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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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The Pie Analogy – Fleet consolidation and loss of fishing jobs a hot topic at MSA hearing
Senator Dan Sullivan brought his Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard to Soldotna on Wednesday for a hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Steel Stern Dragger, CAT C-18, Northern Lights 20 KW, Permits Available
Specifications, information and 3 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here Vessel underwent approximately $ 100,000 in upgrades at the Derektor Shipyard Read More » -
A business in crisis
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OPINION: My personal Pebble – Melvin Andrew
I adamantly opposed Pebble before, following the ‘crowd’ who opposed it due to water and fish issues. Water and fish is our life, sustenance, and way Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ 2006 Wesmac Fiberglass Lobster boat, Lugger
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Science Center for Marine Fisheries Announces New Members: Intershell International Corporation and The Town Dock/Seafreeze Ltd.
July 11, 2017, Gloucester Pt., VA – Intershell International Corporation, and The Town Dock/Seafreeze Ltd. have become the newest industry partners at the Science Center for Read More » -
Thousands of Sharks, Other Sea Life Mysteriously Die in San Francisco Bay, State Says No Funding Available to Determine Cause
As many as 2,000 leopard sharks have mysteriously died in the San Francisco Bay over the past few months. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Read More » -
Harry Graham Goes Fishing
Harry Graham was a local surfer and fisherman. I only briefly got to know him near the end of his life. We did a page together Read More » -
Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing — by the numbers
It can make your eyes glaze over, I’ll grant you that. And if you’re not emotionally or financially tied to the argument that’s being hotly debated Read More » -
OPINION-High Class, Low Class – The Case for No Class-Fishing Vessel Safety-Pacific Fisheries Review
We want the USCG back as our inspectors. Please write your Senators and Representatives asking them to give fishermen and the USCG the latitude to handle Read More » -
Fishing Rights: Small Scale Fishermen walkout of meeting with ministry over rock lobster suspension
Small-scale and near-shore fishers walked out of a meeting in Cape Town with the deputy director-general for Fisheries Siphokazi Ndudane yesterday, saying her explanations relating to Read More » -
Norah Donnell, 11, is fishing traps – and loving it
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PFMC Scientific and Statistical Committee to Meet Via Webinar 1 p.m. PT, Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online webinar to review new methodologies proposed for 2015 west coast groundfish Read More » -
Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization – West Coast and Western Pacific Perspectives – Archived Webcast
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard held a hearing on Thursday, January 30, 2014 Read More » -
Fishermen in court – Scallop license holders say they’ll get nothing from area closure and union deal
Fishermen holding scallop licences for the Strait of Belle Isle were expecting to get paid when a compensation deal was negotiated by their union with Nalcor Read More » -
Seeking stability, some Maine lobstermen join union – The Maine Lobstermen’s Association voices concerns
With promises to fight bad legislation and negotiate prices for their catch, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has been recruiting fishermen in some Read More » -
Momentum building for California offshore wind farms
Last month, Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill that sets a target of generating 3,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030, which could power hundreds Read More » -
PUC rules UMaine off shore wind farm proposal must be made public – dashed the university’s hope to keep confidential the details
The Maine Public Utilities Commission ruled Tuesday that information included in an offshore wind-energy proposal spearheaded by the University of Maine must be made public by Read More » -
FFAW, offshore shrimp fleet at odds, as LIFO raises its ugly head
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Coronavirus: Flattening the economy to control COVID-19 will have limited benefits at high costs
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Oregon F&W Commission adopts 1st Dungeness Crab FMP to be developed on the West Coast
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has adopted regulations for implementing the Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery Management Plan. The FMP describes the status of Dungeness crab Read More » -
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Senator Begich talks about fed bashing.
Both of Alaska’s US Senators are on the powerful which has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate. That gives them combined clout when Read More » -
Missing fishermen found clinging to capsized vessel in the Gulf
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Bering Sea Battle breaks out over growth of ‘Super 8s’ in state cod fishery
The success of the state waters Dutch Harbor Pacific cod fishery in the Bering Sea is scaring both the industrial trawl and longline fleets, and even Read More »
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