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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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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Desco Dragger, Cat 3408 (2022 Complete/Major rebuild) with Permits
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In 100 Years, Maryland’s Crab Cakes Might Be Shrimp Cakes
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Maryland scientists to conduct Chesapeake Bay oyster harvest study
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Pilot describes ‘surreal’ rescue of 3 Halibut fishermen off N.S. coast
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Delaware: Bowers Beach man cited for commercial fishing violations
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Protesters call for end to Chinook salmon fishing to save endangered orcas
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A Turn of Events! Massive scallop bed discovered in Madaket
A huge bed of scallop seed, discovered off Madaket last week, offered a bit of optimism about the future of the island’s bay scallop fishery, after Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs man 90 miles southeast of Charleston
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Offshore wind farms threaten New Jersey’s shellfish industry. Should fishing communities be compensated?
Earlier this month, New Jersey announced it would join eight other states that are seeking a regional approach to compensate fishing communities for the impending losses. Read More » -
Marine biologist perplexed by snow crab disappearance
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Estimating similarity in benthic communities over decades and in areas open and closed to fishing in the central Gulf of Maine
ABSTRACT: The ledges and banks of the central Gulf of Maine (i.e. Fippennies Ledge, Jeffreys Ledge, Cashes Ledge, and Platts Bank) have supported groundfish and Atlantic Read More » -
Brownsville: How Coronavirus pandemic is affecting shrimp producers
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ODFW public meeting highlights whale entanglement
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US downgrades Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela on human trafficking
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Labour slams government over ‘discredited theory’ for mysterious big crustacean die-off
Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon has written to his opposite number in government, Therese Coffey, to criticise her department’s theory that algal bloom caused the deaths. Thousands of dead Read More » -
Review and Comments on “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act”.
in 2014, Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives To read CSF’s comments, please click here 08:01 Read More » -
Ninth Circuit Skewers Calif. Commercial Fishing License Fee Scheme
A challenge to California’s scheme of for commercial fishing licenses went before the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday. Lead plaintiff Kevin Marilley filed the case in 2013, Read More » -
What European demand for caviar means for a Great Lakes fish
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Jeanette Russell lost her son at sea a year ago. Now she’s starting a coalition.
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A Columbia River gillnetter joins historical collection at maritime museum
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Observer companies dumped from monitoring of N.S. lobster fishery
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DFO, NSP knew that Annapolis tidal turbine killed fish
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