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Fish factory under construction capsized, sank at shipyard,

April 1, 2021 International News

Freezer trawler (fish factory) F/V SKORPIO capsized and sank alongside pier at Pella Shipyard, S-Petersburg, Neva river, Russia. The ship rested on bottom starboard side, two workers were trapped inside and died, their bodies later recovered. The ship was under construction, accident occurred during ballast system tests, according to local reports. SKORPION was to be received by owner sometime in the middle 2021. Video, >click to read> 16:47

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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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