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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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Sizes up, landings down for tuna fleet – “The availability of really big fish seems to be higher than the last couple years,”
The evidence that this year’s stock includes larger fish also was strengthened by the fact that one local tuna captain recently hauled in a bluefin that Read More » -
Look at ’em all! Thousands of Chinese trawlers head out to sea after three-month ban on fishing is lifted. Where’s Pew?
Thousands of Chinese trawlers rushed out into the East China Sea today after a three-month-long summer fishing moratorium ended. These incredible images of boats setting out Read More » -
Coast Guard helps New Bedford vessel sinking off Nantucket
NEW BEDFORD — A New Bedford fishing vessel, in danger of sinking early Saturday morning, was saved following prompt action from Coast Guard crews. The 84-foot steel Read More » -
To Save Our Fisheries, Eat Like a Fish: Sarah Schumann
Sarah Schumann is a commercial fisherwoman and the creator of Eating with the Ecosystem. Eating with the Ecosystem holds a traveling dinner series that offers a Read More » -
Climate change threatens extinction for 82 percent of California native fish
Salmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely become extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue, ceding their Read More » -
Trawl fleet continuing to fish for Pacific cod, first committee hearing to advance Dr. Roland Maw, lively and contentious!
The boats fishing for Pacific cod with pots in the central Gulf of Alaska federal season finally wrapped up their 17.9 million pound quota Monday, a Read More » -
Investigating how trawling affects the prey and diet composition of two flatfish species in the northeastern Irish Sea
This article appears at mongabay.con, an environmental blog, written by Joanna Parkman. Read between the lines.- Investigating how trawling affects the prey and diet composition of Read More » -
Scalloper stranding draws crowd, ice-coated ship appeared as a broken toy of the elements to the spectators
The Cape Cod Canal had become the preferred route for mariners, but the occasional wreck still occurred, such as the New Bedford-based scalloper Cape Ann’s demise Read More » -
Day without Ahi affects restaurants and customers
A Manoa Poke Shop is back in business after an Ahi shortage forced them to close for a day earlier this week. “I got a call Read More » -
Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for May 11th 2016 Has Arrived!
Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More » -
Nova Scotia seafood sector far exceeds targets set a decade ago
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay was roasted by opponents last week when he posted a photo on X (formerly Twitter) of himself eating a lobster in Read More » -
B.C. stream watchers link ‘unprecedented’ coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought
John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more than 20 years and says he’s never seen anything like it, dozens of Read More » -
VMS a ‘perfect storm’ of red tape for small-scale fishermen in England
Vessel monitoring systems are an essential tool towards fully documented fisheries. Across the UK, the devolved nations worked in harmony over the past 20 years to Read More » -
Maine Voices: Nordic Aquafarms isn’t acting like a good neighbor to Belfast residents
Its continual changes of plan and apparent misrepresentation of its land rights should raise questions among regulators.,,, For instance, As time went on, the company dropped Read More » -
Asian Carp Fishing Method Being Tested In Kentucky
A commercial fisherman harvested close to 60,000 pounds of Asian carp from one bay in 48 hours as part of a fishing method being tested in Read More » -
Fight to Stop Privatization of US Fisheries Continues
US – In the face of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) request for increased spending of $2,000,000 to develop and implement new catch share Read More » -
Fish farms not worth damage they’ll do
I have lived in Tiverton my whole life. I am a lobster fisher. I am very concerned about the effect that fish pens proposed by Cermaq Read More » -
Fishing vessel on fire capsized in port docked at Manzanillo, Mexico
Fire erupted on board of purse seiner (tuna fishing) Maria Veronica, docked at Manzanillo, Mexico, readying to depart for fishing, on Oct 1. Fire quickly spread Read More » -
Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Spokane, Washington, June 7-13, 2018
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet June 7-13, 2018 in Spokane, Washington to address issues related to groundfish, coastal pelagic Read More » -
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” http://hosted.vresp.com/1181479/663d65f4de/545568053/ad93d20bca/ Read More » -
Statoil surges ahead with NL plans
Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador (You know, where the fish are?) has today been named a core area of exploitation for Statoil, with the company prioritizing work in Read More » -
Electronic vessel trackers coming for lobster fishers
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) announced that all commercial lobster permit holders with a federal lobster trap permit will be required to install a Read More » -
NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Correct GE’s Misinformation in Latest Hudson River Pollution Report
Fishery injury: For more than 30 years, PCB levels in fish throughout the 200 mile Hudson River Superfund Site have exceeded the Food and Drug Administration’s Read More » -
Biloxi Boats blessed for safe and bountiful season in 85th Blessing of the Fleet
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – Shrimping season in Mississippi waters is just around the corner and to prepare for any fishing season fishermen take part in the Read More » -
‘Lifeline’ for Bay State’s seafood industry?
BOSTON — A marketing program encouraging Bay Staters to buy locally caught seafood is what some Cape lawmakers and the Senate majority leader think will do Read More »
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