FISHERYNATION.COM

Tag Archives: commercial Seal licence

• Ocean Resource Privatization

• Articles Posted by Date

  April 2024

  M	T	W	T	F	S	S
  1	2	3	4	5	6	7
  8	9	10	11	12	13	14
  15	16	17	18	19	20	21
  22	23	24	25	26	27	28
  29	30

•  

  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

• Recent Posts

  • 

    Déjà vu for NL Fish Harvesters: DFO Science Falls Short on Surveys, Again

    Fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador are expressing their concern and dismay after DFO Science communicated yesterday evening that the Fall multi-species survey will once again Read More »

  • StarKist says it cant do anything about fish prices for the American Samoa longline fleet

     StarKist has told the American Samoa longline fleet that while they understand the reasons local boats are not out fishing, they too are facing difficulties in trying Read More »
  • 

    Safe opening day to lobster season off southwestern N.S.; some calls for assistance on Day 2

    Dumping day, the most risky day of the six-month lobster fishery off southwestern Nova Scotia, was reported to have been a safe day with no incidents Read More »

  • Begich on Observer Program

    Read More »

  • Letter to the Editor: Writer steamed about ‘commonly accepted methods’ for killing lobsters and other crustaceans

    This is in response to the article in the Jan. 7 Life section titled “It doesn’t get much fresher: A novice TL cook faces a lobster Read More »

  • R.I. fisherman to officials: ‘We’re hanging on by our fingertips’

    NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — The government annually imposes commercial-fishing restrictions. Commercial fishermen annually complain. But this year is different. “We’re hanging on by our fingertips,” said Dick Read More »
  • 

    Why Brexit will be fishing industry’s salvation

    When I am out and about in Grimsby, the most commonly asked question I get is: “When are we going to get our fishing waters back, Read More »

  • Fisheries board member cited for violating fishery closure

    A member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries was cited by wildlife troopers in the commercial fishing hotbed of Dillingham last week for continuing to fish in an area Read More »
  • 

    ’Twas the night before mullet season

    ’Twas the night before mullet seasonw hen all through the village not a husband was home there was no one around. The nets were all hung Read More »

  • A Tale of Two Whales: Seven-Year Study Indicates Steady and Upward Trends for Blue and Fin Whales in Southern California

    A new study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego indicates a steady population trend for blue whales and an upward Read More »

  • Listen to the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report July 1, 2016

    Tonight a Ugashik set-netter tells us he’ll fish despite some stormy weather this weekend, Area Manager Paul Salomone updates on Egegik and Ugashik numbers, and we Read More »

  • Bad salmon run hints at trouble ahead

    Count backward three years and we come to 2014 — precursor to this spring’s extremely poor salmon returns. Fewer than 20,000 adult spring Chinook and about Read More »

  • Fish-farming feud: Senate awash in industry propaganda

    Re: “Salmon farming a ray of hope for our region,” (Opinions online, June 2). This article by Pamela Parker, executive director, Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association, Read More »

  • Battle Over Alaska’s Bristol Bay Pits Salmon Against Gold

    Commercial fisherman, native Alaskans and environmentalist in Bristol Bay have banded together to fight the building of the mine. Bristol Bay provides 40% of America’s wild Read More »
  • 

    Bugaled Breizh – Why Thierry Lemétayer has been calling for the truth for 17 years

    Thierry Lemétayer has been fighting for 17 years to find out the truth about the sinking of the Bugaled Breizh. The fight of a lifetime, for his father Read More »

  • Costello and White’s “Closing high seas to fishing” Study gets deboned by Commercial Fishermen

    If the high seas were closed to fishing, populations of migratory species such as tuna, billfish and shark would increase significantly and that would help the Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, November 15, 2015

    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.” Read the Read More »

  • Mi’kmaw fishers say DFO officers left them to walk for hours at night after seizing boots, phones

    Two Mi’kmaw elver fishermen say they were forced to walk in sock feet for hours along a rural Nova Scotia highway in the middle of the Read More »

  • Tsunami hits New Zealand after magnitude-7.8 earthquake strikes near Christchurch

    A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT Read More »

  • Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Loss numbers show need to ease fish aid distribution

