From the Deckboss
Trawler hit with $325,442 enforcement action, Arrest made in Coast Guard double homicide, Dear Mr. President, Crewman aboard Starbound needs medevac, Read more here
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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Atlantic Salmon Federation calling on Greenland to end commercial fishery of Atlantic salmon
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Is it time to shut down the Department of Homeland Security?
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Anyone that supports this should be forced to lick the skidmarks out of Fred Krupps Dirty skiveys
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Kerry: Obama looking to senators to make Atlantic monument happen
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Federal, State and Local agencies continue response to F/V Ann Kathleen incident.
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Harwood grad becomes Alaska salmon boat captain
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An oceanographer at the University of Rhode Island has been appointed to a White House ocean science advisory post.
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New Right Whale Endangered Species Condom Distributed for World Ocean Day
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