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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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Gulf of St. Lawrence oil drilling concerns coalition – The Old Harry project is now undergoing environmental assessment
A coalition of groups from the five eastern provinces met on P.E.I. Saturday to discuss strategies to stop drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. more@cbcnews 10:37 Read More » -
King fishery closed
Fisheries managers in Southcentral Alaska might still be wrestling with what to do about a weak return of king salmon to the Copper River, but their Read More » -
Ronnie Max Andrews, 52, enjoyed a career as a commercial fisherman, has passed away
Ronnie was the son of Eyela Merrill Stouffer of Pensacola, Florida, and the late Ronald Clinton Andrews. Ronnie spent his adult life on the water as Read More » -
Falmouth low tide reveals wreck of Scottish trawler Ben Asdale that was swept onto rocks 44 years ago
Cornwall’s coastline is strewn with shipwrecks. More than 3,000 are recorded around our shores, with most hidden below the surface of the sea, or buried under Read More » -
Dear Congressman Moulton, about that Bill? HR-200?
I have been a supporter of yours from day one. I donated money, made your signs, found sign locations, even had my family and some of Read More » -
Crab fishing is delayed over price negotiations; no one wants under $3 a pound, will not go
Disputes between Bay Area fishermen and seafood company Pacific Seafood Group over crab prices are causing more delays to the start of the commercial crab fishing Read More » -
Stonington fishermen say windfarm developer not responding to their concerns
Joe Gilbert, who has a fleet of four commercial boats based at the Stonington Town Dock, said he met with John O’Keefe, head of marine operations Read More » -
Bad weather keeping halibut boats tied to dock, and various other fish news reports
Ten days into the 2015 halibut season, prices are beginning to fall slightly, but production is nearly nonexistent, at least in the central Gulf of Alaska, Read More » -
Lobster levy regulations approved – New P.E.I. legislation sets out rules for collecting a levy for lobster marketing
The P.E.I. government has approved lobster marketing board regulations that will allow for a lobster levy to be collected next spring. The new legislation allows for Read More » -
Coast Guard and Navy Rescue Guam Fisherman
Coast Guard and Navy search and rescue crews partnered to provide assistance to a local fisherman whose vessel began taking on water and quickly capsized 13 Read More » -
A Wonderful Regulatory By Catch Solution! Environmental Police donate voluntarily confiscated fish to the hungry
NEW BEDFORD — They were “beautiful fish.” One hundred pounds of fluke fillets — enough to make 250 meals — donated to the Veterans Transition House Read More » -
3 Fishermen pulled from water after falling overboard on first day of lobster season
Three people were pulled from the water after they went overboard from two boats southwest of Yarmouth for a freezing and dangerous start to the lobster Read More » -
Bids for Icicle Seafood lining up
The hope from Icicle’s owner Paine and Partners, which recently closed another fund that it intends to focus partly on seafood investments, is for the sale Read More » -
Protestors gather outside NCDMF Monday to oppose new flounder, shrimp rules
The Coastal Conservation Association’s North Carolina chapter organized the protest Monday. About 33 participants stood out front of the division building on Arendell Street, holding up Read More » -
Keys fishery issues back on tap
The ban and a lack of consistent fishing regulations among the major government fishery agencies that have jurisdiction in Keys waters has led to the formation Read More » -
This has not been a good week for bottle-nosed dolphins in South Jersey.
“We’re trying to find out from (Bureau of Marine Fisheries) if there is some type of commercial fishing operation that was observed,” Schoelkopf said.continued@pressofac Read More » -
New Zealand: Commercial fishing ban in new marine parks – creates new recreational fishing parks
Commercial fishing would be banned from the inner Hauraki gulf and the entire Marlborough Sounds if National creates new recreational fishing parks for those areas. Mr Read More » -
Shark Data Questioned At Hearing, “Amendment 5” to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan.
The goal of the limit, along with other measures NMFS is considering, is to protect dusky sharks, which continue to see an alleged population drop despite being Read More » -
Seal hunt off Newfoundland called best in years as protesters push for its end
Canadian Press – Frank Pinhorn, executive director of the Canadian Sealers Association, says about 91,000 harp seals were landed this spring. That’s far short of the Read More » -
Queensland Government slammed over permanent scallop closure
Bundaberg commercial fishers have labelled the State Government’s intention to permanently close scallop replenishment areas as “idiotic”, accusing them of using dodgy, out of date data Read More » -
Two bumbling hired thugs arrested for allegedly sinking a lobster boat in trap turf war
Two people are in jail and a third man is expected to be charged for the intentional sinking of a lobster boat last week. This is Read More » -
Coast Guard honors Oregon man with the Distinguished Public Service Award who saved 3 people from capsized commercial fishing boat
Curtis Green saw the 40-foot Darean Rose get stuck on a sand bar the day after Christmas 2019 as he worked the dock at Russell’s Marine Read More » -
PEI Lobster fishery soon to be certified sustainable
P.E.I. lobster should be certified environmentally sustainable before fishermen go back out on the water again. The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association hopes Island lobster will be certified Read More » -
Matt Ridley: Blue Planet II Was Superb, Save A Few Fishy Facts
Nothing that Hollywood sci-fi screenwriters dream up for outer space begins to rival the beauty and ingenuity of life under water right here. Blue Planet II Read More »
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