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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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Ottawa plans to spend $62.8 million for construction and repair work at fishing harbours across Canada.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the funding in Miramichi, N.B., today, where he said the money this year would go to more than 100 projects that Read More » -
Fishermen rescued, fuel, debris spilled near Anna Maria Island
The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen from a 70-foot commercial fishing vessel that took on water Friday evening two miles west of Anna Maria Island. The Read More » -
Maple Ridge B.C. seeks restoration of federal Fisheries Act
Maple Ridge is talking tough to the federal Liberals when it comes to protecting fish – the same way it did to the Tories four years Read More » -
Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 1979, 72′ Steel Longliner, (2) John Deere, 680HP
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F/V L’Ecume II: Search for missing Jersey fisherman ‘will continue’
The search for a missing fisherman whose trawler sank off Jersey will continue, the government has said. Jersey-based L’Ecume II sank after colliding with a Condor Read More » -
Freeport fisherman lands 200-pound halibut alone
Gillis still had the 25-pound head of the halibut in a bucket of the back of his truck when I ran into him in Digby on Read More » -
Offshore wind farms being rushed through with ‘catastrophic impact’ on sea birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said Government figures showed that 4,000 kittiwakes, which are classed as a vulnerable species, are predicted to be Read More » -
Royal Star in Tignish is working on a process – Pasteurized lobster could open new markets
P.E.I. is a step closer to marketing lobster that will last up to a month after it is cooked, and that could make it much easier Read More » -
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Pulls the Plug on Speckled Trout
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Louis Daniel has issued a proclamation closing all coastal and inland waters to commercial and recreational spotted seatrout (speckled trout) Read More » -
Whale deaths in NC and along the East Coast have officials searching for answers
On Jan. 7, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale calf was found dead, wedged under a pier in Morehead City. In the previous month, three Read More » -
Timeline | Tragedy at Sea
The search for five young Nova Scotia fishermen, believed to have perished when their fishing boat overturned in rough waters about 12-hours steam off Nova Scotia, Read More » -
Alaska salmon MSC client: We humbly pay the money to stay in the game
International Seafoods of Alaska (ISA), one of the four remaining Alaska salmon companies to be keeping the Alaska salmon fishery in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 36′ Ellis Harpoon Boat, 600HP, Daytona Mack E7 Diesel
To review specifications, information, with 22 photos, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:36 Read More » -
Perfect port an elusive goal for East Coast offshore wind
“Developers have studied all the ports up and down the East Coast several times now. What we’re really looking for is large areas, good capacities, no Read More » -
One we missed! Thank you, Joe. F/V Fireman Explodes in Valdez Small Boat Harbor
A 30-foot commercial fishing boat, the F/V Fireman, exploded Wednesday evening at approximately 7:46 p.m. in the Valdez Small Boat Harbor leaving one man with minor Read More » -
12 Jersey Shore mayors call for moratorium on offshore wind following whale deaths
The announcement followed news that another humpback whale had died off of the coasts of New Jersey and New York and washed ashore in Lido Beach, Read More » -
China says U.S. measures on shrimps against WTO rules
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) —China‘s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Wednesday that measures taken by the United States over warm water shrimps from China are against Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Steel Shrimp Dragger, 500H Cummins K-19 Diesel
To review specifications, information, and 28 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 11:35 Read More » -
North Carolina Commercial Fishermen, Go to this public hearing
We urge attendance in a 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday public hearing in the New Bern River Convention Center that the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Read More » -
Tierney pushes for shielded NOAA report- Kerry said he “has been assured” the administration is working to bring out Swartwood II. Yeah, right.
Congressman John Tierney Friday pressed Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank to release what is widely believed within industry and legal circles to be an explosive set Read More » -
Birarellis cast off without patriarch
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Lobster prices high as catch drops and China imports climb
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‘Charleston Fishing Families’ raising funds, donations for families of lost crab fishermen
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East Coast Fishermen voice objections over plan for wind farm off New York coast
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Alleged shrimp boat bandit arrested in Houston, ran boat aground, damaged 2 others
After weeks, an arrest was finally made in the case of the Shrimp Boat Bandit. Able Antonio Martinez, 22, was arrested and charged with two felony warrants Read More »
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This has nothing to do with Wind-Turbines, it’s just a perfect example of will happen!!! Not only will they be providing transportation for these invasive species like the European Green Crabs before them!!!
Keep in mind the Turbine Bases will make excellent Habitat for these invasive species!!!
Regards,
–SBH–