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Fishing and seafood companies sue over oil spill

October 10, 2021 National, Pacific

Redondo Beach market Quality Seafood is among plaintiffs in a proposed class-action suit against pipeline company Amplify Energy Corp. on behalf of commercial fishing, diving and seafood companies seeking damages for expected lost revenue as a result of last weekend’s massive oil spill. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include LBC Seafood Inc., a family-owned wholesaler that purchases lobsters from fishers in Orange County with sales to wholesalers and distributors who distribute the product throughout California and the world. >click to read< 09:28

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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 and seafood companies sue over oil spill

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

Wastewater Treatment Plants – Why we can’t get our water supply free of drugs.

Bill to move Monhegan wind power project draws crowd to legislative hearing

Tiny American town Little Cranberry Island, Maine is staking its future on Chinese foodies

Kiwi longliners meet at Falklands; San Aotea on Thursday leaves for New Zealand

NT trawler electrocution death referred to prosecutors

The Army Corps of Engineers created a “pollution crisis” on the Columbia River – Greens Call Bonneville Dam Cancerous Polluter

Rye Harbor will never be the same without Kohlhase

Seal hunt bill swan song for veteran MP Greg Kerr

House of Representatives Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 200, 2083, 6157 – June 25, 2018

Starving fishermen blame government restrictions for loss of income

Coast Guard responds to F/ V Adrianna aground near Grays Harbor, Wash.

ASMFC Releases Cancer Crab PID for Public Comment

Newport Fishermen’s Wives Preparing for the annual Blessing of the Fleet

Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price List for January 15, 2014 has arrived

Pacific halibut fisheries in Southeast Alaska and the Central Gulf of Alaska – NOAA seeks public input on proposed halibut catch sharing plan

Move over Fishermen, Alberta company to try to harness Bay of Fundy’s powerful tides

‘Fighting for his life’: Fisherman recounts harrowing rescue from waters off Malpeque

Port of Galilee Rhode Island lands $2.9M to rebuild fisheries infrastructure

Deadliest Catch Sig Hansen star buys in to Norwegian entrepreneur “ghost fishing” idea

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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 35′ Duffy & Duffy Lobster/Tuna, 430HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins

State of Crabbing in Norton Sound: Less Sea Ice, Fewer Crabs — and Fewer Crabbers

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