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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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Peripheral tunnel opponents will hold “Death of Delta” funeral on Thursday April 4, on Thursday, April 4, at noon in Sacramento by Dan Bacher
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Watch House Natural Resources Committee Magnuson-Stevens Act Hearing LIVE 10:00 am ET – 3/13/2013
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Daniel Pauly’s Three Big Moves to Save the World’s Threatened Fisheries
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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting March 4-8, 2019 at Westin Jekyll Island, Ga.
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Sealord ordered to forfeit $24 million vessel
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Breaking: Eight arrested in drug raids on New Bedford fishing boats
Eight people were arrested on local fishing boats over the past two days in drug raids by national, state and local law enforcement, who seized heroin Read More » -
Bay Area restaurants, crabbers prepare as whales force Dungeness crab season to close early
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F/V Lone Star sinks at Fisherman’s Terminal on Tuesday morning
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Western Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Honolulu, HI, June 25-27, 2019
Time: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Location: YWCA Fuller Hall, Honolulu, HI. 178th CM Summary of Action Items, 178th CM WPRFMC Agenda 178th CM FR Notice Read More » -
Department of Fish and Wildlife employee in Southwest Washington allegedly stole $80,000 worth of fuel
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NFFO Fights Back against Appeasement
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, which represents fishermen in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has launched a blistering attack on UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice, Read More » -
The Coronavirus pandemic could change U.S. fisheries forever. Will it be for better or for worse?!
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Video – U.S. Coast Guard medevacs a fisherman 65 miles east of Virginia Beach
A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 46-year-old man reportedly suffering from symptoms of a heart attack approximately 65 miles east of Virginia Beach, Saturday. Watchstanders at Read More » -
Extremely rare white lobster turns up in Bantry Bay
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Illegal eel exporters exposed by Countryfile
Posing as a UK fisherman who had legally caught the eels on the River Severn in Gloucestershire, presenter Joe Crowley was approached by Chinese and Russian Read More » -
Bill would ban drift gillnets in California – “This is really a moral imperative,” Geoff Shester, Oceana
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Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU as champagne corks fly, Post-Brexit talks gear up for fish fight
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Conservation and commercial fishing groups sue EPA over fish consumption in Wash.
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Pelagic Partnership Takes Delivery of New Artemis
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Russia, Norway to increase cod quota
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Coast Guard honors Oregon man with the Distinguished Public Service Award who saved 3 people from capsized commercial fishing boat
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