    The word that Massachusetts will lose about $34 million in direct revenue through the decline in 2013 fish landings — and the estimate that direct and Read More »

  • Catch-22? Party Boat Captains grapple with the pros and cons of snapper experiment

    The party boat captains who are able to catch red snapper as part of a pilot program are thrilled with how things are going so far, Read More »
  • 

    2018 Mass. DMF fishing regulations go into effect April 20

    The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has enacted new regulations, which were informed in part by this winter’s public hearings. The regulations were reviewed and approved Read More »
  • 

    Lawsuit filed over bridge repairs

    On December 28, 2021, a dump truck pulling an excavator on a flatbed truck struck the overhead portion of the Mispillion drawbridge, as a result, the Read More »

  • Lobster Market Outlook, Industry Size, Growth Factors, Investment Opportunity 2024-2032

    IMARC Group, a leading market research company, has recently released a report titled “Lobster Market Report by Species (American Lobster, Spiny Lobster, Rock Lobster, European Lobster), Read More »

  • We need guy’s like this. An EU racket to raid Scotland’s fish stocks

    17:02 Read More »

• Archives

  • April 2024 (153)
  • March 2024 (209)
  • February 2024 (192)
  • January 2024 (211)
  • December 2023 (188)
  • November 2023 (202)
  • October 2023 (180)
  • September 2023 (101)
  • August 2023 (241)
  • July 2023 (237)
  • June 2023 (211)
  • May 2023 (235)
  • April 2023 (210)
  • March 2023 (215)
  • February 2023 (179)
  • January 2023 (187)
  • December 2022 (178)
  • November 2022 (187)
  • October 2022 (190)
  • September 2022 (177)
  • August 2022 (203)
  • July 2022 (186)
  • June 2022 (184)
  • May 2022 (186)
  • April 2022 (190)
  • March 2022 (219)
  • February 2022 (167)
  • January 2022 (192)
  • December 2021 (191)
  • November 2021 (182)
  • October 2021 (196)
  • September 2021 (197)
  • August 2021 (205)
  • July 2021 (221)
  • June 2021 (211)
  • May 2021 (221)
  • April 2021 (204)
  • March 2021 (202)
  • February 2021 (188)
  • January 2021 (195)
  • December 2020 (193)
  • November 2020 (181)
  • October 2020 (204)
  • September 2020 (195)
  • August 2020 (189)
  • July 2020 (205)
  • June 2020 (194)
  • May 2020 (225)
  • April 2020 (218)
  • March 2020 (216)
  • February 2020 (209)
  • January 2020 (233)
  • December 2019 (227)
  • November 2019 (240)
  • October 2019 (241)
  • September 2019 (241)
  • August 2019 (270)
  • July 2019 (288)
  • June 2019 (270)
  • May 2019 (263)
  • April 2019 (223)
  • March 2019 (210)
  • February 2019 (155)
  • January 2019 (117)
  • December 2018 (216)
  • November 2018 (169)
  • October 2018 (218)
  • September 2018 (247)
  • August 2018 (258)
  • July 2018 (259)
  • June 2018 (250)
  • May 2018 (251)
  • April 2018 (247)
  • March 2018 (266)
  • February 2018 (256)
  • January 2018 (278)
  • December 2017 (309)
  • November 2017 (281)
  • October 2017 (288)
  • September 2017 (275)
  • August 2017 (284)
  • July 2017 (287)
  • June 2017 (273)
  • May 2017 (276)
  • April 2017 (275)
  • March 2017 (300)
  • February 2017 (252)
  • January 2017 (288)
  • December 2016 (263)
  • November 2016 (268)
  • October 2016 (287)
  • September 2016 (284)
  • August 2016 (293)
  • July 2016 (286)
  • June 2016 (273)
  • May 2016 (246)
  • April 2016 (267)
  • March 2016 (260)
  • February 2016 (265)
  • January 2016 (269)
  • December 2015 (266)
  • November 2015 (281)
  • October 2015 (289)
  • September 2015 (286)
  • August 2015 (298)
  • July 2015 (294)
  • June 2015 (329)
  • May 2015 (316)
  • April 2015 (317)
  • March 2015 (324)
  • February 2015 (301)
  • January 2015 (332)
  • December 2014 (322)
  • November 2014 (330)
  • October 2014 (382)
  • September 2014 (340)
  • August 2014 (347)
  • July 2014 (376)
  • June 2014 (401)
  • May 2014 (344)
  • April 2014 (341)
  • March 2014 (375)
  • February 2014 (374)
  • January 2014 (360)
  • December 2013 (294)
  • November 2013 (372)
  • October 2013 (391)
  • September 2013 (461)
  • August 2013 (566)
  • July 2013 (526)
  • June 2013 (447)
  • May 2013 (475)
  • April 2013 (508)
  • March 2013 (459)
  • February 2013 (352)
  • January 2013 (265)
  • December 2012 (206)
  • November 2012 (168)
  • October 2012 (187)
  • September 2012 (126)
  • August 2012 (4)

