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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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Fisheries observer Talilla Schuster – Provincetown upbringing, science and water-based career
Coping with homesickness, eating food that she is not used to, losing sleep with an erratic schedule, “grumpy fishermen and [her own] grumpiness” also are all Read More » -
The life of Newlyn trawlerman Mike Mahon – part II.
At the conclusion of Part I, skipper Mike ‘Grimmy’ Mahon revealed how his political activities started, leading to his ceaseless fight with British governments and authorities, Read More » -
A fishing-permit buyback program has had an as-yet-undetermined effect on the health of California’s fisheries.
This month, Congress announced it would work to reduce the financial strain on commercial fishermen who participated in a federal buyback of permits and fishing boats, Read More » -
Over 2-Million Sockeye Harvested Thursday in Bristol Bay – WHOO! Thats a lot of Dinners!
The sockeye harvest in Bristol Bay topped 2-million on Thursday to push the season total to 4.1-million. Over 860-thousand sockeye were taken in the Egegik District Read More » -
Andrew Cuomo’s wind farm plan needs 280 square miles off LI
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s ambition to develop enough offshore wind energy by 2030 to power 750,000 homes will require 280 square miles of ocean starting 12 Read More » -
San Joaquin Valley salmon make small gains against tough odds
LA GRANGE — With a flash of silver and pink, a male salmon signaled its arrival in a stretch of the Tuolumne River near La Grange. Read More » -
Fishermen, environmentalists continue battle over protected area off Cape Cod
Environmentalists often work with fishermen to reach a middle ground that benefits the environment and eases the regulatory burden on the industry. (baloney) The Environmental Defense Read More » -
Massachusetts Environmental Police busts Maine skipper for six hidden bags of scallops during offload
A Maine captain faces prosecution after an inspector, who was checking the boat as scallops were offloaded Thursday in Gloucester, reported finding additional shellfish, worth more than $6,000, Read More » -
INVITATION: RI Seafood Strategy Meeting
YOU ARE INVITED! RI Food Strategy: Fisheries & Seafood Session Thursday, March 23rd, 2-3PM Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation Commercial Fisheries Center, Building #61B URI East Farm Campus, Read More » -
California commercial Dungeness crab fishing season delayed
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced a delay in the season opener for California commercial Dungeness crab fishing off the Central and Southern Coast Read More » -
Feds charge mining company and executives with criminal pollution in Southwest Alaska
An Australian-led mining company owned by an offshore corporation and five of its top officials and employees conspired to dump waste from a platinum mine into Read More » -
Morro Bay: Local fishermen, businesses impacted by delay of Dungeness crab fishing season
It’s a season that has already been cut by two-and-a-half months and for some fishermen, it’s becoming harder to keep their businesses afloat. “Could you go Read More » -
‘Precision fishing’ trial confirmed to help the tiddlers
A new form of commercial fishing has improved the survival rates for by-catch, scientists involved in the New Zealand project said. The system – which uses Read More » -
Public lecture Thursday at VIMS spotlights menhaden
GLOUCESTER Va. – Rob Latour of the College of William and Marys Virginia Institute of Marine Science will explore long-simmering issues surrounding Atlantic menhaden, their commercial harvest Read More » -
Prawn fishers suffer ‘worst season yet’ as high fuel prices bite
Prawn trawler operator Ed Morrison believes farming comes in peaks and troughs, but this year it’s hurting more than usual. The North Queensland-based businessman runs prawn Read More » -
Four issues facing Louisiana shrimpers this season
After perhaps the most turbulent decade in recent memory for Louisiana’s seafood industry, Lance Nacio has not lost the eternal optimism that pervades shrimpers row each Read More » -
Ocean In Focus 2012 Fifth Annual Conservation Photography Contest (WORLDWIDE, 10/3/2012) (Photo Credit: Steve Spring, Reef Rescue Palm Beach County/Marine Photobank)
SeaWeb’s Marine Photobank (MPB) and Lindblad Expeditions are teaming up once again to deliver a truly unique ocean photography contest highlighting photographers who dig deeper for the Read More » -
Big Green Bureaucracy – Commercial fishermen fight to fish near NASA
George Sweetman must follow the crabs. This year, they lure him to the shallows surrounding NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where the beginnings of a blue crab Read More » -
June Mummery declared EU nations are desperate for Britain’s fish and the Dutch will be finished without it.
Ms Mummery is the Brexit Party’s spokeswoman for fisheries and coastal issues. The Brexiteer also slammed other MEPs for forgetting what the job is and getting Read More » -
More studies of Wellfleet Harbor’s horseshoe crabs
This summer, though, there were no commercial crab boats harvesting in the harbor, Wellfleet Harbormaster Michael Flanagan said recently. In Wellfleet Harbor, the crabs traditionally have Read More » -
First U.S. Offshore Wind Developer Acts on Fishing Gear
U.S. offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has adopted a first-of-its-kind procedure designed to prevent impacts to commercial fishing gear from its activities. Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Read More » -
Thirteen year old girl’s heartfelt plea in front of NSW Parliament House to save NSW fishing industry
A thirteen year old girl has fronted a packed room in NSW Parliament House to urge the government to rethink commercial fishing reforms which she said Read More » -
Health Care Planning for Fishermen – 114 MacArthur Drive NEW BEDFORD – 6:00pm – 8:30pm November 04, 2013
Fishing Partnership and Heath Care for All are coming to your community to talk about Health Insurance – what is new and what you can do next Read More » -
Maine lobsterman hands out hundreds of pounds of free lobster as part of Christmas tradition
What has now become the annual gracious giveaway for the Ames’ family all started when local lobsterman Noah Ames decided to first handout free lobster on Read More » -
NJ governor: No pause in wind farm prep after 7th dead whale
New Jersey’s governor said Friday he does not think undersea preparations for offshore wind farms should be halted in response to a recent spate of whale Read More »
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