southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge

Tag Archives: southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge

Coast Guard rescues five people from a fishing vessel southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge

December 19, 2019 Pacific

The Coast Guard rescued five people from a fishing vessel approximately 14 miles southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge, Wednesday. At approximately 4:45 p.m., the boat captain of the Mandy Jane fishing vessel issued a mayday call for assistance via VHF-FM channel 16 to Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center watchstanders after his boat began taking on water with four additional people aboard. >click to read< 20:17

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
- Crab fishermen weather a bruising season
  
  It was a dream season for Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishery last year. Fishing began on the traditional Dec. 1 opener for the first time in years. Read More »
- Catch Shares? NOAA Seeks Comments on a Control Date for the American Lobster Fishery
  
  NOAA is seeking comments on a control date (a date that may be used to establish eligibility) of April 29, 2019 for the American lobster fishery, Read More »
- Shrimp fishermen take issue with proposed TED rule
  
  Shrimp boats that fish offshore already use TEDs. Turtle excluder devices use metal grates that prevent turtles from getting caught in the nets. The new rule Read More »
- Tierney fisheries bid shot down in House
  
  An amendment submitted by Congressman John Tierney to give commercial fishermen access to a U.S. Agriculture emergency disaster loan program had died in the U.S. House, Read More »
- Seine season brings ‘bright light’ to struggling fleet
  
  In a year when the fishery was shut down for 16 days, inflicting economic pain on gillnetters, the seine season proved a bright light overall for Read More »
- Blue Float Energy’s offshore wind farm opposed by Port Macdonnell community due to fishing, tourism concerns
  
  A small coastal community in regional South Australia is ramping up its opposition to a proposed offshore wind farm off the state’s south-east coast. Renewable energy Read More »
- Op-Ed: Moving forward in the Gulf: Reduce bycatch but protect Alaska’s communities
  
  Just allocating shares easily turns into a windfall for some followed by a fairly predictable concentration of wealth. For example, if catch shares are bought and Read More »
- Rebuild or What? Florida Towns Hit Three Times by Hurricanes Face Tough Choice
  
  It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing Read More »
- Quinn Fisheries buys six of Carlos Rafael’s scallop boats
  
  Mayor Jon Mitchell announced the purchase at a hastily announced 3:30 press conference Wednesday afternoon. The mayor had sought to keep the bulk of Rafael’s boats Read More »
- New Proposed Vessel Speed Regulations and New Draft Ropeless Gear Roadmap to Boost Protection of North Atlantic Right Whales
  
  Today, NOAA Fisheries announced two important steps in a series of actions the agency is taking to protect and conserve North Atlantic right whales. We announced Read More »
- Mussel beds planned near wind farm
  
  The first offshore wind farm in U.S. history may soon have company: If a proposed 30-acre mussel farm is permitted this fall, in Nantucket Sound adjacent Read More »
- Message to Maine fishermen: Adapt to climate change – The Gulf of Maine has experienced significant warming over the past 40 years
  
  The Gulf of Maine has experienced significant warming over the past 40 years, said biologist and ecologist Andrew Pershing of the University of Maine/Gulf of Maine Read More »
- Somethin’ ain’t adding up here – NSEDC fisheries dispute with long-time critic gets nasty
  
  A Sept. 30 Superior Court hearing in Nome could determine whether a protective order commonly sought to protect potential sexual assault victims was improperly employed to Read More »
- Fishermen are reporting a very poor scallop season on P.E.I.
  
  Myles MacDonald has been fishing scallops out of Wood Islands for 30 years. “One of the worst that we’ve seen in that 30 years,” said MacDonald, Read More »
- 2016 U.S. treaty deal underlines value of Pacific fishery
  
  The one-year transitional arrangement for United States vessels for 2016 is a “positive development reflecting the value of rights-based fisheries management” for the Pacific islands, said Read More »
- Council accepts mayor’s appeal on yellowtail flounder By Steve Urbon
  
  John Haran, who manages Sector XIII, a group of groundfish boats with members from New Bedford to Greenport, N.Y., was at Wednesday’s meeting and said he Read More »
- Begich Urges China to Renew it Imports of Alaska Shellfish – Tells Ambassador that Alaska Maintains Highest Safety Standards
  
  U.S. Senator Mark Begich is going to bat for Alaska’s lucrative shellfish industry by asking a top Chinese official to intervene in the face of apparently Read More »
- Mount Pleasant honors late iconic shrimper Capt. Wayne Magwood, with commemorative plaque
  
  The Town of Mount Pleasant will commemorate the life of iconic Shem Creek shrimp boat captain, Wayne Magwood, with a special plaque on Thursday. Captain Magwood Read More »
- Gloucesterman John S. Testaverde has passed away
  
  One of Gloucester’s finest and fishermen’s wharf icon’s passed away Tuesday, September 2nd in the evening. John S. Testaverde was 73. Following in the legacy of Read More »
- Economic Resumption? Business Picks up Pace in China, Global Recovery Pace Uncertain
  
  China’s business and travel activities are steadily recovering after being disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, but rapidly rising infections globally will pose a challenge to the Read More »
- Feds to help Gloucester brand its seafood
  
  Gloucester’s effort to develop a specific brand for the bounty of seafood yanked from local waters, as well as the means to promote food produced at Read More »
- Fishing permitted
  
  Another commercial fishing season is here, and the race is on to get those potentially lucrative “marker” sets. Back in the good old days, a series Read More »
- On the 78th Anniversary, Pearl Harbor Veteran to Be Interred on Sunken Ship
  
  It was an attack that shaped history, leaving more than 2,400 Americans dead and forcing the United States to enter a war it had been reluctant Read More »
- Coast Guard and Navy Rescue Guam Fisherman
  
  Coast Guard and Navy search and rescue crews partnered to provide assistance to a local fisherman whose vessel began taking on water and quickly capsized 13 Read More »
- Fishing boat runs aground after man at helm nods off
  
  Boat owner Michael Michieli, and the crew member who nodded off after being left in charge, were rescued by the emergency services. Neither was injured. Describing Read More »