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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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Philanthropic Colonialism – The Charitable-Industrial Complex. Driven by guilt, manipulated by ENGO opportunists to “fix all that’s wrong”.
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Encouraging results from inshore fish survey
Survey catches of cod in the inshore waters around Shetland last year were at their best for five years, fishing leaders say. The record squid catch Read More » -
Searchers find second ship from doomed expedition
The second of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago during a storied expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage Read More » -
NOAA calls for monitors on all groundfish trips, calls for Public Comments on proposal
The draft amendment to set at-sea monitoring coverages aboard all Northeast groundfish vessels has led an adventurous existence in the three years the New England Fishery Read More » -
Bay of Fundy Fishermen in need to pay more attention to the Energy East Pipeline project
Former MP Coline Campbell says people in Nova Scotia need to pay more attention to the Energy East Pipeline project and the risk it poses for Read More » -
Picnics and politics
The Cordova Times – Picnics are a universal sign of summer. Warm weather, friends and a hot grill. Here in Cordova, when people talk about picnics, Read More » -
West Coast sardine crash could radiate throughout ecosystem
The sardine fishing boat Eileen motored slowly through moonlit waters from San Pedro to Santa Catalina Island, its weary-eyed captain growing more desperate as the night Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ Fiberglass Scalloper, 3408 Cat, Limited Access Part Time Scallop Permit
To review specifications, information and 10 photos, >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<11:31 Read More » -
MLAs hear of capping stack limits – 10 to 30 days to successfully stop the flow of oil after a blowout
Even if companies drilling for oil along Nova Scotia’s offshore had access to a capping stack, the CEO of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board says Read More » -
Superseding Indictment Charges New York Fisherman with Conspiracy, Fraud and Obstruction
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York unsealed a superseding indictment charging a fisherman with both conspiracy and substantive charges in connection Read More » -
Louisiana needs to spend seafood promotion dollars
Time is running out for the state to spend millions of dollars aimed at convincing consumers Louisiana seafood is safe to eat. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne Read More » -
The definitive words on mercury in fish (or, if it seems like the public is dumbing down…
that’s perhaps because it is). I highly recommend that you invest 28 minutes in watching Fish, mercury & nutrition: the net effects. You can get to Read More » -
New rule: “no discharge zone” bans vessels from releasing sewage into Puget Sound
Recreational and commercial vessels will not be able to release treated or untreated sewage into Puget Sound waters under new rules approved by the state aimed Read More » -
Rise in human trafficking impacts Hawaii – Oahu farms, Commercial fishing industry, Child Prostitution
The State Department report said forced labor on inland, coastal and deep sea fishing vessels is growing. Bryant Carvahlo, a former federal investigator with the U.S. Read More » -
Today’s Marine Conservationists Are Climate Deniers – Jay Andersson
Jay Andersson finds some inconvenient truths about todays corporate backed Marine Conservation Industry. The self-appointed saviors –Read more here in the Guest Writers Column 17:17 Read More » -
Massachusetts: Coast-Wide Shellfish Closure
Due to yesterday’s storm with its associated coastal flooding, ALL shellfish areas in Massachusetts state waters are now CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE with an exemption for Read More » -
DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Port Angeles-made vessel destined to be floating classroom
Armstrong Marine, the aluminum boat fabricator on U.S. Highway 101 midway between Port Angeles and Sequim, launched Coastal Explorer last week. For the past three weeks, Read More » -
Oregon: Ocean commercial Dungeness crab season delayed
The ocean commercial Dungeness crab season opener is delayed until at least Dec. 16 for the entire Oregon coast. Pre-season testing shows crabs are too low Read More » -
Open fishing plea to get sharks
One of WA’s most experienced professional fishermen has called on the State Government to reopen commercial fishing off Perth, saying it would be the most effective Read More » -
This Greying of the Fleet thing is out of Control! 87 year old woman hoisted from a fishing boat
Watchstanders at the 17th District command center in Juneau received the report from the master of Annie B that a woman had been injured when the Read More » -
Brexit, an “ocean of possibilities”? British fishermen mixed
A heavy weather warning was announced this weekend in the North Sea. Rain and wind are already sweeping Peterhead and its pink granite dwellings. Located in Read More » -
“You’re going to take that little boat across the Inlet?!?”- The little setnet skiff that could
That was the prevailing theme around the Ninilchik Harbor when we showed up with a 21-foot open setnet skiff, headed for Bristol Bay. I have traveled Read More » -
Fire guts commercial fishing boat but spares injury
A man escaped injury in a boat fire last week in the Ilwaco marina. The F/V Tlingit Princess was billowing smoke from the cabin as authorities Read More » -
Oregon: Crab season to begin December 1st without delay for first time in six years
For the first time in six years, Oregon’s commercial crab season is set to begin without delay following low domoic acid and high meat yield indicated Read More » -
This Blows! Fishing industry raps proposed wind energy grid
“The proposed layout specifies that turbines will be spaced 1 nautical mile (nm) apart, arranged in east-west rows and north-south columns, with the rows and columns Read More »
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