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Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Sacramento April 6-11, 2017

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The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet April 6-11, 2017 in Sacramento, Ca. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento to address issues related to salmon, groundfish, coastal pelagic species, Pacific halibut, and habitat matters. For agenda item topics, please click to see the April 2017 meeting notice with a detailed agenda. The Council meeting will be live‐streamed. Click here to Listen to the Live Audio Stream For more details, click here 19:58

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Sacramento April 6-11, 2017

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Small boat Pacific cod fishery to open Sept. 1

Cape Breton lobster size requirements increasing to feed American market

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How the US coast guard made an unsinkable boat

Trollers call for chinook management ‘with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer’

New study reveals cost of 2017 salmon fisheries closure

Three Sites Under Study (Siege) As Marine Sanctuaries in Waters Off Vineyard

Input sought for Northwest Atlantic mackerel research

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy a friend of Long Island Sound

Keys fishery issues back on tap

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10:00 AM – ADF&G News Release Announcement: Dutch Harbor Food and Bait Herring Fishery Announcement #2 48HR EXTENSION

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Hutt Bros. Lobster boat, 500HP, 6 Cylinder Lugger Diesel

13 dead dolphins found in Va. this weekend bringing the total to 100 for the calendar year.

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‘Okay, so what do we do?’ – New Markets Reshape Crab Industry

California Dungeness crab fleet nets $68 million haul, but small boats continue to struggle

Dartmouth fisherman remembered 40 years on

Trident wants in at Adak – And so does another company.

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In 2018, Thorny Issues Ahead – Fishermen versus wind farm, beach access at Napeague remain unresolved

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Beer and Boats! Historic fishing smack to deliver Green Jack beer to popular festival

ITS HUGE! Grey Sole limits nearly doubled as scientists use ’empirical approach’ to set new specifications

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