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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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Farmed fish can only spare the ocean if we can swap out the fish oil that feeds it
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Daniel Harrington of North Kingstown, R.I., a lifelong commercial fisherman, has passed away
Daniel Harrington, 57, of North Kingstown passed away peacefully on June 22, 2021 surrounded by his loving family, after a brief illness. Born in Warwick, he Read More » -
Honoring the life of a fisherman
Sunday’s memorial boat parade in honor of Donald Brewer Sr. The procession was led by Brewer’s son, Maynard Brewer, who captained the Sherm & Jake, which Read More » -
You SAFMC guys don’t have to hook up the Huskies. Your Pooler, GA Meeting has been canceled!
Public Hearing/Scoping Meeting Scheduled for Pooler, GA on January 30, 2014 CANCELLED Due to Winter Storm – The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is cancelling the January Read More » -
NEFMC Postpones Coral Action for Continental Slope/Canyons, adopts GoM Coral Protection Zones
The New England Fishery Management Council today adopted coral pretection zones for the Gulf of Maine as part of its Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment. However, it Read More » -
Rory Rodger Ahern, Jr., Greenfield, N.J. Scallop Fisherman has passed away
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Catch Shares? NOAA Seeks Comments on a Control Date for the American Lobster Fishery
NOAA is seeking comments on a control date (a date that may be used to establish eligibility) of April 29, 2019 for the American lobster fishery, Read More » -
Report: Big illegal catches of Russian crab threaten stocks, flood global markets
Illegal crab harvests in the Russian Far East are threatening stocks and flooding markets, said a new report issued by the The illegal catches of crab in Read More » -
On World Fisheries Day FISH-NL reiterates call for Trudeau to apologize to NL for fisheries mismanagement
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The lure of the sea, a lifelong debt trap for fishermen
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Tourism, Indigenous groups welcome WA’s South Coast Marine Park, but opposition from commercial fishers
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Fishers blocks access to DFO building in St. John’s
Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent Fish Harvesters’ Association were outside Fisheries and Oceans Canada headquarters Friday morning. They’re blocking employees from entering the federal building Read More » -
‘This is going to be a bad one’: Newfoundland’s hardy fishermen, not usually ruffled, wait in fear for Fiona
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Vineyard Wind seeks help in protecting right whales! Really??? Let me help. Don’t build it!
Are you really that concerned about the whales, wind farmers? Don’t build it, and vacate the “project”. I suspect some disgusting politicians are making noise about Read More » -
Navy Veteran, Commercial Fisherman Thomas Lee Mackie of South Thomaston has passed away
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Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore Billboard Campaign in Halifax – “Don’t want to risk eating ISA diseased fish? Don’t buy open pen farmed Atlantic salmon.”
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F/V Pacific Queen, and F/V Coral Sea run aground in southeast Alaska
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Florida’s gift to veterans for Veterans Day – easier for Florida veterans to enter the commercial fishing industry.
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In Northeast, more research needed on offshore wind’s impact on fishing
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‘Not work, it’s a passion’: Commercial fisherman Santo La Macchia still hooked at 101
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Canada adds warm-water fish to list of species monitored in DFO summer trawl survey off East Coast
Several warm-water fish species were added to the annual summer research vessel survey off the coast of Eastern Canada in 2020.,, Monitoring for the blackbelly rosefish, Read More »
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Doc Hastings:
The Reautorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act
The revisions in the Discussion Draft uphold the underpinnings of the Act.
Let me be clear about what this discussion draft does not do -it does not eliminate the requirements that Councils and the Secretary stop overfishing.
It does not eliminate the requirement that Councils and the Secretary rebuild overfished fisheries.
It does not eliminate the requirement that Councils and the Secretary develop and implement Annual Catch Limits.
It does not eliminate the requirement for accountability measures.
It does not eliminate the requirement that management decisions be based on science.
This draft addresses the requests of fishermen, fishing communities, fishery management Councils, and the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences that the Act be modified to provide
fishery managers with more flexibility.
That’s the key word: flexibility.
I’ve noticed that some people oppose providing more flexibility to allow fishery managers to take the economic impact of fishing restrictions and environmental conditions into account when implementing those restrictions.
That may be because those people are not directly affected by the -sometimes draconian – economic impacts.
But the fishermen who are directly impacted have requested flexibility. The fishery managers who have to implement the restrictions have requested flexibility. And the National Academy of Sciences has recommended flexibility
From Rep Defazio
The Magnuson Stevens draft is an abysmal attempt at a reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act, which has since expired and is up for reauthorization.
While Committee Democrats are open to reforming and strengthening the law, the draft offered up the Majority will roll back critical fishery protections and dismantle key provisions of the Magnuson Stevens Act. Further, the bill undermines bedrock environmental law including the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and the Antiquities Act. This is unacceptable.
We don’t need to go back to the bad old days of boom and bust and the depletion of many stocks that still have not recovered. This doesn’t need to be a partisan issue and we are bitterly disappointed in the lack of bipartisan cooperation by Committee Republicans in drafting this bill, even after Committee Democrats asked to have input.
Moving forward, I hope that my Republican colleagues intend to work together, with Democrats, to make common sense improvements to the Act. https://www.facebook.com/NRDems
You can read the CLF junk here.
http://www.talkingfish.org/in-the-news/fish-talk-in-the-news-friday-february-7
◾On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Doc Hastings’ proposed Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization bill. Witnesses included NMFS Deputy Assistant Administrator Samuel Rauch, MAFMC Chair Richard Robins, scientist Ellen Pikitch, and Northeast Seafood Coalition Policy Director Vito Giacalone. Most witnesses supported the proposed increased flexibility in rebuilding timelines
◾Many other stakeholders, however, warned that the Hastings proposal would be a severe Click the link to read the rest.