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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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Put rules in writing to fix Maritime elver fishery’s enforcement problem, say businesses
Representatives of the $45-million Maritime elver fishery are calling on the federal government to implement enforceable regulations for moderate livelihood fishing by Indigenous people. They told Read More » -
Fishermen catch a 1,076 pound Mako, second-largest shark ever from Nova Scotia waters
It was a big year for the Lockeport Sea Derby with big sharks and a big turnout. There were a few records set including the biggest Read More » -
ITQ’s: A crash course – How feds let fishing privileges be sucked up by big money, much of it foreign.
Wild fisheries are humankind’s greatest single source of protein. They are fully renewable, we don’t have to till soil, plant seeds, apply fertilizer or pesticide, water Read More » -
L’Ecume II sinking: Work to raise fishing boat to begin shortly
Divers are to begin an operation to raise the wreck of a fishing trawler that sank off the coast of Jersey. A specialist dive team is Read More » -
Right whale, calf make rare winter appearance near Plymouth Harbor (the article comments are priceless)
A North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted outside Plymouth Harbor on Saturday, the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies said — a sighting so Read More » -
Residents learn about fishing, local offerings at Stonington open house
They all were visiting the open house hosted by the town’s fishermen at Gambardella’s Wholesale Seafood at the Town Dock on Saturday afternoon to get an Read More » -
The Salmon Wars in the Pacific Northwest: Banning the Rough Customer
This week in Olympia, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 5617 to ban nontribal gillnetting in Washington state. The legislation would Read More » -
Tuna Longliner Mira Š: the newest addition to Klokan Fishing, based at Port Stephens in New South Wales
When blessing a new boat, it’s considered bad luck if the bottle of champagne doesn’t break. As luck would have it, when 16-year-old Mira Skoljarev swung Read More » -
Wind farms are making the North Sea one of the world’s most overcrowded bodies of water
The report noted that the installation of cables, pipelines, and other energy-related structures can impact marine life. Dolphins, it said, “can be seriously affected by the noise Read More » -
PETA takes credit for Linda Beans exit from the lobster industry
A PETA investigation showed workers at Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster slaughterhouse ripping fully conscious crabs and lobsters apart. After CBS released the footage, it wasn’t long Read More » -
Homer Alaska regains status as the halibut capital
Homer is No. 1 once again when it comes to halibut, landing some 4.4 million pounds and beating out Kodiak this year by 1 million pounds. Read More » -
Florida warns of Apalachicola River’s ‘doom’ if Georgia isn’t forced to release more water, Looks to US Supreme Court
Warning that a special master’s recommendation would “spell doom” for the Apalachicola River, Florida wants the U.S. Supreme Court to require Georgia to share more water Read More » -
US Lobster Market Price Trends 2021: Industry Overview, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast Till 2026
The United States lobster market is currently witnessing moderate growth and expects the market to continue its moderate growth during the forecast period (2020-2025). We are Read More » -
Cod fishery closure, Trident plant shutdown slam Sand Point
Earlier this month the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council completely closed the Gulf of Alaska cod fishery after several years of decreased catch limits. Although the Read More » -
“awwww, Mom, not lobster again!!” – Beach House Diaries: Lobster Tales
Atlantic Canada is a bucket list destination for seafood lovers — and understandably so. Plump, sweet scallops from Digby, on the Nova Scotian mainland, are considered delicacies Read More » -
You Asked, We Answered: How Will Vineyard Wind’s Compensation Plan To Fishermen Actually Work?
The development for the country’s first large scale offshore wind farm is currently at a standstill. Federal officials have delayed approval of the Vineyard Wind project Read More » -
Capital Seafood rising from the ashes – literally
Eastern Passage-based Capital Seafood International is getting ready to rise from the ashes after a fire destroyed its lobster processing and storage building last November. “Last Read More » -
Coastal Villages Region Fund’s (CVRF) CUT IN HALF; LARGEST REDUCTION FOR ANY CDQ GROUP BY FAR
“Our residents are in for a rude awakening when they see CVRF’s 2014 halibut quota limit,” said CVRF Board Member Robert Pitka Sr. of Toksook Bay. Read More » -
Another ENGO Lawsuit filed against NMFS. Why don’t they sue the Navy?
HONOLULU— A lawsuit filed in Hawaii federal court today challenges the National Marine Fisheries Service’s approval of a five-year plan by the U.S. Navy for testing and Read More » -
Capt. Charlie Griffin, ‘Wicked Tuna’ star, dies in boating accident on the Outer Banks; passenger missing
Capt. Charlie “Griff” Griffin of “Wicked Tuna” fame died on the Outer Banks after his boat went missing Sunday night near Oregon Inlet. A person with Read More » -
The harbour is full of boats and the storm hasn’t even arrived yet.
It’s not just the small visiting beam trawlers chasing soles, but also some of the biggest in the Brixham fleet like the Georgina, William and Julie Read More » -
Tuna Trollers Trash Treaty Talks – Outcome of negotiations disappoints US harvesters as new season begins
Fishermen’s News – Two days of intense negotiations held between government representatives from the United States and Canada in Portland, Oregon in mid-April failed to mollify Read More » -
Study: Alaska salmon stocks spiked and crashed long before commercial fishing
ANCHORAGE — A new study presents evidence that salmon populations in Bristol Bay have surged and sagged wildly — for hundreds of years at a time Read More » -
Trawler crew vanishes without trace off Fraser Coast
The Sunshine Coast prawn fishing fraternity fears a trawler and its crew that vanished without a trace off the Fraser Coast met a sudden and catastrophic Read More » -
Shaheen joins Portsmouth, NH fishermen to highlight their challenges
PORTSMOUTH — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, was at the commercial fishing pier on Thursday to hear about the many challenges the local fishing industry faces, how Congress Read More »
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