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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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Federal Register – SBA: Massachusetts Disaster #MA-00056 Declaration of Economic Injury
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dated 11/01/2013. Incident: Commercial Fishery Failure. Incident Period: 05/01/2013 Read More » -
Global demand for lobster surges
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CDFW opens commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery statewide Dec. 31, Oregon remains closed until at least Jan. 15,
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Famous Crab Fishing Boat Gets a New Crane
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Grachek – American Seafoods Group: What made America Great?
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AMSEA launches ‘Catch Fish. Not COVID’
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Fisherman loses most of his lobster traps in fire
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‘Significant progress’ made with L’Ecume II investigation
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Lessons from ‘the last clam’: Casco Bay shellfish ‘renaissance’
Tim Johnson of Harpswell had been clamming for more than 30 years when, in 2014, he hung up his hoe. Between predators such as the invasive Read More » -
New Brunswick flooding leads to shortage of lobster bait on P.E.I.
The spring lobster season in P.E.I. hasn’t been open very long, but some lobster fishermen and buyers are concerned about the shortage of bait available to Read More » -
EPIRB alert launches Coast Guard rescue of a fisherman in a life raft Saturday, offshore of Grays Harbor.
At 11:39 a.m., Friday, watchstanders at the 13th Coast Guard District Command Center received an emergency position indicating radio beacon activation alert for the fishing vessel Read More » -
Settlement reached in fishing boat sinking that claimed two lives
Paperwork was filed Tuesday in Knox County Unified Court on behalf of the estate of 27-year-old Thomas Hammond of Rockland, who was one of two crewmembers Read More » -
P.E.I. lobster boat Captain Clarence White’s sentencing set in fatal boat collision
A sentencing date has been set for a P.E.I. lobster boat captain convicted in a 2018 boating collision that killed two men. Clarence Barry White, 53, was Read More » -
McDonald’s urges NPFMC to give Bering Sea canyons careful consideration
“In order to ensure all sources remain comfortably above sustainability standards into the future, we voice our support to the council and ask that it move Read More » -
Expanded powers for conservation officers in Manitoba
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Developing: Shrimp boat stuck near Buckman Bridge, captain nowhere to be found
A shrimp boat without a captain is stuck near the Buckman Bridge Thursday morning, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. JFRD originally tweeted that Read More » -
Proposed new rules for lobstering up for vote amid decline in southern New England
Scientists have said populations of lobsters off of Connecticut, Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts have declined as waters have warmed. A board of the Atlantic States Read More » -
Fisherman’s family getting huge support
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Coast Guard assists F/V Vernon taking on water near Ketchikan
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Sandy Semans Ross – My view: N.C. Wildlife Federation petition is short on science and facts
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Proposed bill, Senate Bill 687, could stymy North Carolina’s offshore wind development
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Where are the friends of fishing?
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Fiona MacInnes: Why it’s time to wake up, smell the fish, and really take back control
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Mayor Mitchell goes to bat for New Bedford’s fishermen, submits congressional testimony
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