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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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Industry-wide reductions begin as menhaden cap becomes law
REEDVILLE—Menhaden, alewife, mossbunker, fatbacks, bunker or pogy—no matter what it’s called—the fish is making news up and down the East Coast as the Atlantic States Marine Read More » -
Wicked Rye fisherman adds flavor to bluefin tuna TV show
RYE — Local fisherman Tyler McLaughlin has taken his love for tuna fishing to the television screen. McLaughlin, a 25-year-old captain from Rye, will be among Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for December 22, 2017
Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates Click here, for older updates listed as NCFA click here13:37 Read More » -
Warren Maine man admits to helping sink lobster boat
A 21-year-old Warren man was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 26, to three months in jail for his role in the sinking of a lobster boat off St. Read More » -
The May 2015 SMAST Yellowtail Flounder Survey begins, and we have our first update!
This innovative survey , another SMAST/industry collaborative, is underway. The Captain is Ronnie Borgeson. Ronnie has the F/V Angenette, which is his own boat. Crew is Read More » -
State opens commercial fishing on the Kuskokwim River to one person
Coming just days after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service returned management of the Kuskokwim River to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the state Read More » -
Coast Guard halts illegal use of “paper captains” in WA-based tuna fishing operation
The Coast Guard said in a statement last week that it intervened Oct. 19 to stop the use of illegal foreign nationals on a commercial fishing Read More » -
OffshoreMW enlists New Bedford’s Jim Kendall as fishing industry rep
An offshore wind developer hired a longtime local fisherman as its fisheries representative Friday, and another developer’s survey boat could arrive at the Marine Commerce Terminal Read More » -
First a hurricane, then an algae bloom. Now Keys fishermen try to weather the coronavirus pandemic
This day’s haul was a good catch — hundreds of claws ranging in size from large to “colossal.” But this was among the last trips the Read More » -
Coast Guard rescues 2 after fishing vessel takes on water near Coos Bay, Oregon
A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Coos Bay assisted the fishing vessel Car Tanya, Sunday evening. The boat crew successfully dewatered and towed Read More » -
It’s Peconic Bay scallop season on the North Fork
A calendar hanging in the northforker office has holidays marked in bold red letters. In November, there are three such days: Election Day, Veterans Day and Read More » -
Government Takes Culinary Action, New Law Outrages As Animal Rights Activists Thrilled
If you’re a Pink Floyd fan, you know the song “Comfortably Numb.” The song has just become the anthem for lobsters in Switzerland. Why? Because the Read More » -
UPDATED – Ex-AG Harshbarger report clears fisheries group, but raises questions By Richard Gaines
A 48-page report released today by a former state attorney general has found allegations of wrongdoing by Vito Giacalone in his role heading the Gloucester Fishing Read More » -
Sipekne’katik giving back lobster licences to DFO, starting own fishery
Sipkne’katik First Nation will announce Thursday, the voluntary relinquishment and return of their commercial licences to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. At the same event, they will Read More » -
CAL Cargo launches overseas lobster flights from Halifax
A new cargo carrier is flying tonnes of Nova Scotia lobster to Europe and Asia this month. The Halifax International Airport Authority announced CAL Cargo Airlines, Read More » -
Greenpeace-friendly Boston Globe Botches Tuna Report
From the Letter-Another symptom of how Ms. Zwirn indulges Greenpeace is that they are presented with virtually no skepticism or scrutiny — not on their ideology, Read More » -
Murkowski Muscles GSA in Sustainability Fight – Gets Major Change in Guidelines
In a recent letter (attached) from a GSA Assistant Commissioner, the official writes to Senator Murkowski that the agency agrees, and that “American managed fisheries do Read More » -
Governor John Bel Edwards Appoints Jack Montoucet as Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Chief
Acadiana lawmaker Jack Montoucet has been appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by Gov. John Bel Edwards. Montoucet, 69, represents District 42 in Read More » -
Alaskan Beth Kerttula named White House director of National Ocean Policy
JUNEAU — Alaska’s Beth Kerttula, who left the Legislature earlier this year for a Stanford fellowship in ocean policy, has been tapped to become the new Read More » -
Beached crab boat refloated
Many hands and some well-timed weather helped a team of islanders to right and relaunch a crab-fishing boat that ran aground on Rose Spit. “We just Read More » -
John Bullard – GARFO Administrator of NOAA Fisheries – YOU”RE ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT!! COME ON DOWN!!!
Published on Feb 17, 2014 “There’s room for everyone, if we plan.” John Bullard, Northeast Regional GARFO Administrator of NOAA Fisheries NMFS VIDEO Ocean Frontiers website: http://ocean-frontiers.org/ Read More » -
New England offshore wind planning offers lessons for Great Lakes
When Scandia, a Norwegian wind company, announced its plans to install 200 turbines in Lake Michigan four miles from the tourist town of Ludington, Michigan, in Read More » -
Alaska: Seafood industry facing challenges beyond harvest cuts
The Alaska seafood workforce, both on boats and on shore, is aging, and fewer young people are going into careers in the industry. While the graying Read More » -
The future of fishing is innovation.
Maine’s lobstermen begin 2022 with a unique opportunity to fundamentally solve the whale entanglement issue. Throughout history technology has been used to improve our lives and Read More » -
Maine holding hearings about scalloping cutback
Maine fishery regulators are preparing to hold a series of public hearings about a plan to cut back the number of scallop fishing days in the Read More »
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