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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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Fishing Vessel Losses Top U.K. Accident Statistics
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BREAKING—-John Bullard comes through for Gulf of Maine and New England Gill Netters!
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Following harvest shortfall, Sitka contemplates a herring moratorium
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New poll shows majority of Canadians support the seal hunt and oppose WTO ruling
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 85′ Shrimper/Scalloper, 3412 Cat, 2 JD Auxiliaries
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Alaska salmon prices seem to be rebounding – Chilean farmed salmon takes a hit
Alaska’s salmon season has started with optimism, a far cry from the bleak feelings a year ago when the fishery was blown asunder by a perfect Read More » -
NEFMC – February Council Report
Please click here for a copy of the Council Report http://www.nefmc.org/actions/council_reports/Council%20Report2%202014.pdf. The newsletter provides details about the Council’s January 28-30, 2014 Council meeting in Portsmouth, NH. Read More » -
Fishermen shot down in fishing monitor dispute.
A federal appeals court has found in favor of the U.S. government in a challenge brought by a New England fishermen’s group over the cost of Read More » -
Winchester Bay, Thar be sardines here
“In our minds,” he said, “fish buyers, fishermen in the sardine industry … we get a quota and it keeps getting reduced. We don’t think NOAA Read More » -
Scoping Hearing on Lobster/Gear Right Whale Entanglements
On Tuesday night there will be a scoping meeting from 6-8 PM at Mass Maritime Academy to receive public input on ways to alter the American Read More » -
“Big Lobi” the 22-pound lobster freed days ago in Chatham is found dead
On Thursday, a 22-pound lobster named Big Lobi scuttled away to freedom after twin brothers from New Jersey bought it at the Chatham Fish Pier Market Read More » -
Maine DMR closes Gouldsboro Bay and other areas to scallop fishing
The Maine scallop fishing season opened on Dec. 1 and, less than two weeks later, Department of Marine Resources closed it down in large areas of Read More » -
Shrimp pass hard-shell crabs as North Carolina’s most lucrative seafood
Hard shell blue crabs had been the state’s leading seafood in pounds caught and in dockside value for decades. They still lead in pounds caught, but Read More » -
Coast Guard Veteran, Retired Commercial Fisherman Vito J. Calomo has passed away
Vito J. Calomo, 79, of Gloucester husband of the late Josephine R. (Curcuru) Calomo passed away peacefully on Friday, December 8, 2023, at Care One at Read More » -
2J3KL Cod Scientific Update was recently released. Important information was not included
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans released an update of the scientific assessment for 2J3KL Cod on Friday, April 17, 2020. While the Newfoundland and Labrador Read More » -
Environmental review of proposed Ambre Energy coal terminal should go deeper, The National Marine Fisheries Service says
The National Marine Fisheries Service , which plays a consulting role in granting permits for the proposed Boardman terminal, has asked the Army Corps of Engineers Read More » -
SECURE THE BOARDER! Asian carp discovery in Toronto prompts swift response
Canadian officials have moved quickly after an invasive species of fish was spotted in ponds in Toronto. It’s one of the largest responses ever against Asian Read More » -
Salmon-farming operations face protests, occupations in B.C., legislative scrutiny in Washington state
A showdown is brewing over Atlantic salmon net-pen farming on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. Marine Harvest, a major producer of farmed Atlantic salmon in British Read More » -
Fish farm limbo – Cermaq Canada gets more time to decide on Nova Scotia fish farm expansion. Lobster fishers in limbo!
The firm is part of Cermaq Global, formerly a Norwegian state-controlled salmon producer purchased by Mitsubishi Corporation in 2014 for $1.4 billion, with operations in Norway, Read More » -
Do humans have it wrong? Treating salmon as commodity may threaten their wild existence
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U.S. fishermen don’t want 1981 U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty renewed
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New Bedford fishing boat finds body near Provincetown
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The flaws in quota-based fishery management – Barry Darby, St. John’s
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Editorial: Sea change
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Fight Back!!! Fisherman John Yates v. United States
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