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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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Entrepreneurs Pitch Sustainable Seafood Ideas. Investors Take The Bait
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Proof that people don’t understand the food production sector. Mr. Hill from the Watershed Watch proves it. Video
The commercial fishing industry has long claimed it strives to ensure salmon that can’t be legally kept are released alive and well. But a video shot Read More » -
Marine Engineer Joe Fletcher known as Joe Kelvin to fishing communities dies aged 92
He was the mainstay of Kelvin Marine Diesels, the firm that produced the engine that propelled Scotland’s fisheries. Over many decades, Joe Fletcher won the trust Read More » -
Tahoe Lobster Co. Crawdad trap theft tops $21,000
tahoedailytribune.com – Tahoe Lobster Co. traps have continued to disappear from Lake Tahoe, threatening the lake’s first commercial crawfish harvest operation. Tahoe Lobster Co. Owner Fred Read More » -
Governor Walker calls for federal disaster declaration for Pacific cod fishery
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott signed a letter last week asking the federal government to declare the 2018 Pacific cod fishery in the Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 8, 2015
Click to read Weekly Update for May 8, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here 20:50 Read More » -
Bay Delta Conservation Plan will fail to restore the estuary by Dan Bacher
Tuesday, March 20 was a busy day for Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition opposed to the Brown administration’s rush to construct massive peripheral tunnels to Read More » -
Salvage operation for capsized fishing vessel off Cape Point
The 24m Restless Wave capsized in the early hours on Sunday, prompting the successful rescue of all 12 crew who were uninjured in the accident, which Read More » -
SEA-NL condemns FFAW-Unifor election; union credibility spent
Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) condemns the election Thursday of FFAW-Unifor president Greg Pretty, saying the corrupt process undermines faith in democracy, and Read More » -
New England Fishery Management Council meeting September 24-27, 2018 in Plymouth, MA.
The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at Hotel 1620, 180 Water Street, Plymouth Harbor, MA. September 24, 2018 – September 27, 2018. To read Read More » -
Salmon won’t be getting help from Delta gates, This year the gates will not be closed.
Water diversion gates in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Walnut Grovewill not be closed this month to assist migrating salmon, as they were last year. The Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 46′ Wesmac Scallop/Tuna/Lobster, 750HP John Deere Diesel
To review specifications, information, and 12 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:45 Read More » -
This weeks NOAA/NMFS Notices
We will be posting the notices we receive, when we receive them, on a daily basis, and aggregate them in one weekly post. Here we go. Commercial Read More » -
Despite early start to Alaska king salmon runs, biologists not convinced slump is over
Alaska anglers optimistic about promising early king salmon returns on many rivers — after years of disappearing fish — may want to temper any warm, fuzzy feelings Read More » -
Commercial fishermen sounding alarm about snapper stocks
If you had asked me five years ago if I was worried about red snapper populations in Texas, I would have said “no.” But I’m not Read More » -
The Deadly Gauntlet Fraser Salmon Must Travel to Come Home
The rockslide at Big Bar just north of Lillooet was a natural disaster that blocked the Fraser last summer, making it impossible for many returning salmon Read More » -
The Wild West of Deep-Sea Mining
In the coming years, a new gold rush will begin. Deep beneath the ocean’s waves, from scalding hydrothermal vents to the frigid stretches of the abyssal Read More » -
Looking back august 13, 2015 Fullabullard, By Jim Lovgren
Recently John Bullard was quoted as saying that fishermen are lying, and there is no proof that windmill factories are killing marine mammals. This reminded me Read More » -
IMORTANT UPDATE: New England Fishery Management Council Meeting in Newport, RI December 3-5, 2019
The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at Hotel Viking, 1 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840 . To read the final agenda, revised, >click Read More » -
Scientists worry B.C. hatchery fish threatening endangered wild chinook
More chinook salmon populations have landed on the endangered species list in B.C.,, With many salmon runs experiencing the lowest returns on record, there has been Read More » -
Pillar Point fishing vessel sinks, no injuries
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Meet the next generation boatbuilder taking over the family business – Jaxen Doucette has been an entrepreneur since age nine
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Fishing charges dismissed after ‘regulatory storm’,
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Louisiana Shrimp Association donates shrimp to Second Harvest Food Bank
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Funding for seal marketing draws acclaim, criticism
Animal rights groups said the amount of money being invested constitutes a drop in the bucket when it comes to international marketing. Rebecca Aldworth, with the Humane Society Read More »
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