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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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Coast Guard escorts disabled RI fishing vessel ahead of winter storm
With a major winter storm approaching, Coast Guard crews from Station Menemsha, Massachusetts and Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island, aided a distressed fishing crew about 10 Read More » -
Offshore Wind Technology Failure – Offshore wind is not all its cracked up to be!
Massachusetts’ ambitious goal to deploy offshore wind is supported by a 2016 Massachusetts state law that requires state utilities to purchase this power. This developer-friendly law Read More » -
RI Coastal Resources Management Council Hearing – September 24 – 6:00 PM – State Administration Building, Conference Room A, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI
Many of you have this already but this meeting on September 24, regarding the Deepwater Wind’s opportunity in getting the language changed in this proposal needs Read More » -
Dear Mr. Pentony and Dr. Hare: On behalf of the MAFMC I am writing to express our deep concern about the plan to redeploy observers
On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, I am writing to express our deep concern about the plan to redeploy observers on vessels in the Read More » -
What became of the Yukon kings? An in-river look
Part 4 The Yukon River draws into its mouth the largest migration of chinook, chum, and coho salmon stocks in the world. For the chinook, or Read More » -
#ShowUsTheRope – Blamed for Right Whale Entanglements, Lobstermen say Show us the rope!
Snow Cone has triggered an outcry of frustration from fishermen, who say they’re being unfairly blamed for the decline of the critically endangered species. On Wednesday, Read More » -
Macduff Shipyards completes Fruitful Vine vessel for owners
Macduff Shipyards has recently signed over its latest new build fishing vessel F/V Fruitful Vine to owners Nicol Fishing. This new build replaces its previous fishing Read More » -
Bringing the pink shrimp back to Petersburg
Petersburg once was host to sound enterprise of commercial shrimp fisheries and processing plants, drawing in hundreds of thousands – even millions of pounds of shrimp, Read More » -
Dec. 1 – Scallop season opens with high hopes
After an eight-month hiatus when, like summer tourists, the only scallops in local stores are “from away,” the Maine scallop fishing season is finally opening, at Read More » -
Divers hammer thousands of urchins to save Palos Verdes Peninsula kelp forests
In one nine-hour day this week, longtime fishermen Terry Herzik and Gary Thompson smashed more than 10,000 purple sea urchins on the floor of a cove Read More » -
Fisheries management at ‘rock bottom’, N.L. group says
The Fishery Community Alliance is claiming fish that is landed and exported from a number of ports in Newfoundland and Labrador with cold storage facilities is Read More » -
National Park Service Biscayne Park Fishery Management Plan ruffles fishermen
The head of the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association says he’ll take the fight to Congress if need be to fend off the implementation of a Read More » -
Asian carp chili or carp burgers, anyone?
Although Asian carp filets are too bony for most U.S. consumers, boneless minced carp can be used as healthy stand-in for ground beef in some recipes. Read More » -
Snow crab season still on ice, Fishermen remain hopeful of early opening
Despite widespread interest in an early opening date, the president of the P.E.I. Snow Crab Association says weather and ice could dictate when snow crab fishermen Read More » -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Division of Marine Fisheries Reopens Waters South of Cape Cod to Shellfishing
Effective immediately, the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has reopened waters south of Cape Cod to shellfish harvesting, including Mount Hope Bay, Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Read More » -
Jeff Davis: Peabody deal is ‘platform’ for more scallop vessel buy-outs
The deal by Bregal Partners and other investors for US scallop fishing firm Peabody will be a platform for more vessel acquisitions in the sector, said Read More » -
Spacing of Deepwater RI Ocean Wind Turbines Ignored After Deaths
Where is the investigation of what effect the spacing of the Block Island Wind Farm had on the death of two fishermen New Years Eve? On Read More » -
EMS is easy; AK fishermen will shape the program
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – It’s the fishermen who will shape Alaska’s electronic monitoring. More after this – Listen, and READ more@fishradio 17:24 Read More » -
F/V Pappy’s Pride: Unified command established for vessel collision in Galveston, Texas
A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, federal on-scene coordinator, Texas General Land Office, state on-scene coordinator, and Mr. Harry Stark, the fishing vessel Pappy’s Read More » -
Industry sponsors sardine survey along the Northwest Coast – Amount of fish is tied to profits and number of jobs for fishery
Tired of what they saw as incomplete surveying that led to an underestimated sardine population – and commercial harvest guideline – each year, processors in the Read More » -
A Rhode Islander beachcomber’s perspective to Hurricane Sandy – The Dented Bucket
After searching the Town Beach in Narragansett (with what seemed like hundreds of other people) for any storm-tossed treasures, and finding only a surf clam shell, Read More » -
‘Heroic at the highest level’ – Fishermen save woman from sinking car in Cork Harbor
Three fishermen are being hailed as heroes after pulling a woman from a sinking car in Cork city this afternoon. The dramatic rescue happened on Kennedy Quay Read More » -
Warming waters pose dangers to Arctic cod, research finds – saffron cod, pollock and Pacific cod could thrive!
A research project being conducted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists has found that even a moderate warming of waters could spell dire consequences for the Read More » -
Fishermen, Michael Cohen, owner and director of Santa Barbara Adventure Company, travelled to Capitol Hill to EXCLUDE you!
Cohen operates an outfitting business that runs sea cave kayaking tours within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Scorpion Anchorage State Marine Reserve and Painted Cave Read More » -
Commercial Horseshoe Crab Fishery in Del. to Close July 9
Officials say Delaware’s commercial horseshoe crab harvest is approaching this year’s quota of 154,527 horseshoe crabs, prompting DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife to announce that, Read More »
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