• Tags

  Alaska Alaska Department of Fish and Game Athearn Marine Agency Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Boat of the Week BOEM Brexit British Columbia California canada Coast Guard commercial fisherman commercial fishermen commercial fishing Coronavirus Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO Dungeness crab FFAW FISH-NL Gulf of Maine Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster Louisiana maine Maine Department of Marine Resources massachusetts National Marine Fisheries Service new-england-fishery-management-council Newfoundland and Labrador New Jersey NMFS NOAA North Atlantic right whale North Carolina Fisheries Association North Pacific Fishery Management Council Nova Scotia Obituary offshore wind offshore wind farm offshore wind farms Oregon Scotland United Kingdom weekly update

• Comments

  • Garnet Sullivan on Man accused of assaulting conservation officer after elvers bust in downtown Dartmouth
  • B on 3 New York wind farms scrapped – Cost implications for Mass., Conn., and R.I.
  • Cindy on More things to worry about by Jerry Leeman
  • Mark on More things to worry about by Jerry Leeman
  • Joel Hovanesian on Where Have All The Right Whales Gone?
  • Sid Hounsell on BREAKING: FFAW AND ASP REACH AGREEMENT TO GET SNOW CRAB FISHERY STARTED
  • Sid Hounsell on BREAKING: FFAW AND ASP REACH AGREEMENT TO GET SNOW CRAB FISHERY STARTED
  • Scott on California’s ocean salmon fishing season closed for second year in a row
  • Fran Szymanek on Offshore Wind Electrical Substations; The Secret, Silent Killers by Jim Lovgren
  • Nils Stolpe on Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
  • Joel Hovanesian on Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
  • Chris Iversen on California – Crabbers likely to use new gear next season
  • Nils Stolpe on Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
  • John Harrison jr on NOAA/NMFS Ignores Dangerous Sound Levels from Pile Driving – By Jim Lovgren
  • Chip J on Overspreading Since the Seventies
  • borehead - Moderator on Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
  • Mike Jacobs on Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
  • Joel Hovanesian on East End fishermen uneasy over wind farm South Fork Wind
  • Jason taylor on Mi’kmaw fishers say DFO officers left them to walk for hours at night after seizing boots, phones
  • Brick Wenzel on East End fishermen uneasy over wind farm South Fork Wind
  • Chris Kinder on ENGO Sues UK Government Over International Fishing Quotas
  • borehead - Moderator on Mystic Aquarium (the Whale People) expands offshore wind exhibit with youth in mind
  • Kath on Mystic Aquarium (the Whale People) expands offshore wind exhibit with youth in mind
  • John Harrison jr on Commercial fishermen react to MFC mullet decision
  • borehead - Moderator on The CARES Act: Lengthy Process, Little to Show for Connecticut Fisheries
  • Randall on The CARES Act: Lengthy Process, Little to Show for Connecticut Fisheries
  • Oscar navarrete on Sam Parisi asks, How Accurate is NOAA and NOAA Fishery Survey Science?
  • Oscar navarrete on Sam Parisi asks, How Accurate is NOAA and NOAA Fishery Survey Science?
  • sam on Darren Byler files Two Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuits Against the Coast Guard and the City of Kodiak for the Illegal Sinking of the M/V Wild Alaskan
  • Charles on For a 2nd day, harvesters call on N.L. government to open market to outside buyers

• Facebook