Tag Archives: Gillnet/Lobster
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ MDI Gillnet/Lobster, CAT 3406, Permit available
Specifications, information and 24 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<12:12
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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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Novi Clammer/Quahogger, John Deere Diesel
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A Day on the Bay with Métis Commercial Fisherman Bernie LePage
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Arrogance Ignorance and Greenpeace
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Believe it or Not! An Oceana post – The Washington Post is Wrong About Farmed Salmon
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N.J. Recreational fishermen push for pots off state’s artificial reefs
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Fishermen Oppose Commercial Ban – national marine monument exclusion is unfair and unnecessary
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Astoria, Oregon, Top West Coast port in pounds landed last year
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Fishing industry welcomes move, Emera forced to bury a third of Maritime Link’s submarine cable
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Better science for better fisheries management.
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‘Everything I ever had, I had to build or rebuild’
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2013 Annual Report to Congress: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
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Prawn fishers suffer ‘worst season yet’ as high fuel prices bite
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A Fisherman’s Family
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Macaluso: Will new Congress take stance?
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Winter Crabbers Start Strong Despite New Quota for Norton Sound
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New Legislation To Ban Plastic Microbeads In Personal Care Products
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New England: Crackdown needed on fishing violations
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Canadian lobster in the pink thanks to European trade deal
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Fishermen vow to prevent construction of Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm – would rather die than allow it to go ahead
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Westport feeling deep loss after fishing tragedy
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Lobstermen’s group stresses connection to Maine tourism as new whale regulations approach
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NH Public Hearing on Northern Shrimp – Public Hearings this week to discuss limited entry fishery
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For fisheries regulations, a Trump edict signals uncertainty
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Dan Bacher: 2010 article warned: MLPA Initiative will do nothing to stop a big oil spill
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Inshore fishing crews think new registry requirements could be about EI claims
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