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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 Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance fights NOAA over aqua farms
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) decision to approve industrial offshore fish farming last month in federally protected waters in the Gulf of Mexico is Read More » -
Deadly dolphin virus spreading down East Coast
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This invasive fish population is exploding as native Blue Crab populations hit record lows.
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Start of stone crab season in Cortez is worst in recent memory
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Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea visits Ladner for roundtable talk with fisheries groups and First Nations
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Appeals court to review approval of BP settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A year ago, lawyers for BP and Gulf Coast residents and businesses took turns urging a federal judge to approve their settlement Read More » -
Clearwater Seafoods to buy U.K.’s largest producer of wild shellfish in $195m deal
Clearwater Seafoods Inc. has a $195-million deal to acquire the United Kingdom’s largest producer of wild shellfish. Bedford-based Clearwater announced the deal with Scotland’s Macduff Shellfish Read More » -
A Historian’s Perspective on Cod Fishing’s Drastic Downturn – : Christine Buckley
Matthew McKenzie calls Dec. 20, 2012 the unqualified worst day of his professional life. Ironically, it was made so horrible because two groups of people who Read More » -
ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! We have an Official Inquiry!
An article posted yesterday, January 2, 2012, 2013 has brought an issue to the Board of Inquiry at Fisherynation.com. Scientists fear Canada will fish bluefin tuna and Read More » -
Coast Guard searches for fisherman overboard 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana
The Coast Guard is searching for a 55 year-old man who reportedly fell overboard approximately 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, Monday morning. Coast Guard Sector Read More » -
Pogie bill would put the first-ever limits on Louisiana’s biggest catch
A bill that would put the first substantial limits on Louisiana’s largest but least-known commercial fishery could improve the health of the Gulf of Mexico but cripple Read More » -
Dungeness Crab Fishery Delay to Protect Whales from Entanglement and Due to Low Crab Quality
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is continuing the temporary recreational crab trap restriction in Fishing Zones 3, 4, 5 and 6 due to Read More » -
Why New England Aquarium is fighting back against the Trump administration
Decades of work at the New England Aquarium went into securing special protected status for an area of underwater canyons and mountains off Cape Cod.,, During Read More » -
Middlemen cause retail fish price to soar
The soaring retail prices of fish can be attributed to the multiple middlemen involved, as the catch exchanges hands from the trawlers before it reaches the Read More » -
Still LOST? Ottawa, N.L. unsure who will pay UN tax on new oil finds – United Nations pact provides cash to developing countries from production beyond 200 miles
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No more shrimp from Pamlico Sound?- North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission to Consider Trawl Ban – Petition
A possible reclassification of most internal waters of North Carolina will be the subject of a special meeting of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries later Read More » -
Two letters from Salvatore Novello, Gloucester, Mass
NOAA HAS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS AS OUR OCEANS ARE CHANGING!!!, and IN PUT, AS A STAKE HOLDER, IN GULF OF MAINE FISHERIES. Read the letters Read More » -
Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman 21 miles east of Myrtle Beach
The Coast Guard suspended their search Saturday at sunset for Howard “Dale” Smith missing 21 miles east of Myrtle Beach since late Friday evening. Coast Guard Read More » -
FFAW says Shrimp Quota Cuts Having Noticeable Impact on Communities
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Eastport boatbuilder required to auction boat molds
A settlement agreement between the boatbuilding firm Millennium Marine USA and the Washington County government includes auctioning off four boat molds used by the company. The Quoddy Read More » -
Letter: Can you imagine they’re soft talking Whales and Wind Turbines? We don’t want to create the UNDERNET!
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Weather delays opening day of lobster season in southwest N.S.
Rather than heading out to sea to set their gear on Monday, Nov. 25, strong winds have kept fishermen ashore an extra day. A decision was Read More » -
Solutions sought to ease conflicts over Southeast Alaska’s rising sea otter populations
A hundred years ago, the fur trade wiped out sea otters in Southeast Alaska. They were reintroduced in the 1960s with 412 animals brought from Amchitka Read More » -
Walmart will continue to sell Alaska Salmon that is not MSC certified, but not in the US!
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Bay Delta Conservation Plan will fail to restore the estuary by Dan Bacher
Tuesday, March 20 was a busy day for Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition opposed to the Brown administration’s rush to construct massive peripheral tunnels to Read More »
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