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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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New Blue Catfish Regulation Threatening Health of Chesapeake Bay and Business
The blue catfish is putting up quite the fight and it’s making Delmarva crabbers like Ryan Crouch frustrated. A new federal regulation will make it harder Read More » -
1 in 100 Million! Rare ‘Cotton Candy’ Lobster Caught in Maine
A rare “cotton candy” lobster was caught in a trap off the coast of Maine over the weekend. The chances of finding such a creature, characterized Read More » -
NAFO Meets For The First Time Under Modernized Convention – Significant Decisions Were Made
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONTRÉAL, QC, 22 SEPTEMBER 2017- The 39th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) took place from 18 to 22 September Read More » -
Commercial Fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone – What was being caught and where back to 1950
What is the status of commercial fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, the waters from 3 to 200 miles off our coastline? Generally speaking – Read More » -
NCFA Weekly Update for Jan. 9, 2015 (just received)
Weekly Update for Jan. 9, 2015 as a PDF 08:51 Read More » -
Turf War: Canadians heat up lobster fishing in ‘gray zone’ off Cutler
CUTLER, Maine — The disputed “gray zone” around Machias Seal Island has become a bone of contention again for Maine lobster fishermen who set traps in Read More » -
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch! Big hauls expected in 2015 for AK pollock, pinks, reds
Some big fish predictions are coming in for next year from state and federal managers. For the state’s largest fishery – Alaska pollock – stocks have Read More » -
Wesley Crowell 72, has fished for more than five decades and always from a small, open skiff. – Season’s not been one of his best
Chronical Herald – The end of the local lobster season Friday comes with hundreds, if not thousands, of personal assessments of how things went financially. There Read More » -
‘Fighting for his life’: Fisherman recounts harrowing rescue from waters off Malpeque
Cold and exhausted after treading water for more than two hours in the rough ocean waters off Malpeque, P.E.I., without a life jacket, Mike Day says Read More » -
City Hall does not like to be harsh, especially to those in the commercial shrimping industry these days. But they’re gonna be.
The individuals and families who trawl Georgia’s waters have enough problems surviving year to year with all the government regulations they must comply with and the Read More » -
You wanna be a lobsterman? The day started out so wonderfully aboard the mighty F/V Degelyse. But then it all turned south.
This is why you stay in school. LMAO! Video, >click to watch< Read More » -
Legislators applaud House passage of legislation to permanently save Newport Air Station
House Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) applauded the House passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, legislation that would keep Read More » -
Bloated Bureaucracy Creating Conflict by Executive Order – NOP Riverhead “Listening Session”
Notice of the Riverhead listening sessions was sent to stakeholders by email and via a listserv, Michael Snyder of the N.Y. Department of State, said after Read More » -
New Zealand: Commercial fishing ban in new marine parks – creates new recreational fishing parks
Commercial fishing would be banned from the inner Hauraki gulf and the entire Marlborough Sounds if National creates new recreational fishing parks for those areas. Mr Read More » -
C&C Diving and Salvage takes business deep
Some businesses struggle to stay afloat. Not Zech Bennett. His focus is on staying beneath the surface. As the owner and operator of C&C Diving and Read More » -
Clearwater Seafoods explores possible sale or merger
Nova Scotia-based seafood giant Clearwater Seafoods Inc. (TSX:CLR) says it is exploring a possible sale of the company after receiving several expressions of interest. In a Read More » -
NCFA – Storm Damage Info Needed – Need Cold Storage Due To Power Outage? More Info For You!!!
Wanchese Fish Co. has offered the use of their cold storage facility in Suffolk VA for anyone that needs it. If you have a fish house Read More » -
Coast Guard escorts disabled RI fishing vessel ahead of winter storm
With a major winter storm approaching, Coast Guard crews from Station Menemsha, Massachusetts and Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island, aided a distressed fishing crew about 10 Read More » -
DFO says it is considering request from P.E.I. fishermen to change lobster setting dates
The federal government is considering allowing P.E.I. lobster fishermen to start the spring season earlier than normal. Krista Petersen, a spokeswoman with the Department of Fisheries Read More » -
Cold weather, low prices hurt lucrative elver market
Baby eels, called elvers, are Maine’s second most-valuable fishery after lobsters. The volume and value of the state’s elver fishery have boomed in recent years, with Read More » -
Starts Tomorrow! The Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Sacramento – Listen Live!
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet March 7-13, 2014 in Sacramento, California to address issues related to salmon, Pacific halibut, Read More » -
Murkowski questions if Chinese shellfish ban from Alaska and Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety. (It is, Senator)
“Yes, it’s a concern about safety,” the senator said while visiting Ketchikan on Thursday. “But it does cause you to wonder if there are other issues Read More » -
Fishing boat runs aground in Lerwick harbour
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Oral argument scheduled for observer lawsuit
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JANUARY 27, 2013
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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