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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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Marine Stewardship Council Responds To NPR Series On Sustainable Seafood
Earlier this week, NPR aired a three-part investigation of the Marine Stewardship Council on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The MSC contacted NPR on Wednesday Read More » -
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, June 14, 2015
The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More » -
Dramatic footage reveals full extent of damage from massive fire that tore through warehouse on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf
Dramatic photos have revealed the full extent of damage from a fire that engulfed a warehouse on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf early Saturday morning. Pictures taken after Read More » -
F/V Haida Lady Update: Vessel has been raised, Coast Guard concludes monitoring diesel fuel clean-up near Sitka, Alaska
The fishing vessel, Haida Lady, has been raised with lift bags and dewatering pumps, and is tied off to shore. Approximately 1,550 gallons of diesel fuel Read More » -
Will Obama use the State Departments “Our Oceans” Conference to designate canyons and seamounts National Marine Monument?
The third installment of the Our Ocean forum will convene in Washington, D.C., this week and the betting window is open on whether the Obama administration Read More » -
South Pacific Tuna Corporation cuts fleet by more than half
South Pacific Tuna Corporation announced yesterday that is selling more than half of its 14 U.S.-flagged purse seine fishing vessels to foreign operators, reducing its fleet Read More » -
Seattle company has worst rate of halibut dumping and a lousy track record
There are big differences within the bottom-trawl fleet that works the Bering Sea in how much halibut is caught and discarded, a Seattle Times analysis found. Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman from fishing vessel south of Long Island
Coast Guard crews medevaced a man from a fishing vessel 30-miles south of Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Monday evening. Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Shrike, Read More » -
We would like to extend our Deepest Condolences to the family of Timmy Sobotka of Wanchese.
Timothy Ira Sobotka, 48, of Wanchese, NC died Thursday, January 9, 2020. Born in Riverhead, NY on October 1, 1971, he was the son of Frank Read More » -
New Bedford Working Waterfront Fesival – September 28 & 29, 2013- Fisherpoets catch the soul of New Bedford’s signature industry
NEW BEDFORD — When Jon Broderick graduated from college in Seattle in 1976, he was interested in three things: Poetry, guitar and fishing. So he headed out Read More » -
F/V Scandies Rose: Tragedy survivor details harrowing experience during sinking
Jon Lawler, who was on the F/V Scandies Rose on Dec. 31, 2019, when the boat began rapidly sinking into the sea,,, As soon as things Read More » -
Maine Voices: Rebuild cod stock with low quotas and protection of older, larger females
Today, despite a wealth of survey data, a sophisticated process to estimate the number of fish and determine catch levels and a fishery that now operates Read More » -
Wing Slashes Shrimp Trawling Fuel Costs and By-catch Rates
Randy Skinner’s Wing Trawl System has been through a few generations of development, each tested and put through its paces on board his own shrimper, the Read More » -
Gulf of Alaska bycatch issue simmering in Kodiak – as debate continues over whether a catch share program would solve the problem.
thecordovatimes.com – Incidental harvest of thousands of Chinook salmon in Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries is an issue that just won’t go away, simmering before federal Read More » -
Scotland: Wester Ross sea trout burdened by lice
RECENT monitoring of juvenile wild sea trout, witnessed by the Salmon & Trout Association (Scotland) (S&TA(S)), in Little Loch Broom has revealed fish carrying huge numbers Read More » -
Atlantic salmon-farming company sues Washington state to keep its Port Angeles site open
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has filed a lawsuit seeking to continue running its Atlantic salmon farm in Port Angeles. The suit, filed Thursday in Clallam County Superior Read More » -
Bait Relief! Maine Pogy fishery reopens with strict new rules
Maine made bait fishermen and lobstermen happy Monday when it reopened its pogy fishery after concluding there is still enough menhaden left in the Gulf of Read More » -
Sale process is reportedly underway for family-owned US scallop and fish supplier Wanchese Fish Company
Previous attempts to sell have been held back by differing viewpoints from the family members, sources said. Wanchese has a fleet of 13 vessels catching scallops Read More » -
Family gets $1.3M over fisherman’s 2011 death
The family of Gloucester fisherman Giuseppe “Joe” Cracchiolo, who died in a 2011 fall from a New Bedford dock, has received a total of $1.35 million Read More » -
El Niño pushes California calamari landings down
After several years of bounty, California’s commercial landings of market squid — the species better known to hungry diners as calamari — are down by about Read More » -
N.L. salmon farm quarantined – Industry expects confirmation of infectious salmon anemia
A Gray Aqua salmon farm on Newfoundland’s south coast is under quarantine as officials test for infection. The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association confirmed on Monday that Read More » -
Congress passes spending bill after brief government shutdown
Congress approved a $300 billion, two-year spending bill and an additional $90 billion in aid for victims of hurricanes and California wildfires early Friday and President Read More » -
Stonington: Bringing back tradition: Fallen fishermen to be honored at 69th Blessing of the Fleet
For the past two years, organizers of the annual Blessing of Fleet have kept long-standing traditions alive in a less social sense, hosting more abbreviated events Read More » -
New Minimim Sizes for New Hampshire Commercial Groundfish, Recreational Haddock
The NH Fish and Game Department will be implementing interim rules on July 1 to change the minimum size limits of some groundfish species and implement Read More » -
Chile fishermen protest fishing limits
Clashes break out after fishermen protest against a new law limiting the amount of anchovy they can harvest. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Watch the video Read More »
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Thanks to catch shares not to many young fisherman will ever be able to pursue their dream of owning and fishing their own boat.This was brought to us by greed and corruption,nothing else.