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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 4 , 2019

October 4, 2019 South Atlantic

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NCFA drops civil suit – A commercial fishing advocacy group has dropped its civil complaint against the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission that alleged the commission had violated the N.C. Open Meetings Law. >click to read<

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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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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 4 , 2019

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

Recent Posts

MAIB Report – Flooding and sinking of Fishing Trawler Ocean Quest

Happy Birthday USCG: Why some claim the Coast Guard is the oldest and most badass military service branch

Fisheries division schedules day-long symposium on troubled summer flounder fishery

Blown Away: Offshore wind regulators ignore danger to fishing industry

Feds bust Boca man for illegally taking, then shipping, Florida Keys lobster

Canada Plays Leadership Role in Protecting Key Fish Stocks and Ecosystems in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

The O’Hara Fishing Dynasty – Knowing when to fish or cut bait

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol wins one against American fish-shipping companies for violating antiquated Jones Act

Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Saltonstall-Kennedy grants should be just the beginning

Asian carp processing facility might be headed to North Peoria

Devastated salmon population likely to result in fishing restrictions

F/V Tara Lynn II: Multiple groups work together to remove fishing vessel from Cape Elizabeth shore

“American lobster larva,” wins people’s choice in Photography category of the 2016 Visualization Challenge

Salish Sea Prawn fishery opens without signs of Native blockade

NOAA swordfish plan met with opposition at public meeting

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Epic catch brings tons of fresh fish to the Central Coast

Speaker Atkins’ Pacific to Plate Bill signed by Gov. Brown

Ukraine and Russia Face Off Over Fishing Boat

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The abandoned Irish Piper did not go quietly. But go it did!

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Unified Command oversees fuel and oil removal from grounded F/V Sea Angels with possible presence of unexploded military ordnance nearby

U.S. plans to stay out of dispute over elvers

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