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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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Many small-scale fishermen are threatening to turn to organised crime in order to sustain their families
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This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – No Tanner crab fishery next year at Kodiak and the Westward regions. More after this
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Greg Fulcher betting on scallop permit consolidation to recoup $7m
Greg Fulcher — who has just bought the scallop vessel Alaska, and fishing permit, for a record-high sum of $7 million — believes sector consolidation will bring management Read More » -
F/V Sea Angels: Grounded fishing vessel near Browns Inlet, refloated and towed off the beach
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Coast Guard confirms identities of missing F/V Emmy Rose Captain and Crew
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Questions linger for mother as monument erected for lost fishermen in Nova Scotia
Questions about how a scallop dragger sank suddenly in 2020 are lingering for a crew member’s mother, who this week installed a stone monument close to Read More » -
In Texas, Vietnamese American Shrimpers Must Forge a New Path Again
The sun was still rising when Vinh Nguyen hauled in his first catch of the day. For the next half-hour, he worked methodically, using his bare Read More » -
Return of the seals to Plettenberg Bay
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It’s Time for Politics to Take Fishing Seriously: the Neglect of Fisheries in (International) Politics
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Monterey Bay squid season a bust
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Steveston Harbour Authority floats its mojo with new fish sales dock
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Historic fishing boat gets another chance – “an incredible piece of our region’s maritime history”
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Consumers are buying direct! Cornish fishermen see boom in domestic demand post-Brexit
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Planes can’t find entangled whale in search Wednesday
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Atlantic Pollock – a key to New England seafood’s future
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DFO office moving from Grand Bank to Marystown
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Electronic Monitoring Systems Need to be Fishermen Tested and Fishermen Approved – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini
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U.S. Coast Guard exercises option to acquire six more fast response cutters
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