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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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I missed this one. AJOC EDITORIAL: State should foot the bill for salmon disaster
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Dennis R. Toothaker, U.S. Army Veteran, retired Maine lobsterman, has passed away
Dennis R. Toothaker passed away on July 6, 2021, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was surrounded by his family. Dennis was born on August Read More » -
Can this province have a successful small boat cod fishery?
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Politics-Minded Enviro Group sets its gun sights on Congressman Steve Southerland, its “Ocean Enemy #1”
Southerland has been an avid Catch Share opponent. The organization, led by the marine biologist David Wilmot, is different than many other conservation groups in that Read More » -
The warped notions of a Red Snapper Rec Shill – Red snapper management is broken
There was a time when wild duck was a staple of any Chesapeake Bay restaurant. Canvasbacks were a particular favorite. The ducks were killed by commercial Read More » -
The Ocean Grabbing, Ripping, Gutting, and Fishing Restrictions Begin Off Block Island!
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Ambitious Calif. river restoration problem plagued
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Coast Guard medevacs 43-year-old fisherman 25-miles south of Shinnecock Inlet
The Coast Guard medevaced a 43-year-old man from a fishing vessel 25-miles south of Shinnecock Inlet, New York, Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders Read More » -
Commercial Fisherman/Army Veteran Norval Helmer Nelson, of No. Douglas, Alaska has passed away
Norval Helmer Nelson, Sr, was born April 2, 1926 in Onalaska, Washington to Arnt Hilmer Sjoning Nilsen of Bodø, Norway and Selma Elizabeth (Holmblad) Nilsen of Read More » -
Fishermen take federal government to court over right to sell Class B licences again
A law firm representing a little over half of the 75 remaining fishermen in the Maritimes with Class B licences is taking the federal government to Read More » -
Maine: Scallop season is under way, but maybe not for long
Maine’s winter scallop season opened last Tuesday, Dec. 1, and divers working in Blue Hill’s Salt Pond and outer harbor — both closed to draggers — Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs man 230 miles north of Cold Bay, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a man Sunday morning from the 143-foot fishing vessel American No.1, 230 miles north of Read More » -
Opinion: We are an Alaska Native Corporation that backs Pebble Mine. Here’s why.
The proposed Pebble Mine places Alaska Peninsula Corporation in a unique and challenging position. Some shareholders oppose it, yet many support the economic benefits to community Read More » -
“American lobster larva,” wins people’s choice in Photography category of the 2016 Visualization Challenge
As a master’s student in marine biology at the University of Maine, Jesica Waller spent the summer taking pictures of baby lobsters.,,, This image of a live Read More » -
CDFW Opens Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Zone, Continues Commercial Fishery Delay in Central Management Area.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Oregon state line to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line (Fishing Read More » -
Starkist threatens to move ops away from American Samoa due to rising wages, fishing rules
US tuna canner Starkist has imposed a hiring freeze in and warned that it is considering shifting some of its production to Ecuador and Senegal,,, In Read More » -
Northeast Groundfish Vessel Landings Up, Revenues Top $330 Million in Fishing Year 2011- Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Landings, gross revenues, and net revenues per vessel reached three-year highs for Northeast groundfish vessels during the fishing year that ended in April 2012! Read More Read More » -
Traffic, sun blindness, now eclipse dumps 305,000 Farmed Atlantic salmon near San Juan Islands
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Rare mola mola washes up in Miramichi River – Unusual ocean sunfish may have been lured to river by jellyfish
Scott Campbell was out for a walk with his dog when he found the mola mola along the banks of the Miramichi River. Campbell said he knew right Read More » -
Sunken fishing trawler Dianne found by searchers off Queensland coast
Police say they have found the commercial fishing trawler Dianne in which six men are believed to have drowned when it sank in heavy seas on Read More » -
If you are following Northeast Ground fish Issues, some comments in this article should promp a Red Flag!
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Anxiety grows about red tide bloom 5-15 miles off northeast Gulf of Mexico local beaches
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Here’s why 12 right whales died in Canadian waters — and why more will die if nothing is done
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Lobster boat sinks; four Nova Scotia fishermen rescued
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German researchers find: Higher CO2 harms all marine life
Rising levels of carbon dioxide are harming all forms of marine life because the oceans are acidifying as they absorb the gas, German researchers found. Creatures Read More »
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