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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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Commercial Fisherman James Alan Ruhle, Sr. of Wanchese, N.C. has passed away
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Historic Alaska heatwave is killing off thousands of salmon
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New England Fishery Management Council chooses 100% monitoring option on all groundfish trips
The council, which expects to take final action on the amendment at its meeting in late September and early October, has selected putting monitors on 100% Read More » -
UFA seeks legal action against KRSA — Commercial fishing group alleges sportfishing association eavesdropped on teleconference
United Fishermen of Alaska leadership says the organization is prepared to see the process through as it awaits response in pursuit of recourse to its allegations that Read More » -
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New Program Aims to Reduce Offshore Fishing Debris
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U.S. Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake
Haitian’s government requested Coast Guard assistance following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The Coast Guard committed numbers of air and surface assets to help in transporting medical Read More » -
LETHBRIDGE: Turbine buffs beware: There be growlers out there – ocean industrialization
Growlers, in the parlance of fishermen and aquaculture farmers of New Brunswick, are those submerged aggregations of gravel, rock and ice that rampage up and down Read More » -
Imports and Rising Costs Concerns For Seafood Board’s Keith Watts
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries given $65.2 million to aid fishing industry
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has received $65.2 million to aid the fishing industry damaged by storms and flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Read More » -
My Turn: Growing sea otter population in Southeast Alaska focus of upcoming symposium
Sea otters, which were hunted to extinction in Southeast Alaska during the 18th and 19th century fur trade, were reintroduced in the 1960s. In this region, 403 Read More » -
Cooperation between fishermen, regulators not just a fluke
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Asian American Fishermen Accuse BP of Discrimination
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FISH-NL renews call for halt to seismic testing – ‘If plankton isn’t protected you might as well say goodbye to the fish’
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is once again calling on the Canada/Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) to suspend Read More » -
NCFA Weekly Update for Jan. 9, 2015 (just received)
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Lobster may lead to Coronavirus treatment
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UPDATED: The mystery of the lost-and-found ‘Perfect Storm’ photo album – “Don’t come back to my bar.”
After three days missing, The Crow’s Nest, the Gloucester bar featured in the 2000 movie “The Perfect Storm”, has had its photo album honoring the film and Read More » -
Freshest fish traded in the dead of the NYC night
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Greasing the Skids: Bay State Wind Plans More Than $2 Million in Environmental Research Grants
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Half Moon Bay fishermen frustrated over delay and are anxious to start Dungeness crab season
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Excellent Article: Fishing the Gulf of Maine: Tradition at a Crossroads By Michael Sanders
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Scientists perplexed by this year’s low chum salmon numbers in Yukon River
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