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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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Alaskan fishers fear another bleak season as crab populations dwindle in warming waters
Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father’s crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access Read More » -
REBRANDING DOGFISH
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Fishing Law Privatizes Sea off Chilean Coast
A new Chilean fishing law gives four large-scale private fisheries control of 92 percent of Chile’s marine resources—much to the consternation of small-scale, artisanal fisherman along Read More » -
Louisiana prepared to ignore federal snapper regulations
While the federal government reaffirmed its control of recreational red snapper management this past week, Louisiana fisheries officials also doubled down on a threat to claim Read More » -
USITC to launch lobster investigation – “Lobsters: Effects of the CETA Agreement on the U.S. Industry”
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on Monday announced an investigation into possible negative effects of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on Read More » -
UK Fishermen enjoy ‘black gold rush’ as demand for cuttlefish hits all time high
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Sudden disappearance of sardines has serious economic and ecological effects on the B.C. coast
A $32-million commercial fishery has inexplicably and completely collapsed this year on the B.C. coast. The sardine seine fleet has gone home after failing to catch Read More » -
F/V Villa de Pitanxo: Spain holds memorial mass for sunken trawler victims
Spain’s King Felipe VI attended a memorial service yesterday for 21 sailors who died or are missing at sea after a Spanish fishing trawler sank last Read More » -
Michael Shellenberger: Sorry, But I Cried Wolf on Climate Change – A Mea Culpa
If climate change is a problem, then wind turbines and solar panels aren’t a solution: heavily subsidised and unreliable wind and solar are an economic and Read More » -
Fat fishermen face ban from working at sea unless they get their BMI below 35 due to ‘ludicrous’ new medical rules
Fishermen with a body mass index of 35 could be banned from working at sea in new ‘ludicrous’ medical rules. From November onwards fishermen will need Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Bruno Tuna/Longline (Solid Fiberglass) Cat 3306, Northern Lights 6 KW Genset
Specifications, information and 22 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here Boat is in excellent condition. Hull is of solid fiberglass construction. Read More » -
Great Lakes fishery managers need insight on climate change impacts
Great Lakes fishery managers worry that their operations may be harmed by invasive species, habitat loss in the long run, according to a new study. Read Read More » -
Commercial Fisherman Timothy J. Moore of Homer, Alaska, has passed away
Timothy J. Moore, age 65, of Homer, Alaska, passed peacefully from this world into the loving arms of Jesus, the Great Fisher of Men on Dec. Read More » -
The mysterious case of Alaska’s strange sockeye salmon returns this year
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‘If we hadn’t cut the nets we would have gone down’
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Hurricane Ida: “The supply chain is completely broken” – Restaurants can’t recover if suppliers don’t recover
Two weeks after Hurricane Ida, New Orleans restaurants aim to shift attention down the Bayou. Next week, two of New Orleans’s most highly acclaimed chefs and Read More » -
Shrimp became the top value catch for the state’s fishermen – North Carolina shrimp was a big deal
The life of commercial shrimpers can be unpredictable, as supply and the market vary. In 1953, writer Wade Lucas presented an optimistic view of the industry Read More » -
The Data Shows Record Lobster Production
Marine fisheries data show New England lobstermen are benefiting from a new golden age of lobster, thanks in large part to a warming Earth. Yet Democrats Read More » -
B.C. whaling – an uncomfortable history
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Coast Guard medevacs Skipper from shrimp boat off Freeport, Texas
The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man from a shrimp boat Monday off Freeport, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a notification at Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Young Bros. Lobster/Tuna, 6 Cylinder Detroit 6-V-92, North Lights – 8 KW Genset
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Ocean City, Wind Farm Developer Clash in Legal Fight
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Unalaska Responders Put Out Fire on F/V Blue Pacific
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Speedy surgery puts transmitters into Hudson River fish
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BREAKING: Canadian Fisherman flown to hospital after falling overboard BREAKING: TO BE UPDATED
A 40-year-old fisherman was sent to hospital after falling overboard off the South Shore on Monday morning. Read more here 13:28 UPDATE: A 40-year-old man who Read More »
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