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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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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Massachusetts Outer Cape Lobster Business
Specifications, information, and 15 photos, MA Coastal Lobster Permit – LMA Outer Cape – 600 Trap Allocation, >click here< To see all the boats in this series, Read More » -
The Eel World: Inside Maine’s Wild Elver Turf War
In an economically depressed Maine county, Bill Sheldon is the kingpin of a $40 million baby-eel industry that may be doomed to extinction. Find out what Read More » -
Fishing Regulations Force Market Vendors to Sell Alaskan Salmon – the demise of commercial fishing
“It’s being portrayed by some as the demise of commercial fishing in the Columbia and that was not the intent, it’s not what is built into Read More » -
New England fishermen consider whether to fight Atlantic monument designation
Fishermen in New England say President Barack Obama needlessly dealt a big blow to their industry when he created the Atlantic Ocean’s first marine national monument Read More » -
F/V Blue Wave: Investigation continues into overboard New Bedford scalloper
A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday said there are no additional updates since the agency announced last week it was suspending its search Read More » -
Fishermen protest outside Fisheries office, lobsters dumped at ‘dozens’ of sites across Nova Scotia
Several dozen lobster fishermen gathered outside a federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) office in southwestern Nova Scotia on Monday to continue their protest over Read More » -
Lobster retail pricing has lobstermen at the mercy of a Commodity Market
For more than a decade, we’ve been living through a commodity price boom. From oil to wheat and beef, the general rule has been that if Read More » -
Government Report Fails to Acknowledge True Implications of Foreign Control
Today, the provincial government released a report entitled, “A Review of Foreign Investment in the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery.” While FFAW-Unifor is hopeful that the report’s Read More » -
Three new pelagic trawlers for Shetland
The Shetland pelagic fleet is set for further expansion with the arrival of three replacement pelagic trawlers this year. First in line is the Adenia (LK Read More » -
Bristol Bay fishermen aghast at 50-cents-a-pound price for sockeye
Most Bristol Bay fishermen were shocked and dismayed when they heard last week that major buyers would pay 50 cents a pound for . That’s a throwback Read More » -
Commercial squid fishery closes, limit reached Sacramento, Calif.
California’s commercial squid fishery has reached its 118,000 short ton limit and is closing until March. The state Department of Fish and Game (DFG) says the Read More » -
Threat of federal penalty spurs Brunswick, Harpswell to consider raising shellfish license fees
Brunswick and Harpswell are proposing higher fees for commercial shellfishing licenses in an effort to pre-empt possible legal action by the U.S. Department of Labor. Requiring Read More » -
Mar-Lees sued over acquisition of clam processor “Captain Carl’s” – Betting the house on it
Mar-Lees Seafood, the US scallop and seafood supplier at the center of a range of legal disputes, is being sued over the acquisition of a Rhode Read More » -
UPDATE – F/V Miss Destinee – Coast Guard, partners continue search for two missing in Marmot Bay, Alaska
Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard and good Samaritans continue to search Friday for one male and one female reported missing from the fishing vessel Miss Read More » -
An unplanned event. A stroke.
Good morning from BH and Carol. We are at the hospital where BH is being treated for a stroke. It’s very scary. His vision has become Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs unresponsive fisherman near Jonesport, Maine
A Coast Guard rescue crew medevaced an unresponsive crewman from the fishing vessel Melinda Ann Saturday afternoon from Englishman Bay near Jonesport, Maine. Station Jonesport watchstanders Read More » -
Father passes down the fishing tradition
Keith Bruno loves commercial fishing and crabbing, but he hesitates when it comes to suggesting the same occupation to his sons, Zach and Ben. “It’s certainly not Read More » -
A seventh dead humpback whale has washed up on the Jersey Shore
State and marine mammal experts had responded on Friday, Jan 13 to Brigantine Beach a half-mile beyond a former U.S. Coast Guard station. There was much speculation Read More » -
Maine lobsterman hands out hundreds of pounds of free lobster as part of Christmas tradition
What has now become the annual gracious giveaway for the Ames’ family all started when local lobsterman Noah Ames decided to first handout free lobster on Read More » -
Fishing industry vows to sue over $2 billion land-building project
Leaders of Louisiana’s commercial fishing industry say legal action may be the last and best tool they have to fight a $2 billion restoration project that Read More » -
Tagging in Newfoundland showing cod, halibut activity
Atlantic halibut catches provided a landed value of $5.6 million to the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery in 2013, with over 40 per cent caught off the Read More » -
F/V Dianne: Experts work through the wet to get answers
Investigations into the sinking of MV Dianne are continuing today at the Bundaberg Port Marina site. Firefighters were at the scene early yesterday morning to assess Read More » -
Ryan Cleary: Newfoundland and Labrador fishery needs outside oversight
Near the end of FISH-NL’s three-year battle with Fish, Food and Allied Workers-Unifor, a senior reporter with the local CBC took exception on Twitter to being Read More » -
Mississippi’s shrimp season will open Thursday. It doesn’t look good.
Mississippi’s shrimp season will open this Thursday, June 20 at 6am, despite samples showing smaller shrimp than typical for opening day. That’s the decision from Tuesday’s Read More » -
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission votes to close flounder fishing
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission adopted the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2 as proposed by the Division of Marine Fisheries, giving the director of Read More »
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