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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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Conservation Law Foundation and Earthjustice file lawsuits in federal district court challenging NMFS
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Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale
The Department of the Interior announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with Read More » -
Massachusetts: Time to lift restrictions on state’s lobster processing industry
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Federal Jury Convicts Montauk Fisherman
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Seacor Power: Coast Guard points to early survivors as search continues, with updates from the Gulf this evening
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This Waikiki Shipwreck Is Proving Tough To Get Rid Of
On the morning of Oct. 13, commercial salvage crews overseen by the Coast Guard thought they might finally free the Pacific Paradise from the shallow waters Read More » -
CSIRO head Larry Marshall defends climate research cuts as angry scientists protest
CSIRO head Larry Marshall has sought to defend deep cuts to climate science programs after days of sustained criticism, saying global warming research was “one piece of a much larger puzzle” Read More » -
Submitted by George Washington – Seals, Sea Lions, Polar Bears, Bald Eagles, Sea Stars, Turtles, King and Sockeye Salmon, Herring, Anchovies, Sardines All Dying
We’ve previous documented that seals, sea lions, polar bears, sea stars, turtles, sockeye salmon, herring, anchovies and sardines on the West Coast of North America are Read More » -
Lawmaker: Trump Can Undo Obama’s National Monument Decrees
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $82 Million For Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced next steps to conserve and recover endangered North Atlantic right whales with $82 million in funding from the Read More » -
It’s always over fishing, though! Flame retardants in consumer products are linked to health and cognitive problems
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From the PETA Playbook? – CEO works toward a ‘humane harvest’
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I dream of a federal government that doesn’t overreach
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Seeking a viable fishery in Twillingate – Harvester and harbour master weigh in on state of shrimp fishery
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Lobster industry blasts proposed regulations intended to protect whales
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“It is with a very heavy heart I write this letter to provide my resignation.” Ewell Smith Resigns from Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
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Many Alaska Peninsula Corporation shareholders aren’t willing to trade salmon for gold
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FISH-NL: Canada’s fishery reputation was shot long before the death of 10 right whales
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s has some explaining to do regarding his Read More » -
Father revives son who fell off F/V Kylie Brooke in frigid Maine waters
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — A 19-year-old man who fell into icy waters from a Harpswell-based fishing boat Wednesday morning off Cape Porpoise was resuscitated by his father Read More »
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