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Is commercial fishing sustainable? An industry at crossroads

April 15, 2016 Mid Atlantic, New England

A diverse panel of New England fishing experts, from a top federal administrator to a seasoned commercial fishing captain who says the scent of burnt coffee has replaced the smell of fish in his home port, gathered Thursday evening and tried to answer one question. Is commercial fishing sustainable? The discussion about the future of the region’s fishing industry featured a series of exchanges between two colorful fishing captains, an aquatic ecologist from the University of Rhode Island, a lawyer for Earthjustice and a fisheries expert from the Environmental Defense Fund. Read the rest here 06:17

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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Is commercial fishing sustainable? An industry at crossroads

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

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LETTER: Need thorough, unbiased environmental study

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Coronavirus outbreak has Alaska fishing fleets on guard

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approve increase in menhaden catch limits

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Golden eagle rescued by crew of Cape Sable Island lobster vessel Wishful Dreams

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Oct. 5, 2015

The Bottom Line: Don’t Remove Protection When Cod Need It Most.

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Some 200,000 fish reported dead at Lower Elwha fish hatchery after a water pump failure.

Man admits theft in fishing case

Judge blocks closure of southern flounder fishing. Will it be appealed?

Nova Scotia, P.E.I. lobster fisheries shut down – “We were blindsided. Never seen this coming at all,”

Call for tearing out lower Snake River dams gaining support in D.C. and WA state

Maine shelled out fewer prized scallops in 2018

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F/V Captain Gavin hauled off Point Pleasant Beach – 10 photo’s

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Captains hope to replace coronavirus-related restaurant closures with direct customers

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Nine steps to save waterways and fisheries identified by researchers

Mid-Atlantic Council Discontinues Development of Squid Buffer Framework

Senator Vitter Draws NOAA Line for Red Snapper Allocation

Meghan Lapp: Arbitrary regulation brutalizes the fishing industry

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