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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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Newfoundlanders to Gloucester From Councilor Paul McGeary – GoodMorningGloucester
A delegation representing “Oceans Holyrood Initiative” from Holyrood, Newfoundland visited Gloucester on March 26, 2013. Here is the story and some photo’s. continued Read More » -
The Myopic Ramblings of Talking Fish. ENGO Year in Review – 2013
As 2013 draws to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the ups and downs of fisheries management featured on Talking Fish this Read More » -
Support Available to Help Fishermen Interested in Investing in More Environmentally-Friendly Technologies
Opportunity for fishermen to upgrade to semi-pelagic doors which are expected to help reduce fuel consumption, and reduce the physical impact of trawl systems on the Read More » -
P.E.I.’s North Shore lobstermen vote down trap reduction
Lobster fishermen on P.E.I.’s North Shore have once again voted down a proposal to reduce the number of traps they put in the water. The proposal Read More » -
P.E.I sets the Lobster Roll World Record at 120 feet and 120 pounds of lobster meat!
It took 120 pounds of lobster meat, 13 kilograms of dough and about 180 volunteers, but P.E.I. is now the record holder of the world’s largest Read More » -
Editorial: Naive fishing ‘bridge’ plan wrongly lets NOAA off hook
But the idea of “redeploying” shut down fishing vessels for research, and a hope of “working with” NOAA leaders on that and other projects comes across Read More » -
NIOSH Announces Availability of $6 Million in Commercial Fishing Safety Research and Training Grants
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announced the availability of $6 million dollars in grant Read More » -
The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong
Wednesday March 20, 2013 – The loss of a great Labrador ambassador…retired Inuit fisherman Perry Michelin, and Some lessons from Boston, what I learned at the Read More » -
UPDATED:SEARCH SUSPENDED – Search on for overboard fisherman from F/V Seeker 10 miles northwest of Unimak Island
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and good Samaritans are searching for a mariner who reportedly fell overboard from the fishing vessel Seeker 10 miles northwest of Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Young Brothers Lobster Boat, 550HP John Deere Diesel
To review specifications, information, and 14 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:36 Read More » -
Trial begins to settle $2.8M fishing tourney prize
It started in the open ocean off Maryland last summer and it’s likely to conclude in a federal courtroom in Baltimore. The battle over $2.8 million Read More » -
The Will of Wanchese by Susan West
Wanchese, North Carolina, wears its heart on its sleeve. Located on the southern tip of Roanoke Island, where the Roanoke and the Croatan sounds spill into the Read More » -
Maine Department of Marine Resources wants to raise the price of commercial fishing licenses
If approved by the Legislature, the proposed fee increases would range from as little as $1 for a Maine resident to harvest green crabs to as Read More » -
New Brunswick fishermen alarmed at 2nd closure over whale sighting
Fishermen are alarmed over the closure of another fishing area in order to protect North Atlantic right whales, a move some say will have a drastic Read More » -
NOAA says a group of whales in the Gulf of Mexico are endangered
Federal scientists say a tiny group of Bryde’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico is endangered, facing threats including oil and gas exploration and development. “They’re Read More » -
Ludger Dochtermann of Kodiak – Reinstituting Reasonable Crab Pot Limits
Dear Board of Fisheries members: My name is Ludger Dochtermann of Kodiak, and I own two crab vessels, the F/V Northpoint and F/V Stormbird. Like all Read More » -
Can American lobstermen survive new restrictions, ESA listing of the North Atlantic Right Whale?
For centuries, North Atlantic right whales were aggressively hunted for their meat and their oil, which was used to keep lamps lit and to make soap.,, Read More » -
Stacey Marshall Tabor – ‘I just want to run a boat’ – Millbrook First Nation human rights ruling appeal dismissed
A Nova Scotian Mi’kmaq woman who won a human rights complaint against her community says she “feels vindicated” after a federal court dismissed an attempt by the Millbrook band to overturn Read More » -
The Long Haul: Shared Hopes for Our Fisheries’ Future
As fishing areas close in the face of dwindling stocks, we look at what the hopes are among fishing folks for the future. In some areas Read More » -
Feds delay Snow Crab season in Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said the decision on Thursday to pause the season will let everyone involved in the fishery to put necessary health Read More » -
MPAs – DFO will stifle lucrative industry by stuffing fishermen into new eco-box
I never thought I’d become a fisherman growing up. I always wanted something bigger. To make a real difference, you know —so after graduating top 10 Read More » -
LETTER: On the future of salmon farming in B.C., Ecologists have been sounding the alarm for decades
For the first time ever, three political parties have pledged to transition open net pen fish farms on the B.C. coast to completely closed (likely land Read More » -
Memorial unveiled to honour fishermen who lost their lives at sea
A memorial has been unveiled for two fisherman who lost their lives off the Sussex coast. Robert Morley, who was 38, and his crew mate, Adam Read More » -
Commercial, recreational flounder fishermen at odds
Two months have passed since the state’s Marine Fisheries Commission was supposed to approve new protections for flounder, but fishermen are still catching them under the Read More » -
Rachel Irene, Wild Wild West win at Bass Harbor boat races
Sun-baked racers looked as red as the cooked version of their daily catch once prizes were doled out at the 8th Annual Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Read More »
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