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Fish and Game commissioner candidate list whittled to one – Samuel Cotten

January 14, 2015 North Pacific

Alaska’s Fisheries Board and Board of Game narrowed a list of four candidates to one this morning, choosing Samuel Cotten as their pick for Alaska’s next commissioner. Meeting in Juneau and by teleconference, the two boards voted unanimously to endorse Cotten for the job after interviewing him for about an hour. They chose not to interview the other three candidates. Read the rest here 19:54

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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Fish and Game commissioner candidate list whittled to one – Samuel Cotten

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Stone crab season opens Sunday — but will the hurricane affect the haul?

Coast Guard, partner agencies search for missing fisherman in the Gulf

For all you TV fisherman Junkies: Deadliest Catch: Capt Andy of the Time Bandit interview FULL – Justin Sweeney

Catcher-processor F/V Katie Ann diverting to Unalaska after a storm blew out several windows on the vessel’s bridge.

First Nation groups in Newfoundland and Labrador coming together to apply for new surf clam licence

South Atlantic Region Offshore oil surveys to start as seismic testing opposition grows

Oregon fisherman lost at sea 28 miles outside Grays Harbor

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UPDATED – New Brunswick: ‘This is terrible’, Val-Comeau seafood processing plant goes up in flames

‘King Louie’, the 23-pound lobster bought by a vegan who wanted it returned to its watery home

Lobstermen in Maine ready for debate over license wait list

Cod mortality – Northern cod’s fate not the same as southern cousins

Coast Guard rescues boat captain from attack off Marco Island

Scotland’s fishermen look forward to EU referendum

Lobstermen, DMR talk state of lobster fishing

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Shipping disasters: The Race Against Catastrophe

Crawfish are a legacy of Louisiana

Maine closes more scallop areas to fishing – reduce Maine shrimp fishing limits

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Gentlemen, and Ladies, Wear Your PFD All the Time, says NIOSH

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update – June 8, 2014

‘OC Shark Hunter’ arrested for unauthorized shark fishing off Assateague

Coast Guard, F/V Sao Paulo respond to disabled fishing boat 30 miles south of Block Island

Friday Tomfoolery with Captain Paul Watson

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