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Eastport boatbuilder required to auction boat molds

November 15, 2017 New England

A settlement agreement between the boatbuilding firm Millennium Marine USA and the Washington County government includes auctioning off four boat molds used by the company. The Quoddy Tides (click here) reported that the county purchased the molds for use by the company, with the help of $524,000 in U.S. Economic Development Agency grant funds. The molds will be auctioned for a minimum price of $15,000. click here to read the story 08:32

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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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Eastport boatbuilder required to auction boat molds

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

Funding for Additional Small Craft Harbours Projects to Benefit Fishermen

MSA Re-Auth Roadshow: ENGO Perspective! Scallopers Haul Back a Short-Sighted Vision

Fukushima Fishermen Aim to Expand Catches for Survival

Aleutian Spray extends Starbound to produce high grade surimi, fishmeal, fish oil

“Eat the Invasives” – New catfish reg threatens watermen’s livelihood, Chesapeake Bay

Dear Senator Warren

Hurricane Florence – N.C. shrimper fleeing storm finds safety in Beaufort County after breaking down at sea

VIMS to lead national program for managing derelict fishing gear

City of Morro Bay will allow fishermen to sell directly from boats starting May 1

Athearn Marine Agency Weekend Special – 49’2″ X 22’6″ Millennium Marine Lobster Boat, 1000HP Cat C-18 – Loaded!

Maine: The Situation with bait Herring

These guys are having an exceptional New Year after being rescued by a Fishing Trawler

After more than a century, NOAA’s Beaufort lab, a jewel of ocean research targeted for closure

PETA seeks to honor their brother and sister lobsters, with a stone

This Is Why You Don’t See People-Sized Salmon Anymore

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A Tale of Two Whales: Seven-Year Study Indicates Steady and Upward Trends for Blue and Fin Whales in Southern California

Lobster Shell Disease Expanding North; One of Several Diseases of Marine Organisms Causing Worry

‘Window dressing’: Sealord criticized for efforts to hire Kiwis

‘OC Shark Hunter’ arrested for unauthorized shark fishing off Assateague

We’re losing fishing grounds – Trump says Vineyard ‘will never be the same’ after Vineyard Wind Farm

SEA-NL accuses federal Fisheries Minister of favouritism. Demands an apology.

Current fishery situation is not sustainable – Kent Martin

Big brawl in Little Harbour over lobster fishing grounds

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