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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Steel Dragger with Permit, Cat 3412
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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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Joe’s Lobster Mart – Fish dealer fights for livelihood
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Why A Deadliest Catch Deckhand Is Suing Sig Hansen’s Company
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Four fishermen are rescued following more than a month adrift in a small boat after running out of fuel
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Commercial Fisherman Leroy “Roy” Wilbur Cabana has passed away in Homer, Alaska,
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Fishermen facing cuts to Georges Bank stocks, Council considering catch limits for yellowtail, cod, haddock
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Fisherman missing in water off Hawke’s Bay coast, colleagues join search
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Inside the F/V Saputi: Crew member’s video shows waterlogged vessel
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Former Minerals Management Service director, Elizabeth Birnbaum,: US ‘on a course to repeat’ Gulf oil spill
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Guest: Wait for the facts on Pebble Mine
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A knowledgable fisherman’s words fall on deaf ears – THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE COD!
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Fuel leaking from sunken boat in Pass Christian Harbor
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Honoring Captain Wayne Magwood
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International Pacific Halibut Commission approves increases in halibut catch limits
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Biologist slams U.S. vessel for running aground in Witless Bay Reserve
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Mississippi oysters make a comeback – for a price
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Menhaden regulations have plagued lawmakers for decades.
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Federal judge declares ‘moot’ a lawsuit over Newport Coast Guard air base closure
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The Endangered Species Act Turns 40—Hold the Applause – Schiff and MacDonald – Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
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Three Maine Lobsterman Organizations weigh in on Cashes Ledge Monument Proposal
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Danish letter shows Charlie McConalogue was ‘hoodwinked’ in mackerel wars, say fishermen
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Coast Guard rescues 3 people from fishing boat that ran aground in Gloucester
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More than 400 call for new rules on fish farming in Nova Scotia
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Fishermen Encouraged by Proposal to Restore Island Swordfishing – “Swordfish is somewhat of a success story,”
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Japan is planning to release millions of gallons of treated radioactive water from Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean
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Deadliest Catch star Sig Hanson survives heart attack
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