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Mass. Fishing industry Bill expands appeals rules for transfer of permits

January 31, 2014 New England

Proposed legislation to protect due-process rights of the holders of fisheries licenses and permits has passed the Massachusetts House and is on the way to the Senate for deliberation there. Read more@gdt 01:27

Our View: One fish, two fish … way too many fake fish – Was it wild salmon you ordered? Would you be surprised and disappointed to learn that you got coho instead? Read more@gdt

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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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Mass. Fishing industry Bill expands appeals rules for transfer of permits

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

Battle brewing over fish farming in Great Lakes

Lobstermen are opposed to this. Stopping American Aquafarms is your fight, too

New rules aim to boost herring supply prized as lobster bait

A poaching commercial fishing captain who reeled in hundreds of yellowtail snapper from a marine reserve get’s jail time

Status quo tightens squeeze on fishermen

Wasting water to kill fish?

Rammed or shooting the gap? Salmon seiners clash in Prince William Sound criminal case

A strong seal products industry is good for Canada: Senator Manning

The man who changed Canada’s lobster industry and his $1B deal to sell Clearwater

TRADEX 3MMI – Strong Halibut Pricing Expected to Stay, American Flounder Market Overtaken by Alaska Plaice

Two new vessels launched for Sea Trial by boat builder Parkol Marine Engineering

Excluded from the Working Waterfront – Trawlers to blockade €300m Greystones harbour development

Alaska Legislators pass a flurry of bills in final days before adjournment

Hundreds swarm Boothbay Harbor for Maine’s first lobster boat races of 2019

A Christmas Day disaster

Fish farm veto jeopardizes company’s N.S. future – ‘This isn’t acceptable,’ says Snow Island Salmon executive – Audio

A report has concluded the sinking of a Cadgwith based fishing boat caused by extensive modifications

Potential Western Atlantic spawning area found for Atlantic bluefin tuna

James Gill: Coastal suit muddies waters – We never expect the straight dope from the Jindal administration, but this takes bogus reasoning to a new level.

Push for 35-mile-long canyon off Virginia coast to become marine sanctuary is suddenly put on hold

US Pacific fisheries treaty negotiations under time pressure

Officials across Cape Cod estimate repairs from ice floes damaging infrastructure will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

World First: LNG-Fueled Fishing Trawler Powered by MAN D&T

Sanctions threaten to spoil Japan-Russia fishing rights talks

A LIFO Win for the Inshore Fleet! Maybe. Who wins when they redistribute the quota is the next question.

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