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Fishing boat capsizes spilling oil into Fraser River near Richmond (with video)

May 13, 2015 Canada

Oil spilled into the Fraser River after a 26-metre fishing boat capsized at a Richmond marina, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. No one was aboard the ship and there are no reports of injuries after the vessel, Western Crusader, overturned at the Shelter Island Marina in Richmond shortly before 8 a.m. A Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft was sent after the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria received a distress call, Read the rest here 07:29

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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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Fishing boat capsizes spilling oil into Fraser River near Richmond (with video)

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

Satisfaction with recovery of bluefin tuna stock – Scientific Committee of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

Three offshore wind companies – The Ghost of Cape Wind

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Penzance fishing trawler Algrie which crashed into Plymouth rocks once caught a nuclear attack submarine

Canadians are contesting New Hampshire’s supposedly record-breaking lobster roll

Have you had enough?

The Nushagak run surges early, and maybe big too?

WEEKEND FOCUS: Warming waters and the Gulf of Maine’s fate

Fishermen are reporting a very poor scallop season on P.E.I.

Emerson C. Hasbrouck, senior educator of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Marine Program testifies before U.S. Senate on commercial fishing imbalances

National Hurricane Center – Hurricane Jose Public Advisory

Adrift in Canadian waters

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Point Pleasant Dad Was ‘Married’ To Ocean. That’s Where He Died.

Cooke acquires Omega Protein for nearly USD 500 million

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Coronavirus: EU fishing industry calls for urgent measures to secure fish supply

The Shocking News About Cod NYTimes.com

NTSB says clam tank flooding likely caused fatal sinking

Oregon Anglers To Pay More To Fund Elimination Of Gill-Nets From Lower Columbia

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Dungeness crab season delayed again this year, another blow to Santa Cruz fishing industry

Bend couple puts out commercial fishing boat fire

MOU to Advance Wind Energy Cannot Be at Expense of Fishing Industry

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