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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 Dusten William Abbott of Manteo, N.C, has passed away
Dusten William Abbott, 40, of Manteo, N,C, passed away suddenly Thursday, January 27, 2022. Dusten was born September 30, 1981 in Edenton, NC. He was the Read More » -
James Landry admits to police he shot Phillip Boudreau
The 67-year-old Cape Breton fisherman accused of murdering Phillip Boudreau admitted to police that he shot the man, according to a taped statement played Wednesday to Read More » -
Mammoth tooth possibly found in NH local waters
RYE — A local fisherman landed a mammoth catch this week — literally. Mike Anderson was fishing for scallops on the F/V Rimrack out of Rye Harbor Read More » -
Coast Guard establishes Area Command Post ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia
The Seventh Coast Guard District has established an Area Command Post in advance of Tropical Storm Idalia, Monday, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Read More » -
Timeline | Tragedy at Sea
The search for five young Nova Scotia fishermen, believed to have perished when their fishing boat overturned in rough waters about 12-hours steam off Nova Scotia, Read More » -
Video: Coast Guard medevacs crewman from F/V Stella near Kodiak, Alaska
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak hoists a 35-year-old hypothermic crewman from the deck of the 58-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel Stella Read More » -
Lingcod fisheries open July 1 in Southcentral Alaska
Commercial lingcod fisheries in Southcentral will open July 1, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today. The Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound lingcod Read More » -
US SHOULD REFUSE ANY QUOTA REDUCTION FOR HAWAII BIGEYE TUNA – WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
HONOLULU (18 October 2013) The United States should not accept a reduction in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery, according to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Read More » -
P.E.I. – Working toward hybrid and electric fishing boats
Ian MacPherson, senior adviser for the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association, said the pilot project will not only help the environment, and get P.E.I. closer to Read More » -
Louisiana shrimpers struggle to make ends meet after prices plummet
“We’re just steady shrimping for nothing,” Cameron Parish shrimper Anthony Theriot said. Theriot says the return on investment is making him reconsider leaving the dock each Read More » -
Deep Thinker Kerry: Ocean Protection Is ‘Life and Death’ National Security Issue
Secretary of State John Kerry spoke Friday morning at an ocean preservation summit at Georgetown University, saying the state of the world’s oceans is a pressing Read More » -
In New England, “The resource keeps diminishing.” Clammers Dig Through The Pandemic For Fewer Shellfish
In Maine, the largest clam producing state, fishermen produced their lowest haul in more than 90 years at a little more than 1.3 million pounds in Read More » -
Two companies race to be first in offshore wind that will encroach on our fishing areas. The politicians are just giddy about it!
“Cape Wind and Deepwater Wind are both ‘in the running’ for building America’s first offshore wind farm, we think we will be first and they think Read More » -
Rep. Bob Steinburg and W. Douglas Brady named to Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Gov. Pat McCory has appointed a local member of the state House of Representatives and a former Carteret County commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Read More » -
Fishers balk at proposal to designate Pacific Ocean national monuments
West Coast fishers, including those that supply Los Angeles and Long Beach with local seafood, are incensed at a “secret” proposal from environmentalists asking President Barack Read More » -
More Fishing Tugs 7
This road trip was partly about seeing more fish tugs, the focus of the next few posts. One of the current hubs of fishing tugs still Read More » -
Maine lobsterman catches 1 in 30 million yellow lobster named Banana, and donates it to UNE
A Maine lobsterman caught a rare one in 30 million yellow lobster and donated it to the University of New England. Tenants Harbor lobsterman Marley Babb Read More » -
Lower river spring Chinook fishing on hold until run update; Bonneville Dam counts building
With catch limits near, planned commercial fisheries targeting spring Chinook salmon in so-called “select areas” in the lower Columbia River estuary were rescinded and/or trimmed back Read More » -
Randy Babich has been fishing Puget Sound and southeast Alaska for 54 years. A lot has changed in that time.
The Paragon is a 56-foot commercial purse seiner moored at Longbranch Marina, a seagoing workhorse that dwarfs the pleasure boats around it. “I was going to Read More » -
Chile fishermen race to recapture escaped salmon that could pose risk
Chilean fishermen were working yesterday to recover hundreds of thousands of salmon that escaped from a fish farm as environmentalists warned of possible risks if they Read More » -
Coast Guard finds empty boat used by missing 18-year-old lobsterman
The U.S. Coast Guard has found the empty boat of a missing 18-year-old lobster fisherman. Tylar Michaud of Steuben went out on his lobster boat Friday morning, Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 46′ Jarvis Newman Tuna/Charter/Cruiser
Specifications, information, and 25 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:17 Read More » -
Gloucester: Open Door, fishing vessel win food security grants
The Open Door and a Gloucester fishing company will share in $5.9 million in state grants to help ensure a secure food supply chain for Massachusetts Read More » -
Ship Conducting Undersea Surveys Ordered to Pause Work Following Conflict With Local Crab Fishermen
After successfully requesting a cease-and-desist order from the California State Lands Commission, local crab fishermen will be able to finish out the last few days of Read More » -
FI School Students meet Point Judith Fishing Fleet
The students started their visit at the Superior Trawl net loft where they learned how large fishing nets are made and designed. Owner Jon Knight had Read More »
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