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John Tierney warns fishermen aid bill coming up short
emergency aid to fishermen would come up woefully short for the local industry. Read More
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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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. US Supreme Court Agrees to Take Up Water Wars Case
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 75′ Steel Shrimp Dragger, 3412 Cat
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National Marine Fisheries Service yearbook of fishery statistics for the United States for 2014 is here!
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More than six month delay to north-east ice plant has fishermen calling the build a ‘fiasco’
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The fate of the $150 million in federal disaster aid still in limbo at year’s end
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Coronavirus: Bering Sea Crabbers Push For Extended Season
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Michigan commercial fishing harvest’s value rises in 2014
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F/V Pappy’s Pride: Coast Guard search continues for 2 fishermen after vessel collision in Galveston, Texas
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Dakota Creek Industries working on state-of-the-art fishing vessel
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Enviro Defense Fund Applauds 9th Circuit’s Pacific whiting fishery ruling
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MAIB ‘Safety Lessons’ published one year after the tragic death of two Teignmouth fishermen
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Five people from Maine arrested in Nova Scotia for illegally fishing baby eels
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Payoff for Alaska commercial fishermen all depends on the species
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U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuated 68-year-old passenger from F/V Tribute
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The undeniable truth of pollution on offshore oil and gas facilities
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California’s crab fleet awaits share of $200 million in disaster relief
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‘It’s really scary’: The existential crisis of a Bay Area crabber
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Does exclusion of fishermen from decision-making places on the future of oceans prefigure the end of fishing?
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Twitter to highlight life at sea – veteran British fisherman David Warwick will highlight an entire day aboard his trawler on Wednesday.
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Shrimper ready for Blessing – F/V Miss Alena will be the lead boat Brunswick Ga. 75th Annual Blessing of the Fleet 3 p.m. Sunday
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Tragically, No bodies found in capsized N.S. fishing boat F/V Miss Ally – Slave Driver skipper says wheelhouse and quarters gone.
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Coast Guard responds to medical emergency of fishing captain off Hull, Massachusetts
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JANUARY 6, 2013
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 81.5′ Steel Scalloper, Cat 3412, excellent electronics, available immediately
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Fishing Vessel Crew rescued by Irish Coast Guard after Grounding on Inis Mór
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