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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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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 28, 2017
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McCurdy blasts cuts announced by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to the inshore quota for northern shrimp
The inshore quota has dropped from 45,300 tonnes in 2013 to 33,876 this year — a decline of 26.2 per cent. By comparison, the offshore sector’s Read More » -
Trouble in Paradise? WPFMC Destroys Tape of Secret Meeting – Council Staff Limits Public’s Access to Documents
On Feb. 24, just a few days after learning of the existence of the recording, we filed a formal Freedom of Information Act request to obtain Read More » -
This Man Is Still Incarcerated! – Trial delayed for Stafford fisherman jailed in British Virgin Islands
The trial for Ocean County longline fisherman Michael Foy, jailed since June 8 in the British Virgin Islands, has been delayed nearly a month by officials there. His Read More » -
Non-pelagic trawlers hit halibut limit in Gulf, BSAI plaice TAC achieved
Vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska cannot target deep-water species from May 18 to July 1. The National Marine Fisheries Service, or NMFS, Read More » -
Fisherynation Introduces – The “Gold Standard” in Monitoring System’s, The Nature Con 2014 with GoPEW Villian 3 Video
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Gulf Red Snapper War: Macaluso: Fight over red snapper has to stop
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It’s amazing to think anyone in Louisiana would try to derail recreational fishing efforts in our Sportsman’s Paradise. Yet, every time Read More » -
Long List of Factors Stressing Out (poisoning) Narragansett Bay
The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program has developed a draft report on the status of Narragansett Bay entitled “State of the Bay and its Watershed.” Numerous factors, Read More » -
Ottawa pressing N.L. on fish processing, says premier – Kathy Dunderdale says PM has often raised idea of dropping processing requirements at Europe’s request
Provincial regulations dictate that fish landed in Newfoundland and Labrador must be processed in the province, in the interest of protecting jobs for local plant workers. Read More » -
New Bedford puts $100K toward fishing museum
More than 100 people packed into the Whaling Museum for Sunday’s Taste of the Port event, which focused on creating a New Bedford Fishing Heritage Museum. Read More » -
Card plan for Maine’s valuable urchins draws mixed response
Joe Leask, a diver on the Maine coast who is also the chairman of the Maine Sea Urchin Zone Council advisory board, said he’s not sure Read More » -
Chief William Saulis: RCMP continues search for missing fishermen on Monday, say unidentified debris found
The RCMP says it is continuing the recovery mission for five scallop fishers and a vessel missing off the Nova Scotia shore on Monday. Police say helicopter Read More » -
When residents of an Alaska fishing village can’t fish, normal life comes to an end
Expensive fishing nets sit on the hardware store shelves, unsold. Families struggle to buy baby diapers, back-to-school clothes and gasoline for boats that take them to Read More » -
No Kidding? Expand seafood markets, Conference Board says
Canada’s $7-billion seafood sector could grow by capitalizing on rising global demand and working more co-operatively, says a new study by the Conference Board of Canada. Read More » -
Heading Back North After a Major Refit
When seine netter Sara Karin was delivered in June 2017 to father and son Oddgeir and Erik-Andre Brose Krag, it wasn’t long before they knew they Read More » -
Minister Shea Highlights Government of Canada’s Leadership and Ongoing Support for Commercial Fish Harvesters
Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans delivered remarks today at the Eastern Fishermen’s Federation 36th Annual Meeting in Georgetown Royalty, Prince Edward Island. Her Read More » -
Hull Maritime gets £250,000 from Foyle Foundation for Arctic Corsair visitor attraction
The grant has come from The Foyle Foundation, a leading UK supporter of learning and the arts, and will help towards developing the new centre at Read More » -
ITQ’s – You Thought We Canadians Controlled Our Fisheries? Think Again
Wild fisheries are humankind’s greatest single source of protein. They are fully renewable, we don’t have to till soil, plant seeds, apply fertilizer or pesticide, water Read More » -
Queensland: Crab pot pincher nipped with $5000 fine
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said the man was caught after Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol officers began investigating reports of people Read More » -
DFO: Lobster Science Partnership Roundtable with Indigenous partners, commercial fishing reps, and researchers
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, announced the launch of the Lobster Science Partnership Roundtable. On June 15th, Fisheries and Read More » -
Get to know your local western rock lobster fisher and their produce
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Sharks not a blessing to Georgia shrimp fleet
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Foreign fishermen confined to boats catch Hawaiian seafood
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How much gold is enough for the Golden King Crab fleet? – Gold crabbers get nod for boost
The golden king crabbers’ bid for a bigger quota narrowly won an endorsement from the Unalaska Dutch Harbor Fish and Game Advisory Committee. By a 5-3 Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Steel Longliner, Cummins KT19, two 30-kw gensets, Federal Permits
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