the perils of commercial fishing

Tag Archives: the perils of commercial fishing

The Dangerous Side of Fishing for Squid

January 8, 2014 Mid Atlantic

Our cover story this past weekend about John Aldridge, a Montauk-based lobsterman who fell off his boat and was rescued by the Coast Guard after nearly 12 hours in the water, mentioned a man whose death last year served as another example of the perils of commercial fishing. Donald Alversa who was also a Montauk resident, was photographed last January by a local photographer, Lindsay Morris, whose photography has appeared in the magazine. She sent us the picture above and this remembrance: Read more@nyt 14:48

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
- Gulf of Mexico shrimp landings low, prices up
  
  Shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico are running lower than usual, but prices are up, according to the latest data issued by the National Oceanographic Read More »
- Controversial Fish Board nominee Roland Maw, withdraws
  
  A Kenai Peninsula commercial fishing advocate that Gov. Bill Walker had hoped to see appointed to the Alaska Board of Fisheries has withdrawn his name from consideration Read More »
- ‘Do I need life insurance?’ A morning as a Peconic fisherman
  
  Rain is the forecast as Tom Gariepy arrives at the Peconic River just before 5 a.m. for one of the last bunker hauls of the season. Read More »
- Two prolific Charleston chefs escape the kitchen and find peace at sea
  
  It’s a little after 2 p.m. on a Monday and the wooden shrimp trawler, built in 1969, sits low in the water at the Wando Dock Read More »
- Advocacy Groups Demand Transparent Investigation into Deaths of Six Endangered Whales
  
  Calling the deaths of six endangered whales that have washed up in 33 days on the beaches of New Jersey and New York “alarming and environmentally Read More »
- ROCKLAND, Maine: Linda Bean fires back at PETA, claims animal rights group has launched ‘full-scale attack’ onlaunched ‘full-scale attack’
  
  Maine lobster industry leader Linda Bean said the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is waging a full-scale attack on the lobster industry. “In no Read More »
- Is there a Global Illegal Fishing Crisis? A Quick Look at the Problems with Fisheries Crime Estimation
  
  A leading issue in the marine conservation arena is the global and large-scale nature of illegal fishing. Various NGOs have made Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing a Read More »
- Lawmakers form Seafood Caucus to help Louisiana fishermen
  
  Consumers likely don’t think twice about where the shrimp or seafood bought at grocery store comes from, but Louisiana fisherman—and now federal lawmakers—are asking people to Read More »
- Fishery FUNDD Act: Reps. Palazzo and Huffman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Federal Fisheries Disaster Relief Program
  
  Representatives Steven Palazzo (MS-4) and Jared Huffman (CA-2) have introduced the Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act (Fishery FUNDD Act), which will improve the federal Read More »
- Fife fishing boat recovered as appeal continues to find culprit who sank it
  
  A Fife fishing boat that was sank by a hooded stranger has been recovered. The operation to bring the Tina Louise back above water at Methil Read More »
- ‘Nothing will be safe’: Fears after 20,000 ‘ravenous’ fish escape fish farm in Australia
  
  There are fears thousands of “ravenous” kingfish that escaped a government jointly run fish farm in Australia will devastate a marine park’s wild fish population. Up Read More »
- Bristol Bay’s Sockeye Harvest Hits 4-Million
  
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports that another 725.5-thousand sockeye were harvested bay-wide on Monday to push the season total to just over 4-million. Read More »
- Falmouth RNLI to be allocated the RNLI’s newest, state of the art lifeboat
  
  The Shannon is the latest class of all-weather lifeboat to join the RNLI fleet. Designed entirely in house by a team of RNLI engineers and built Read More »
- Coronavirus: Seafood Industry Comes to ‘Screeching Halt,’ But Some Businesses Adapting
  
  Harrison Ibach, a commercial fisherman based out of Eureka in Humboldt County, says that when the coronavirus hit the U.S., his business dried up practically overnight. Read More »
- State stops Mainer from sedating lobsters with marijuana smoke before being cooked
  
  State regulators have put a halt to a Maine restaurant owner’s experiment of sedating live lobsters with marijuana smoke before they are cooked, at least for Read More »
- Gulf of Maine: What happens when a small Maine town and an offshore energy project collide
  
  A project taking shape about 12 miles offshore from the village of Port Clyde is creating a rift in the tight-knit fishing communities on the St. Read More »
- Oceana bites back at proposed rule for US dusky shark conservation
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration have released a proposal addressing the chronic overfishing of dusky sharks in U.S. waters. But suggested rule comes up Read More »
- Happening Now – Protestors on scene at FFAW building in St. John’s
  
  A large group of fishermen are on the scene the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union offices in St. John’s this morning looking for a Read More »
- California takes step toward first offshore wind farm
  
  The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to pave the way for the West Coast’s first offshore wind farm that if ultimately approved and built would occupy roughly Read More »
- Jacobs (fourth-generation waterman) unopposed in District 36 in the Maryland House of Delegates
  
  “For 20 years, I feel like Annapolis has really regulated the industry, really in a way that has been very detrimental to the industry,” Jacobs said. Read More »
- Boat of the week from TriNav Marine Brokerage: 44′ Dixon Lobster Fiberglass, GM 60 series, 625HP
  
  Specifications and information here 09:31 Read More »
- Menhaden Fishing Ports Top NOAA’s Newest List; Support Coastal Communities
  
  The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition is pleased to note that five of the nation’s top ten ports are largely supported by the commercial menhaden fishery, according to Read More »
- Project Fisheye Successfully Accelerates Development of New Underwater Camera
  
  Before looking at Project Fisheye let’s go back to the latest in fishing gear technology from the 1990s in Cornwall. Plymouth based fishing gear and net Read More »
- Really? Cut the Chopper from Newport, Transport baby Sea Lion to Sacramento?
  
  “The Coast Guard played an enormous role in making the transport possible with the least amount of time, which is always a No. 1 priority for Read More »
- Mussel boat pulled off sandbar after capsizing near Malpeque Harbour
  
  A mussel boat that capsized and grounded on a sandbar near Malpeque Harbour Friday morning has been towed away. The boat got stuck on a sandbar Read More »