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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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New Zealand fines Southland fishing company $40,000 – Boat and nets forfeited
Cando Fishing Limited and Campbell David McManaway, 59, were sentenced in the Invercargill District Court today on multiple charges under the Fisheries Act they earlier pleaded Read More » -
F/V Lone Star recovery efforts begin to pay off – “The Lone Star is currently being pumped out and floating,,,”
“The Lone Star is currently being pumped out and floating, and they’re going to move it away from its current location Monday night at high tide Read More » -
Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 4 from fishing vessel in the Gulf
The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued four people from a vessel 3 nautical miles south of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, Wednesday. The Eighth Coast Guard Read More » -
A convenient truth: 90% of the tunas are gone! The ENGO battle cry of sensationalism based on a known flawed Myers/Worm analysis.
Many environmental groups embraced it as proof that all tunas, not just the bluefins, were in serious trouble. On the other hand, tuna scientists who were Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 48′ Aluminum Scalloper, (2) Detroit 871’s, 25 kW Genset, Federal permit available
Specifications, information and 5 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<12:30 Read More » -
Distressed Whale spotted near offshore wind survey vessel – Jim Lovgren
Monday morning, March 20th, Bill Lovgren, the owner and Captain of the 72′ foot trawler, F/V Holdfast, left the Fisherman’s Dock Co-op shortly after 9 am Read More » -
Debt, determination and hope mingle during dumping day in Larrys River
“To hell with it, let ’er go,” Damien Delorey called back from the wheelhouse. At his command, Robert Hart threw the buoy, waited for the water Read More » -
Deaths of 3 Tabusintac fishermen could have been prevented, peers say
cbcnews – As the northeastern community of Tabusintac still struggles to come to grips with the loss of three fishermen over the weekend, some people say Read More » -
Small commercial fishing boats need life rafts this month
Fishermen in Southeast Alaska (and Nation Wide) are learning about new safety requirements for life rafts that take effect later this month. The changes are included in Read More » -
Is NOAA Stacking the NPFMC Deck? – Alaska members appeal recusals
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will spend the first four days of its weeklong meeting in Sitka beginning June 3 deciding on a series of Read More » -
NCFA Weekly Update for October 24, 2014
Weekly Update for Oct. 24 2014 as a PDF 19:48 Read More » -
Telling it like it is! NOAA has done enough already and has failed in spectacular fashion
One wonders why a Marine Sanctuary is needed to protect shipwrecks. Sanctuaries are usually established to protect ecosystems. The typical reason for establishing a Sanctuary off Read More » -
End of the line?
It could be overfishing. It could be global warming. It could be the seals. It could be a lot of things. In fact, there are perhaps Read More » -
Processors denied in challenge to Gulf rockfish program – Alaska Dispatch
The rockfish program implemented in 2012 allocated shares of the total harvest to vessel owners, but did not guarantee processors a share of the harvest, as Read More » -
Interview: Fishing Season Begins -Vito Giacalone – Tom Dempsey on WGBH
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Hurricane Harvey decimates Galveston Bay’s oyster population
The storm was the latest setback to a multimillion-dollar commercial fishing and seafood-processing industry that appeared poised to finally rebound from floods, including two devastating tropical Read More » -
Vessel rescues 19 fishermen from burning boat off Bermuda
A plume of black smoke alerted the crew of a cargo vessel to possible distress. As they pulled closer in the Atlantic Ocean, they found a Read More » -
Bayou La Batre seeks help amid foreign seafood invasion
Bayou La Batre, “Alabama’s seafood capital”, is experiencing some major economic adversity causing Mayor Henry Barnes to issue a declaration of disaster. The issue is a Read More » -
Unusual policy allows Massachusetts Environmental Police to interrupt shifts to work private details
For a decade, the Massachusetts Environmental Police have operated under an unusual paid-detail policy that national law-enforcement experts warn could jeopardize officers’ commitment to public safety. Read More » -
John Furlong | Finding connections at the Boston Seafood Show
I was surprised by the way I felt when I arrived here in Boston. Like a lot of other Newfoundlanders, I knew a little about the Read More » -
Coast Guard crews tow disabled fishing boat to Point Judith, RI
Coast Guard crews towed a 52-foot disabled fishing boat safely to port in Point Judith, Rhode Island, Saturday morning. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command Read More » -
Fishing Catch Share restructure a ‘shambles’ in New South Wales!
Attempts to prepare fishers for the share trading program of the NSW fishing industry restructure are a shambles says a local industry representative. Clarence River Fishermen’s Read More » -
F/V Aleutian Storm: Volunteers rally to clear Sonoma Coast beach of debris from wrecked fishing vessel
“It was a great great, great turnout, I’m so inspired,” said Cea Higgins, who helped organize the event as advocacy coordinator and former executive director of Read More » -
High Sea Surface Temperatures on Northeast U.S. Shelf Moderated in 2013, Other Ecosystem Shifts Noted
The Northeast Shelf ecosystem continues to experience wide swings in physical conditions. The biological responses to these pronounced physical fluctuations have significantly influenced the dynamics of Read More » -
WOW BABY! Now THIS is Somethin’! factory-fishing trawler “American Dynasty” T-Bones docked Canadian navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg – video
The STAR – VICTORIA, B.C.—A huge American factory-fishing trawler smashed into a docked navy frigate, sending a wall of waves over the bows of both vessels Read More »
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