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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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Feeding the Fire – Fishing for Energy Partnership Ports of Gloucester, MA Martha’s Vineyard to Participate
HAVERHILL, MA–(Marketwired – Jul 29, 2013) – Fishing for Energy, the innovative public-private partnership that provides commercial fishermen a cost-free way to recycle old and unusable Read More » -
Iliamna Lake levels barely high enough for Bristol Bay boat portage
Many of the boats which fish Bristol Bay spend the winters docked in Homer. Each summer they make the trip across Cook Inlet where they are Read More » -
Enviro Suit alleges National Marine Fisheries Service ignored ‘best available science’ in sonar ruling. what…wha..
Hmm “Best Available Science”? The National Marine Fisheries Service violated federal law when it authorized the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off Hawaii and Read More » -
Sam Parisi: Its 2020 and time to move this industry forward!
Here we are again, at the end of the year, and decade for that matter, as 2019 is ending, and its time to move forward. As Read More » -
Real Climate Science from David Legates Seems to Scare the Media. Will it Scare NOAA?
It’s not often that I read a MSM report and think that every single paragraph is full of sh!t. But this NPR story about Heartland friend and esteemed climate Read More » -
Frustration with DFO growing over P.E.I. lobster fishery – ‘They’re really putting an unfair burden on the industry’
P.E.I. Premier Dennis King says lobster fishermen are being asked to make an impossible choice and Ottawa needs to step up and support them. The lobster Read More » -
Another fishing industry bashing article – this time it’s fuel subsidy
Here are some excerpts from the recent Guardian’s fuel subsidy article: “Fuel subsidies ‘drive fishing industry’s plunder of the high seas’ Spain, France, UK, US and Japan Read More » -
Letter: Rafael stains the whole waterfront,
Congratulations to NOAA, the IRS, and the Coast Guard for taking down Carlos Rafael. His demise is cheered by the intrepid fishermen of New Bedford. The Read More » -
Save the Samish salmon hatchery media event held (Photos)
Yesterday, members of the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) sponsored an event at Pamona Grange Park to spotlight what closing the Samish salmon hatchery would mean Read More » -
NCFA Weekly Update for Nov. 30, 2014
Weekly Update for Nov. 30, 2014 as a PDF 23:25 Read More » -
Mako shark catch (1,323.5 pounds) could shatter world record – video
A Texas angler has likely broken a world record with this 11-foot, 1,323.5 pound shortfin mako shark caught off Huntington Beach, Calif., according to a story Read More » -
SMAST Video Technology Shows Promise to Improve Groundfish and Flat Fish Stock Surveys
savingseafood.org – Dr. Kevin Stokesbury, whose work in developing the SMAST Scallop Video Survey was essential to transforming scallop surveys in the 1990s, is collaborating again with Read More » -
Fisherman airlifted safely from F/V Newfoundland Pioneer after suspected heart attack
CBCNews – A fisherman had to be airlifted to hospital in St. Anthony on Monday amid a medical emergency. A search and rescue official said a Read More » -
Study reveals fishing’s startling global footprint: co-author Boris Worm, ‘It totally blows me away’
Global fishing efforts are so wide ranging that fleets covered more than 460 million kilometres in 2016 — a distance equal to going to the moon Read More » -
Alaska Airlines delivers 80,000 lbs. of the first Copper River salmon of the season to Seattle
Alaska Airlines has delivered more than 80,000 pounds of fresh Copper River salmon to Seattle on four Alaska Air Cargo flights, marking the beginning of the Read More » -
Honduran families receive bodies of sunk fishing boat victims
Families of the 27 people who died after a Honduran fishing boat sank have started receiving the bodies of their relatives, as the country’s president ordered Read More » -
Companies Express Disappointment in Slow Progress of South Pacific Tuna Treaty Negotiations
“The has been unable to operate at full capacity due to ongoing Treaty negotiations since August of 2015. Our Fleet was forced to cease fishing operations Read More » -
Coast Guard rescues 3 from fishing vessel taking on water near Pascagoula, Miss.
The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen from a vessel taking on water 8 miles south of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received notification Read More » -
Macduff Shipyards celebrate as newly built vessel is signed over to owners
The Celestial Dawn, BF 109 was designed between Macduff Shipyards and firm Macduff Ship Design and built at the yard’s fabrication hall in Buckie. The brand Read More » -
B.C. orders clean-up of decaying and abandoned cannery at Namu
The provincial government has issued orders to clean up “a very dangerous situation” that exists at Namu, on British Columbia’s central coast, where a long-abandoned cannery Read More » -
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update February 23, 2014
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More » -
Vessel runs aground near Naknek, prompts temporary fishing closure
After a fishing vessel washed up on shore in the Bristol Bay area near Naknek and leaked diesel fuel, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Read More » -
A New Bedford fishing boat needed a new engine. Cost: $175K. And that was just the start.
Pedro Cura had a decision to make. Last September, Paulo Valente was coming through Butler’s Flat, heading back to the dock, when suddenly the engine blew in Read More » -
The Fishing for Energy Partnership Awards Grant Funding to Reduce the Impacts of Derelict Fishing Gear and Marine Debris
WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire – Mar 21, 2013) – Fishing for Energy, the public-private partnership aimed at reducing the adverse effects of derelict fishing gear (gear that is Read More » -
DEM seizes 9ft tuna from Massachusetts charter they say was fishing illegally in RI waters
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management seized a 113-inch giant bluefin tuna from a Massachusetts charter boat last week and issued a criminal summons for Read More »
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