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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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Report says fatigue, lack of safety oversight contributed to crewmember death on Nunavut fishing vessel
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Privatized fisheries are poor public policy – Stephen Taufen
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The Scallop War: No Deal! UK and French fishermen fail to agree
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Downtime – This year’s Slam’n Salm’n Derby winner is a commercial fisherman who hits Ship Creek on his time off
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Green crab may soon be a diner’s delight?, or is Academia really in touch with reallity?
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NOAA’s National Marine Fisheris Service is back to work, and they’re giving away plenty of loot!
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Post-salmon season: A boat haul out ride along
It is 2 p.m. and Carl Williams is behind the tractor wheel, hauling a boat out of water. He has not slept in 48 hours. He Read More » -
Opposition Mounts to Seismic Blasting off the Jersey Shore
“We’re concerned here,” said Capt. Jim Lovgren of the in Point Pleasant Beach at a small rally against the blasting held there Friday morning. “That’s not Read More » -
Book Review: I got caught by Caught
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Tests ongoing for fishing vessel American Dynasty in Esquimalt Harbour crash
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Fire extinguished on Renaissance Offshore LLC oil production platform in the Gulf, no sign of pollution
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‘Looks like the worst spring in 25 years’: lobster prices, catches down as seasons wraps up in southwestern N.S.
Landings have been low all spring in Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs) 33 and 34, which runs from Eastern Passage, Halifax County, to Burns Point Digby County, Read More » -
Tropical Storm Nate: Path brings a hurricane to northern Gulf Coast earlier
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President Donald Trump’s inaugural lunch menu will feature Maine Lobster, Gulf Wild Shrimp, and California Champagne
Soon after he’s sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump will dine on Maine lobster, Gulf shrimp, and Seven Hills Angus Read More » -
Long Beach council tells Hochul it is ‘fervently opposed’ to wind project
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Politics catching up with Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
BATON ROUGE – Last week saw Ewell Smith resign as executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board after 13 years of service. And despite Read More » -
Maine Lobstering Union Pursuing Higher Profits
Maine lobstermen have long been known as a fiercely independent lot. But some are looking to the power of unity, in the form of a statewide, Read More » -
A legal dispute over the sale of boats owned by Carlos ‘The Codfather’ Rafael is heading to court
Carlos Rafael, whose fishing operations were based out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was once the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing operations in the Read More » -
BP oil spill trial: NOLA.com reporters cover it live from the courthouse
Monday, Sept. 30, marked the beginning of the second phase of the civil trial against BP and its partners in the ill-fated Macondo oil well. The news Read More » -
Ban Mega Trawlers from Irish waters says Sinn Féin as F/V Margiris ploughs seas off Cork coast
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Sad news from Alaska – Sitka Ammonia Leak Victim, Charles “Chuck” Baker, Was Longtime Fisherman
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Before she was Wild Alaskan, she was the F/V Shaman – and she ruled the King Crab fishery
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Statement from Fisheries and Oceans Canada regarding lobster fishing in St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia
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North Carolina: House Bill 1122 – Limit Marine Net Fishing Bill
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Pillar Point Harbor bustles as crabbing opens: Commercial fishermen preparing for short Dungeness season
Months behind schedule after California’s annual nearly $90 million Dungeness crabbing industry was shuttered this year, commercial fishermen are anxiously preparing for the season to open Read More »
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