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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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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Osmond Beal (H & H) Lobster, CAT 3306
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Portimão seeks skilled labour to restore historic fishing boat
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Photos: Coast Guard rescues 3 adults and a juvenile from a sunken shrimp boat near Biloxi
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DFO seized and released hundreds of short lobster from a First Nations vessel in Cape Breton
DFO said enforcement officers inspected a vessel Tuesday night in St. Peters canal operating under a communal food, social and ceremonial licence. The lobsters were released Read More » -
Supporting Stonington Fishermen, Courtney Stands Alone from Connecticut Delegation backing HR-200
Representative Joe Courtney was the lone member of the Connecticut delegation to vote in favor of a reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, a 1976 law that Read More » -
Tribute to unstinting Hull fishing heritage and museum volunteer Trevor Evans following his death
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Texas House passes H.B.1260, The “Gulf Shrimp Liberty Act”
The Texas House passed House Bill 1260 by State Representative Dade Phelan, which creates a new occupational license for non-Texas commercial shrimpers for the unloading of Read More » -
Jerry Leeman – A supply line disruption
Allow me to explain what is about to happen. We are fishing on false assumptions that there are no white hake. If you are a fisherman, Read More » -
Oysters: A complicated economy and ecology
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Shrimper with freezer hold, Cat 3412
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Northern Pulp alleges death threats in legal action against fishermen
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Gladiator: Swordfish Life Cycle
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How much Bristol Bay processors will pay for salmon
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High lobster landings in Canada keep dockside prices low in Maine
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North Carolina: Commercial drum season reopens
While commercial fishermen said they saw a large abundance of red drum in the local waters and deny implications of hurting the resource, concerns have been Read More » -
Halibut fishery poised to open as NMFS works on 2018 catch limits
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St. George sternman admits to sinking rival’s lobster boat
A St. George man was sentenced Thursday, March 2 to 24 months in prison for sinking a competitor’s lobster boat last summer. Vincent Hilt, 22, pleaded Read More » -
Gardaí issue appeal to ‘well-intentioned’ locals searching for fisherman Kodie Healy
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It started as a normal day…
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It never end’s. Analysis targets commercial fishing’s role in manatee deaths and injuries
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Seadrift fishermen struggle with shrimp-sized market
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‘We got to go fishing’: More Newfoundland crab boats set sail as FFAW ramps up demands over prices and processing
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A real fish war – not just another Alaska yelling match
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Alaska promises to do better on Yukon River salmon
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