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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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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68.5′ Steel Trawler – Detroit 12-V-71 Diesel, John Deere – 65 KW Genset
Specifications, information and 29 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:51 Read More » -
Dog in sea lion attack has clean record in Texas, necropsy results sent to fisheries service
The daughter of former astronaut Mark Kelly was walking her dog Shiner on Goff Island Beach when the dog bolted, ripping the leash from her hand Read More » -
Aboard the Lake Erie Fishing Tug Lady Anna II (Part 5)
“The challenge to make money. If you don’t catch fish, you don’t make money. Fun’s not the word. I just enjoy it; it’s a challenging and Read More » -
Pulling the traps: Captain Shelley Deagle says the season looks positive
Lobster fishermen on Prince Edward Island’s north shore are hopeful today’s catch will give them an indication of what the two-month spring season may bring. Captain Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 8, 2019
>Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<12:57 Read More » -
National Marine Fisheries Service wants to see at least four Southwest Washington streams identified as wild steelhead strongholds
theColumbian – The National Marine Fisheries Service wants to see at least four Southwest Washington streams identified as wild steelhead strongholds with no planting of hatchery Read More » -
Nordic Hosting Public Zoom Meeting Wednesday taking questions, Study Results for Land-Based Fish Farm
Nordic is currently preparing its permit applications for a land-based aquaculture facility on the Samoa Peninsula in Humboldt County and has recently submitted the discharge permit Read More » -
Department of Interior’s final plan abandons oil drilling off Atlantic Coast
“I am pleased and relieved that the Department of Interior’s final plan abandons its earlier proposal to allow drilling in the Atlantic from Georgia to Virginia,” Read More » -
Feds Add Fishing Restrictions for Atlantic Cod – will have a significant economic impact on some fishermen
Regulators are closing areas where most of the cod catches have occurred over the last couple of years to protect the remaining stock. Most of those Read More » -
Lobster diversity startles fisheries research group
The Canadian Fisheries Research Network, a collaboration between academic researchers, the fishing industry and government, recently wrapped up several research projects that began in 2010, shortly Read More » -
David Sikes: Seagrass protection still a hot topic in state legislature
CORPUS CHRISTI — State Rep. Geanie Morrison of Victoria filed legislation this past week that would outlaw the uprooting of seagrass throughout the entire Texas coast. Read More » -
Icebreaker dispatched to Gulf of St. Lawrence to hasten crab season — and save whales
A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker has been called in to smash through pack ice off the northeast coast of New Brunswick in an unusual bid to Read More » -
Two Bay of Islands men fined for poaching, banned from fishing
Two men from Humber Arm South convicted of illegally harvesting lobster won’t be doing any fishing of any sort for a while. Leonard Stephen Greene, 60, Read More » -
Coronavirus: Maine Fishermen’s Forum board of directors has canceled the 2021 event
“There is no possible way that we can protect our forum participants in such a tight environment, due to COVID-19 and required safety restrictions,” Steve Train, Read More » -
Lobster Council of Canada – Making 2014 the Year of the Lobster
A Message from the Executive Director – It is hard to believe we are only now beginning the second month of 2014 given the activities taking place Read More » -
Missing fisherman found off Nova Scotia coast – Fishing vessel was being towed by the Coast Guard
A fisherman who went missing in the waters off Canso, N.S., has been found. The crew member had fallen off a life raft Sunday morning as Read More » -
Kodiak: Fishermen aspire to enter world of seafood processing
For some fishermen, moving into the processing world is one way to build their prospects. But before that can happen, they need to get the required Read More » -
Too many seals?
In 1991, researchers counted six seal pups on Muskeget Island just northwest of Nantucket. In 2007 they counted 2,096. That, in a nutshell, describes the trigger for Read More » -
Fishermen fear Scottish lobster stocks ‘could collapse’
Fishermen fear that lobster stocks could be on the verge of collapse after an increase in the numbers being caught and a surge in the value Read More » -
Yukon River king salmon run called “dismal”
As of Tuesday, only about 20,000 kings had been counted past a sonar located 16 miles from the Canadian border near Eagle. The Pacific Salmon Treaty Read More » -
Joint Task Force Atlantic release video of medevac rescue
A new video has been released by the Joint Task Force Atlantic that shows a medical evacuation from a fishing vessel off the coast of Newfoundland The Read More » -
Kodiak jig fishermen explore other markets during poor cod season
Kodiak processors and fishermen are seeing the effects of the 80 percent cut to cod quota in the Gulf of Alaska. Some small boat fishermen who Read More » -
Trucking of Sacramento River salmon starts Monday
More than 12 million juvenile hatchery salmon will get a truck trip downstream starting Monday to help them circumvent the harmful effects of drought on the Read More » -
The Turbine versus Trawler Dilemma – Offshore wind farms will reduce commercial fishing grounds
California’s fishing industries are at risk of losing access to some of their fishing grounds as the state’s waters are scouted for the development of offshore Read More » -
You Asked For It! New U.S. recreational fisheries policy announced
NOAA Fisheries NMFS Administrator Eileen Sobeck unveiled the policy document at a news conference at the Miami International Boat Show. She said it was crafted with Read More »
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