly influenced the dynamics of Read More »