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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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Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting, Raleigh, NC – Tue, Feb 10, thru Thu, Feb 12, 2015, Listen Live!
The public is invited to attend the meeting at Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh, 1707 Hillsborough St Raleigh, NC, 27605, or attend by webinar. Read the Agenda Read More » -
Some guys really like fish! – Doctors pull a LIVE FISH from a man’s intestine – after it had shot up his backside.
According to Hospital Universitario in Londrina, a city in southern Brazil, the unnamed man decided to put the fish into his own rear as part of Read More » -
Cook Inlet fish wars, APOC receives about 200 complaints primarily from commercial fishermen, reject 198, will hear three
Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage residents with ties to Cook Inlet commercial fisheries — including United Cook Inlet Drift Association Executive Director Roland Maw — submitted the Read More » -
Gloucester Fisheries Commission opposes limited access to the historically open-access whiting fishery
A mere two days after the NEFMC received its first look at the proposals being generated by its whiting advisory panel and whiting committee, Gloucester commission Read More » -
The Coffee Break Challenge! – Make the Margaretsville Wharf Great Again, American urges his U.S. friends
A Texas man who owns a summer home in Nova Scotia has launched an appeal in his home state for donations to repair a damaged wharf Read More » -
A milestone in the war over the true state of cod
For years, fishermen from Gloucester to New Bedford have accused the federal government of relying on faulty science to assess the health of the region’s cod Read More » -
New England: Fishing Industry and offshore windfarmers no closer to finding solutions
The National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, had refused to endorse BOEM’s draft EIS for Vineyard, complaining that fishing concerns were Read More » -
Life Long Scalloper Daniel Jean Joseph Lareau has passed away
New Bedford – Daniel Jean Joseph Lareau, 64, went to meet our Lord on Monday, August 30, 2021. Daniel’s love of the sea was only surpassed Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs fishing vessel crewman 57 miles off Cold Bay, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew deployed to Forward Operating Location Cold Bay medevaced a 31-year-old male from a fishing vessel 57 miles west-northwest of Read More » -
$1.8m for THA’s Capital of Paradise to be seaworthy again
After being out of compliance for some four years, the THA-owned Capital of Paradise commercial fishing vessel has been repaired and returned to the people of Read More » -
Migrating dolphins found dead in NE Fla.
Wildlife officials say at least 16 dead dolphins have washed up on northeast Florida beaches. In addition, NOAA fisheries spokeswoman Allison Garrett says 11 other dolphins Read More » -
FISH-NL calls on province to lift restrictions on outside buyers; challenges FFAW to outline its stand
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has proposed that the provincial government lift all restrictions and allow out-of-province buyers into the Read More » -
The Seagan Movement: Are Scallops Actually Vegan?
When it comes to bivalves, the line between plant and animal is unclear. The rules of veganism, at first glance, seem pretty clear. Vegans don’t consume Read More » -
Stone crab season not a good one for crabbers
Daniel Doxsee turns the Miss Chloe Ann toward the docks behind Kirk Fish Co. in Goodland and turns his attention to next year’s stone crab season. Read More » -
Lobster processing claws its way into Mass. law
The long-sought measure to expand and modernize lobster processing regulations in Massachusetts is now law, as of Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature on Wednesday.,,, Senate Minority Leader Read More » -
Placopecten’s New Rules Stir Up Economic Storm for Fishermen
the resident – After filling up the gas tank and picking up a pound of fresh Placopecten magellanicus, or New England sea scallops, for dinner, a little Read More » -
Southern portion of Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens
Commercial Dungeness crab fishing opens Feb. 4 on the remaining southern portion of Oregon’s coastline from Cape Arago (just south of Charleston) to the California border. Read More » -
DFO’s ‘who’s on board’ policy – Bay Bulls harvester not on board!
“On Wednesday, an e-mail came out from DFO saying that as of April 1, this new crew list requirement would come into place, and they outlined Read More » -
Efforts Underway to Reduce Lobster Fishing Gear to Help Rare Whale
Interstate fishing managers are starting the process of trying to reduce the amount of lobster fishing gear off the East Coast in an attempt to help Read More » -
Where to, struggling small-scale fishers? – “Fishing communities are in crisis”
Ousted from their homes in District 6 during the apartheid era, many of South Africa’s fishing families were re-located to places like Saldanha, Gansbaai and Kalk Read More » -
Bill would add $1M to Maine’s lobster marketing efforts – Nelson King of Cutler said, “It amounts to extortion,”
Nelson King of Cutler said he didn’t like the fact that LD 486 would make lobstermen come up with 75 percent of the funds for the marketing Read More » -
Maine lobsterman shows off rare bi-colored, hermaphroditic lobster
It’s not uncommon for a lobster fisherman to bring up a lobster with more than one color, but more than one sex – that’s particularly rare. Read More » -
2 injured after dock collapses in New Bedford
A dock collapsed Wednesday, injuring two people in New Bedford. According to the New Bedford Fire Chief, Scott Kruger, around 2p.m., a pier collapsed at the Read More » -
B.C. spot prawn industry nets new markets close to home
For forty years, Guy Johnston has worked six-week stints on his fishing boat without a break harvesting spot prawns on the central coast of British Columbia. Read More » -
Teaching the next generation of New England fishermen
Gary Glidden prepares the Last Penny for another day on the water, sharpening knives and warming up the inboard motor. It’s become second nature to the Read More »
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