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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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Pacific cod may have learned to hunt seabirds, research indicates
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“There’s something awful fishy going on here”: What about Clearwater and the offshore lobster fishery?
Media attention is trained on St. Mary’s Bay in southwest Nova Scotia, where the Sipekne’katik First Nation led by Chief Michael Sack has been exercising Treaty Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 20, 2018
>Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >Click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<16:28 Read More » -
UPDATED: F/V Support – Commercial fisherman rescued by the Coast Guard off Montauk Point, NY
A 47-foot Motor Life Boat rescue crew from Station Montauk diverted from training to the location. Once on scene, the crew recovered a 52-year-old commercial fisherman Read More » -
Jindal Administration clashes with lawmakers over reef fund raid
BATON ROUGE — If Gov. Bobby Jindal redirects money from an artificial reef fund as he has done in the past to balance the state budget, Read More » -
Louisiana: Violet man found guilty of commercial crab pot theft
A Violet man was found guilty of commercial crab trap theft in the St. Bernard Parish Courthouse in Chalmette on March 17, 2022. The Honorable Judge Read More » -
Coast Guard medevaced fisherman suffering possible heart attack off Reedsport, Ore.
Coast Guard crews medevaced a man suffering from symptoms of a possible heart attack from a fishing vessel 18 miles off Reedsport, Friday night. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Read More » -
The Women Bringing Sustainable Lobster Fishing Into the Future
For Heather Thompson, lobster fishing is the family trade. As a fourth-generation lobsterman, she captains an all-female crew aboard Gold Digger, her fishing vessel in Harrington, Read More » -
Study unveils why Atlantic bluefin tuna suffer despite prey abundance
In a paper in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series titled “The paradox of the pelagics: why bluefin tuna can go hungry in a sea of Read More » -
Just Now! UConn R/V Conneticut steams into Gloucester. Possibly to research why the fish port is so idle.(Fishing where the fish are is against the law…….that was easy).
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ Aluminum Dragger, Cummins KT-1150, State and Federal Permits
To review specifications, information, and 25 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 07:18 Read More » -
Federal Judge asked to decide outcome of White Marlin Open after organizers say $2.8 million winner failed lie-detector test
Fishermen are known to tell tales. But a federal judge in Baltimore is being asked to determine the outcome of the White Marlin Open after organizers Read More » -
Massachusetts: $185K for fishing research in proposed fiscal year 2018 budget
The state Senate has added $185,000 for commerical fishing research to its proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget. State Senate Minority Leader Brice Tarr, R–Gloucester, and state Read More » -
Cows Trample Dozens Of Lobsters To Death In Escalating Surf ’N’ Turf War
In what is being described as the most ruthless act of bovine–crustacean violence in years, local authorities confirmed Monday that a charging herd of cattle had Read More » -
Is there a monster killer shark on the loose off Perth?
A fisheries drum line hook was snapped by a giant sea creature the day after British diver Doreen Collyer was killed, sparking fears that a monster Read More » -
Commercial, recreational flounder fishermen at odds
Two months have passed since the state’s Marine Fisheries Commission was supposed to approve new protections for flounder, but fishermen are still catching them under the Read More » -
‘A hard day’ following Placentia Bay tragedy, says mayor
The mayor of Southern Harbour says his community is in mourning after the bodies of three men were found by search and rescue crews in Newfoundland’s Read More » -
Fishing dispute could close Cape Breton moose hunt
“Our people are angry,” said Rod Googoo, the chief of the Waycobah First Nation,,, Googoo was among hundreds of Mi’kmaq who spent part of the weekend Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 85′ LOA Steel Shrimper Freezer/Trawler, CAT 3412, 2 Isuzu 65 KW Generators
Specifications, information and 10 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< This vessel is considered to be in “as new” condition. Read More » -
Lobster crisis. Is anyone at the helm?
Clearly, Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan doesn’t suffer from NIMBY syndrome (Not In My Backyard). How do we know? Because she’s allowed fisheries tensions to escalate,,, To be Read More » -
Some ship operators push back at rules requiring slowdown for whales
Federal regulators who want to enforce new vessel speed rules to help protect rare whales can expect some pushback from ship operators. The National Oceanic and Read More » -
New Build: Raising the Bar with Space and Comfort
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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 » -
Maine lobsterman denied bail in federal manslaughter case
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Michael Shellenberger: Let’s Get Serious, Let’s Go Nuclear
Whatever your views on climate change, the idea that trying to run modern, civil societies on sunshine and breezes might somehow prevent it is, of course, Read More »
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