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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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The three-member commission that oversees Alaska’s lucrative limited-entry commercial fisheries is urging lawmakers not to pursue proposals for elimination for at least another year. The state Commercial Fisheries Entry Read More » -
Seafish inviting Bridlington’s fishermen, vessel owners across UK to take to share impacts of Covid-19 in Fleet Survey
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Portland Press: Our View: Public-private partnership critical to kicking green crab out of Maine
Given how high the stakes are for the state’s marine habitat and its third-largest commercial fishery, Maine has to focus on removing green crabs from coastal Read More » -
Coast Guard conducts West Coast Fisheries surveillance flight
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Rare goblin shark (edfus lubchencos) caught off Key West
The shark is unusual looking, with an elongated, flattened snout and a protruding jaw with narrow, jagged teeth. Very little is known about goblin sharks, including how Read More » -
Search suspended for missing fisherman who fell overboard off Grays Harbor, WA
The Coast Guard suspended the search Friday for a 47-year-old man who reportedly fell overboard while underway fishing for halibut 28 miles northwest of Grays Harbor. Read More » -
Fishermen and farmers fight over water in California
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Western Wave in Portland Harbor just now
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Tributes paid to popular Scots fisherman who died after falling overboard into the North Sea
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“It is clear the green groups want to ignore the science and play dumb when it comes to the small pelagic fishery.”
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Conservation concerns cancel Alaska’s Bering snow, king crab seasons
Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and in a first-ever move, also scuttled the winter harvest of smaller snow crab. Read More » -
Calais and Boulogne blocked by protesting French fishermen
French fishermen have blocked the ports of Calais and Boulogne in protest at so-called pulse fishing, which uses electrified nets to stun fish. Fishing boats stopped Read More » -
Shrimpers struggling as season draws to an end
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Fishermen voice concerns over fallout from Rafaels crimes
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The Sockeye Run to Bristol Bay has Exceeded 30-Million
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Tuna fleets agree to 35pc reduction in fishing as part of ‘global initiative’ to boost prices
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Commercial Lobster diver caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off Provincetown Friday morning
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Body formally identified as L’Ecume II skipper
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DFO POACHER PATROL Working Double Time on the Lower Fraser River
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Baker Beach – Body identified as Fisherman Josh Paulus from Eagle III
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