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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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Mass. fishermen land $14.5 million in disaster relief
The funds announced by NOAA Wednesday are short of ideal, according to Jim Kendall of New Bedford Seafood Consulting. “It’s only $14.5 million?” Kendall said. “Jesus.” Read More » -
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Maine’s leaders seek more time on whale protection rules
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is seeking to delay new federal whale protection rules, citing fears the state’s commercial lobstermen won’t be able to comply. In a Read More » -
Key West attorney claims more Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary closed marine areas has already been decided
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Sassy Seafood – Tuna From Boat to Belly
For Sassy Seafood, it’s all in the name. The homegrown company, started by two commerical fishing families, is gracious, flirtatious, energetic, wise, persistent, adventurous, and tenacious. Read More » -
NCFA Weekly Update for Jan. 16, 2015
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Fishing Law Privatizes Sea off Chilean Coast
A new Chilean fishing law gives four large-scale private fisheries control of 92 percent of Chile’s marine resources—much to the consternation of small-scale, artisanal fisherman along Read More » -
Robert Henry Smith, Jr.
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Pleas to pause wind farm plans over whale deaths have fallen on deaf ears: ‘Reeks of hypocrisy’
The mayor of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Paul Kanitra, has a theory on what may be behind the mysterious string of whale deaths that has left Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Provincial High Sheer Lobster, 500HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere
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Patrick C. Keliher Elected ASMFC Chair
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Stop efforts to kill salmon and fishing jobs
Today, many Northern California commercial fishermen sit in harbors along our coast worrying about their bills and waiting for another disastrously shortened salmon season to begin. Read More » -
Union Launches Call for Economic Support for Crab Industry
Today, FFAW-Unifor is launching a campaign for federal support for those impacted by the post-pandemic collapse in the snow crab fishery. The detailed proposal includes income Read More » -
Fishermen should be listened to
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Gov. Inslee Report Weighs Future of Snake River
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How do you show a lobster some love? A Cape Breton researcher has plenty of ideas
Michelle Theriault, a marine biologist at Université Sainte-Anne, tells her students to heap loving care on lobsters destined to markets in Auckland and Athabasca – and Read More » -
Native American tribes start yearly harvest of eel-like fish, the Lamprey
The jawless, gray fish are a traditional food source for tribal members in the Columbia River Basin, which stretches from the Oregon coast to Canada and Read More » -
Friends and family raise nearly $100,000 for F/V Emmy Rose fishermen lost at sea – Please donate if you can.
A campaign to help the families of four fishermen lost at sea last week was approaching $100,000 Sunday night. The fundraising effort on the for-profit crowd Read More » -
Yukon First Nations want Alaska salmon fishing closed
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Commercial fishermen applaud EPA’s peer review process for Bristol Bay assessment; mining and productive salmon stocks do not mix!
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Fishermen in Orkney launch appeal for safety equipment
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Out-of-season fishing research set-aside program ripe for abuse, critics say
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NOAA Gets First Chief Scientist In More Than A Decade – Changes to federal personnel rules makes him a shoo in
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Researching lobster stock trends in southwestern N.S. by tracking juvenile lobsters
Each year researchers collect samples of juvenile lobsters from the ocean floor in Lobster Bay in Yarmouth County and St. Mary’s Bay in Digby County to Read More »
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