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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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Provincetown Portuguese Festival and fleet blessing draw raves
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Chance remark leads to movie role. “You guys with the movies or something?” Then something happened. Something always happens.
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Commercial fishing industry reeling from mental health crisis
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Cornwall fishing father and son illegally caught pregnant lobsters
Officials said Andrew, 30, and 54-year-old Leslie Burt may have even scrubbed the shellfish to remove their eggs so it was not apparent they had been Read More » -
Making the Cut! – Former Wilsonian featured on “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks”
As a boy, Daniel Blanks fished all the little farm ponds around Wilson County. On Sunday night, Blanks will be featured on the popular National Geographic Read More » -
It’s been rough in recovery, and theres a long way to go.
To those that have noticed, I’ve made sporadic updates in the past 19 days, as I’ve undergone heart surgery, and have been in recovery. I’ve tried Read More » -
Remembering the F/V Joanna C fishing boat tragedy on second anniversary
Today we remember the second anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Joanna C fishing boat off the Sussex coast near the port of Newhaven in which two fishermen Read More » -
2017 Commercial Salmon Harvest Summary
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has compiled preliminary harvest and value figures for the 2017 Alaska commercial salmon fishery (PDF 130 kB). Although Read More » -
Surprise ‘farewell’ for award-winning lifeboat cox Mark – but he’s not going far
Award-winning Torbay RNLI’s coxswain Mark Criddle is retiring after 17 years at the helm – but he is staying on as a crew member. Sunday was Read More » -
Northeast Seafood Coalition issues statement on Accumulation Caps, Fleet Diversity, and “Amendment 18” – savingseafood.org
NSC believes any and all groundfish management measures must be highly sensitive to the potential for unintended consequences to all segments of this fragile fishery. WASHINGTON Read More » -
Editor: RTI dumping can’t be ignored. R. Burkosky – CFV BC MAID ll
As an elected representative for the commercial gillnet fishing fleet, I want to caution the public not to accept an Environment Canada whitewash of this obviously Read More » -
Hurricane Fiona threatens severe impacts across Atlantic Canada
Hurricane Fiona is roaring through the western Atlantic Ocean as a powerful Category 4 storm. The hurricane will brush Bermuda overnight Thursday before threatening major impacts Read More » -
Yarmouth Sea Products fined after man fractured skull on scallop fishing boat
Yarmouth Sea Products will pay a $41,500 fine and is also required to hold two seminars on workplace safety as part of a sentence issued in Yarmouth Read More » -
VIKING’s Helpline for New US Coast Guard Coastal Safety Rules
Marine safety equipment manufacturer and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S says it’s worried that commercial vessels operating in North American coastal waters and waterways simply Read More » -
Critics ask: How much for wind power? – Divided on wind cable; Heated talk of climate change and Nimbyism
Simon Kinsella, a resident of Wainscott, a candidate for East Hampton Town Trustee, and a persistent critic of the proposed South Fork Wind Farm, spoke during Read More » -
Maine lobsterman creates revolutionary product with simple tweak – The EZ Block
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 5, 2015
Click to read the Weekly Update for June 5, 2015 as a pdf To read all the updates, click here 06:12 Read More » -
House votes to slash climate research, block new red snapper fishing plan, and ‘ocean zoning’ funding
The $51.4 billion spending bill would fund the fiscal 2016 budgets for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, NASA, the National Science Foundation and Read More » -
(Video) Byrne skewers govt. bureaucrat for damaging Alabama’s massive red snapper industry
Samuel D. Rauch III is the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the government agency that manages every Read More » -
It’s simple for Alaska: Fish first means no to Chuitna coal project
In 1920, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Even today we recognize that decision as one of the worst in Read More » -
Gardaí raid premises after fishermen trafficking claim
Gardaí have raided a number of premises and the naval service has arrested a fishing boat in the Irish sea as part of the response to allegations Read More » -
Deckboss – PROTEST ALERT: Alaska Fishermen Protest at Anchorage Walmart – 10:00AM (AKDT), Wednesday, September 4, 2013
PROTEST ALERT: Alaska Fishermen Protest at Anchorage Walmart “WALMART SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE ON ALASKA SALMON” SAY ALASKAFISHERMEN AT PLANNED PROTEST OF WALMART Demand change of Walmart policy that Read More » -
Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for APRIL 27, 2015
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Bristol Bay Salmon Are in Hot Water
I’ve worked as both a journalist and a commercial fisherman for over a decade, participating in more than a dozen fisheries from Southern California to the Read More » -
MAFMC & ASMFC Set Black Sea Bass Specs for 2017-18 – Benchmark Assessment Finds Resource Not Overfished & Overfishing Not Occurring
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) have approved revised specifications for the 2017 black sea bass fishing year Read More »
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