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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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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Monday after their 68-foot fishing boat started to sink, 36 miles southwest of Sanibel Island. [email protected] 14:45 Read More » -
University of Washington Releases the 2014 Bristol Bay Sockeye Forecast
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Scientists Still Eyeing the ‘Dead Zone’ By Terry Dillman. This article SCREAMS for collaborative research!
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‘Deadliest Catch’ star pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault
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EPA Blocked Bristol Bay’s Proposed Pebble Mine
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Dear Editor: Crab fishermen continue to suffer- Patti Grant, El Granada
The most recent crab testing still shows unsafe levels of domoic acid. For fishing to resume, levels need to be lower in the next three weekly Read More » -
Chesapeake Bay: Targeting male blue crabs for harvest is preventing female crabs from having offspring
The Bay’s crab fishery is currently regulated to limit the harvest of female crabs, in a so-far successful effort to ensure that enough survive to reproduce Read More » -
Guardian investigation – Revealed: trafficked migrant workers abused in Irish fishing industry
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Gentlemen, I am addressing these comments to you and not the council – David Goethel
Mr. John Bullard, Dr. Bill Karp, Gene Martin, Esq., Gentlemen, I am addressing these comments to you and not the council because I believe you are the Read More » -
Potential regulations loom for Texas’ southern flounder fishery
The recommendations were made in response to TPWD data that shows southern flounder populations have experienced a dismal decline over the last several decades. The proposals Read More » -
Can Taylor Swift help Canada’s seal meat industry, senate committee asks
Canada’s top chefs should offer seal meat on their menus as part of the battle against Russian propaganda as well as celebrities who have spoken out Read More » -
Lobstermen at state hearing wary of regulations to protect whales
“Behind the scenes, they all say exactly the same thing,” Horner, the chairman of the local lobster zone council, said at a state hearing on new Read More » -
NOAA says Pacific great white shark not in danger of extinction
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday that the northeastern Pacific Ocean population of great white sharks is not in danger of extinction and does Read More » -
Hurricane Katrina turned this guy into a seafood mogul
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Rhode Island Approves Vineyard Wind Project, but, the fishing industry sure don’t like it.
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Sport fishing priority leaves most of us (the consumer’s) out
The authors of this OpEd assert that “recreational fishers contribute vastly more income to our state’s economy …” than commercial interests and further state that “Overall, Read More » -
Traditional Fishery News in 2013 from The Coaster
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Demand for whale meat in Norway rising after years of decline
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Canada: Financial Boost for Three British Columbia Harbors
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Hurricane Ida at near-Category 5 intensity as Louisiana braces for landfall
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Bad science journalism and the false dilemma of offshore wind and oil.
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The trade ban stays despite the growing seal populations – Only sealskin from Greenland can be traded in Finland.
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