undermining their work – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: undermining their work

DFO scientists’ union says members’ work in N.L. undermined by industry and political interference

January 24, 2022 Canada

Judith Leblanc of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) wrote to the deputy minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Timothy Sargent, in November, expressing the “hurt” scientists have felt. “A pattern of decisions and events has emerged in the department that is causing scientists in the Newfoundland and Labrador region to have grave concerns about the current status and future direction in the department’s science advice, scientific independence, scientific excellence and integrity,” Leblanc’s letter notes that in 2019, DFO began using a new model to assess the health of the cod stock off Newfoundland’s south coast, in an area known as 3Ps. The new model, incorporating new data, led to the cod stock being moved from the cautious zone to the critical zone. >click to read< 08:45

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 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

« Oct

November 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

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
- Beaufort community helped save this seafood institution.
  
  It’s officially a community barn-raising. An effort to raise money and rebuild a Beaufort County seafood institution spread in recent weeks with the help of volunteers Read More »
- No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year
  
  Last year, California’s commercial and recreational fishing fleet, from the Central Coast to the Oregon border, landed about 300,000 salmon. But this year, Davis and other Read More »
- NOAA/NMFS Seeks Comments on Proposed Rulemaking for American Lobster Fishery
  
  NOAA Fisheries seeks comments on the American lobster control date, changes to lobster trap gear marking requirements, and allowing substitute vessels to fish lobster traps for Read More »
- Salmon and steelhead Band-Aids
  
  Here we go again putting a Band-Aid over a sucking chest wound. Ask anyone who spends time on Washington and Idaho salmon and steelhead waters why Read More »
- An example of activism, and how to get your point across
  
  A freelance writer Frederick Hewett, from Cambridge Ma wrote a piece about the wonderful wind advantage the Bay State has, Massachusetts Could Win Big In Offshore Wind Read More »
- “We’ve caught some big ones before but nothing close to that.”
  
  A Whalsay fisherman has told of his surprise at catching a massive monkfish – the biggest his crew has ever encountered. Skipper Arthur Polson’s five man Read More »
- New Power in the Heart of the Alaskan Beast: faithful Cummins diesel engines replaced with state-of-the-art version.
  
  MarineLink.com – Fans of the popular Discovery Channel series “The Deadliest Catch” thrill at the sight of the 113-foot, black-hulled Time Bandit’s bow rearing out of Read More »
- National Marine Fisheries Service’s Office of Law Enforcement returns to Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
  
  A federal fisheries agency office is reopening in Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, as soon as three enforcement officers are hired and trained, according to Kevin Heck, acting deputy Read More »
- New Beamer Hits The Water
  
  A year on from the launch of Interfish beam trawler Admiral Gordon at Parkol Marine Engineering’s facility in Middlesbrough, the yard has launched sister vessel Admiral Blake PH-440 for Read More »
- Individual, commercial fishing interests clash in Alaska Board of Fisheries testimony
  
  Many of the players and stakeholders in Southeast Alaska’s salmon and herring fisheries laid out their positions Tuesday morning (2-24-15), as the opened its spring meeting Read More »
- ‘Ministers strike a balance to protect livelihoods’ – December Council outcomes
  
  Despite pressure from environmental lobby groups, ministers took advantage of the flexibilities provided for them them by the to reduce proposed cuts on a number of Read More »
- NILS STOLPE: Of gumballs, the American Sportfishing Association and fisheries management
  
  FishNet USA — May 9, 2014 — To equate what a recreational fisherman pays to catch a fish to what a commercial fisherman is paid to Read More »
- Ottawa earmarks $100 million for lost fishing gear, repair to harbours – $300-million fund for Atlantic Canada not enough, fishermen say
  
  The federal government says $100 million from its hurricane Fiona fund will be earmarked for the recovery of lost fishing gear and the repair to small-craft Read More »
- NIOSH Takes On Injuries in the Fishing Fleet
  
  For more than 20 years, NIOSH has been working to prevent accidental deaths in the fishing industry. Now, these safety experts are tackling injuries — the Read More »
- Sustainability certification – Questionnaire on a NOAA alternative
  
  The Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) advises the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to Fisheries and Aquaculture. We would greatly appreciate the NFI’s assistance in distributing this brief survey Read More »
- Crew escapes with their lives after F/V Mount Pavlof sinks near Ketchikan
  
  Four fishermen escaped with their lives over the weekend after a seine vessel sank south of Ketchikan. Crewmembers from another fishing boat heard their distress call Read More »
- Captain Joseph John Testaverde, Lifelong Gloucester Fisherman – March 24, 1951 – February 25, 2015
  
  It was the sea that ran through his veins, starting at the age of 7 as his fathers deckhand and eventually becoming owner and Captain of Read More »
- Alaska: Commercial fishing is a good investment
  
  “This is probably not well-known,” said Sam Rabung, director of the commercial fisheries division for the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game… Rabung pointed out that Read More »
- Editorial: Unjust debt cuts, fish report need prompt attention GDT – Cameron Kerry, sits at the flashpoint
  
  Enough is enough. And answers are needed to each of these issues — not in January, but now. Look, 550 pages is comprehensive enough, and aptly Read More »
- First hearing Thursday on plans to expand ocean sanctuaries
  
  Environmentalists, commercial fishing representatives and others have hailed the new plans, saying they protect an important resource, and not just for wildlife. “Sanctuaries are known allies Read More »
- Fall fish stock surveys won’t happen again
  
  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says 2022 will be another year without fish stock surveys, as it prioritizes transition work needed to replace older vessels Read More »
- Hurricane Chris heads toward Newfoundland
  
  Environment Canada updated its forecast for Chris Thursday afternoon, with a warning that heavy rain, strong winds, significant waves and storm surges could hit coastal areas Read More »
- By road, lake and river: Boats make way to Bristol Bay – Molly Dischner
  
  Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on the eve of Read More »
- Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 35 miles east of Manasquan Inlet, NJ
  
  A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 36-year-old man suffering from a possible stroke aboard a fishing vessel approximately 35 miles east of Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey, Read More »
- Dr. Larry D. McKinney, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies – EPA Regulation Blamed for Huge ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf
  
  The ‘dead zone’ is caused when nitrogen-based fertilizer washes off Midwestern farm fields, and then is washed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Read More »