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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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FISH-NL – Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Torrent River Inn in Hawke’s Bay
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Consider the Lobster Trap. How a father-and-son manufacturing company clawed its way to the top
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Finding crew: Industry leaders search for the next generation of fishermen
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Congressman Schrader to host town hall meeting on sea lions
Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader will host a town hall meeting at noon Saturday, May 30, in Clackamette Park, Oregon City. Schrader is a co-sponsor of a Read More » -
Pass Christian grants temporary relief for struggling seafood industry
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Rockland Council holds off on resolve that supports lobster industry, dismisses right whale concerns
The City Council voted Monday evening, June 12, to postpone for two months a resolve to support the lobster industry out of concern that the language Read More » -
3 saved after clam boat F/V Miss Laurie catches fire on Housatonic – F/V Red Witch and others rush to the flame engulfed vessel
Kevin Jones-Santiago and the rest of the crew aboard the Red Witch were busy sorting clams for market in the Housatonic River on Saturday afternoon when Read More » -
Area Boat Prepping For ‘Wicked Tuna’ Television Spotlight
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Announces Funded Collaborative Research Projects
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council announces that four research projects have been selected to receive a total of approximately $610,000 in funding as part of the Read More » -
SAVING SEAFOOD RADIO: NOAA’s Bill Karp on Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Assessments
Saving Seafood’s Bob Vanasse recently sat down with Dr. Bill Karp, Director of NOAA’s Northeast Regional Science Center, to discuss NOAA’s increased focus on cooperative research. Read More » -
British Columbia: Prawn harvesters furious over DFO ‘tubbing’ ban – “Why are they reinventing the wheel?”
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U.K. to End Half Century of Fishing Rights in Brexit Slap to EU
Prime Minister Theresa May will pull Britain out of the 1964 London convention that allows European fishing vessels to access waters as close as six to Read More » -
Around and around we go, Where the Rogue NMFS Asset Forfeiture Fund Money goes, nobody knows! It’ll cost ya to find out!
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Being a Fisheries Observer in Alaska can be an Inspirational Experience – Viking Progress
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Sound Familiar? Ministers must put fishing businesses and livelihoods ahead of MSY dogma
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Letter: West Coast fishermen under NOAA siege, too
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Commercial fishing vessel runs aground in Hauraki Gulf, 27 on board
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Product of USA??? President and Chief Executive sentenced, fined for mislabeling crab meat
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Memorial University flume tank being used for critical conservation work
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First Nations fisherman launches reef-net revival
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Christie rebukes Trump Administration over Atlantic offshore drilling plan
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Tuna ruined his life, then saved it
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