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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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Can Chinese customers cotton to Canadian claws? Nova Scotia’s Tangier Lobster looks East as U.S. sales slump
Tangier needs buyers willing to pay a premium price. Before the recession, Nova Scotia lobster exporters could rely on the U.S. market to wolf down a Read More » -
Lobstermen help rescue fisherman who fell from cliffs in York
A boat crew pulling lobster traps off the coast of York on Monday rescued a fisherman who had fallen from a cliff and was clinging to Read More » -
Province rejects cod harvester application over CETA – Swimming in a Sea of Cod and No Market
Harvesters in NAFO Division 3PS had been leaving significant amounts of cod in the water because of low prices and, in recent week, a lack of buyers. With Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Turn Key 83′ RSW Offshore Lobster/Jonah Crab Business
To review specifications, and information, and 47 photos >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 11:08 Read More » -
Personal locator beacons – New coalition is making the devices cheaper for fishermen
There have been 20 fatalities in the province’s fishing industry over the past 10 years, and the bodies of five of those fishermen have never been Read More » -
A UMaine grad student’s picture of a colorful tiny larval lobster wins National Science Foundation award
This photo made in summer 2015 and provided by Jesica Waller shows a three-week-old baby lobster at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine. Her Read More » -
One shrimp stock off Labrador doing well but missed surveys means no new data for two other fishing zones
This news likely won’t come as a great surprise to most in Atlantic Canada’s shrimp fishing industry: scientists at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Read More » -
A nice audio presentation of the NEFMC December 20, 2012 public comments from savingseafood.org
I just got this from savingseafood and am posting it for those interested in listening to the comments without the hassle of listening to the audio recordings Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 49’2″ X 22’6″ Millennium Marine Lobster Boat, 1000HP Cat C-18
To review specifications, information, and 37 photos of this vessel, and watch the video, >click here<, To see all the boats listed here with the Boat Read More » -
Slowing Chinese lobster demand, anticipated early season likely mean more conservative pricing
Lobster prices have fallen significantly after anticipation of continued strong growth in Chinese demand failed to come to fruition, with some industry executives expecting more conservative pricing for next season. In Read More » -
Big lobster heist from a secure compound on Morris Island near Yarmouth
Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after 1,400 pounds of live lobster were stolen from a secure compound. The RCMP said 14 crates of lobsters were Read More » -
Create a culture of safety, not tragedy, in fishing industry – Stewart Franck, Executive Director of the Fisheries Association of Nova Scotia.
Last year on May 9, we marked with great sadness the 20th anniversary of the Westray Mine disaster. On that day back in 1992, 26 men Read More » -
Fishing disaster aid – direct assistance to keep the industry going has been minimized and replaced with permit buybacks
Frank Mirarchi, a retired commercial fisherman from Scituate, said the direct assistance will go to fishermen who have a 5,000-pound qualifying history. He said it will Read More » -
Illegal commercial fishing to blame for dead mullet on Anna Maria Island beaches, officials say
Some initially blamed red tide, but county officials said nearly all the fish were white roe mullet, which points to another culprit: commercial fishermen illegally throwing Read More » -
Corps of Engineers called in to do an emergency dredging of Ocean City inlet
Ocean City is getting emergency federal attention, but you wouldn’t know it unless you do business on the water. Rising sand bars have already caused one Read More » -
Live Audio: Alaska Board of Fish Starting at Noon Eastern
When in session, the Board of Fish hosts streaming live audio. The Board will be back on the record 8:00 a.m. February 3, 2014 Link and Read More » -
Commercial Dungeness crab season put off a bit longer
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided to push back the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season once again until public health officials Read More » -
Sipekne’katik harvesters sell lobster on Digby wharf to show solidarity for treaty rights
Harvesters with the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia dropped lobster traps in waters in the Annapolis Basin and sold their catch on the wharf in Read More » -
8 Day Southeast Trolling Shutdown to Start Friday
Southeast Alaska’s commercial troll salmon fishery will close for eight days, starting Thursday, due to low abundance of coho salmon, state Fish and Game officials announced Read More » -
Five rescued after fishing vessel Exploits Navigator sinks – Canadian Coast Guard credits EPIRB
Early Thursday morning the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services station in Port aux Basques received a distress call that the 40-foot fishing vessel Read More » -
Offshore wind opposition is growing From N.E. to N.C. – Nantucket Wind Suit May Have Virginia Echoes
A group of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts residents have filed suit challenging the pre-construction environmental review on a massive offshore wind complex planned off its shores. The issues Read More » -
Australia and Japan in court battle over whaling
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Australia accused Japan of carrying out commercial whaling under the guise of scientific research on the first day of court hearings between the Read More » -
Ex-Head of Maine Union Co-op Named in Racketeering Suit
The annual Maine lobster catch might not be in trouble, but certain people who sell it are. On December 5, Lobster 207, a wholesale marketing cooperative Read More » -
Exploding Salish Sea seal population sparks call for a cull
Tens of thousands of seals in the Salish Sea are devouring millions of adult and juvenile salmon, sparking renewed debate about culling the furry predators. Recent Read More » -
Stories of Honor – Guy Cravath: A predecessor to aviation survival
Sixty-nine-year-old Orcutt resident Guy Cravath was part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s search-and-rescue program before his profession became the domain of the highly-elite. That was when Read More »
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