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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 longliner, Emry & Boys, built for ALS Fisheries Ltd. of Sambro, Nova Scotia.
The vessel measures 66 feet in length, with a beam of 28 feet and a draught of 7.5 feet. The main engine is a Caterpillar Model Read More » -
Lifelong Commercial Fisherman Carlton Maxwell Muse, Sr. of Pamlico, North Carolina has passed away
Carlton Maxwell Muse Sr. passed peacefully at 92 years old in his home on Sunday, November 12, 2023, while watching the sunrise over Broad Creek. According Read More » -
P.E.I.: North Lake fishermen offer $10K fishermen offer $10K reward on lost traps
Fishermen in North Lake, P.E.I., are offering a $10,000 reward in the hope that it will elicit tips from the public regarding 240 traps lost earlier Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 36′ Northern Bay Tuna/Charter, 430HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo
Specifications, information and 19 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<15:42 Read More » -
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Strategy to Reintroduce Sea Otters is Flawed
The USFWS study fails to estimate costs to taxpayers; impacts to key local fisheries such as Dungeness crab and sea urchin; neglects to fully examine the 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 » -
Crabbing off to slow start, Beaufort County commercial fishermen say
The first few weeks of blue crab season are off to a slow start, but the catch should increase this month, according to Beaufort County commercial Read More » -
Alaska: Fisheries politics was rough for all in 2015; let’s at least have a working truce in 2016
Gov. Walker’s recent appointment of three individuals to the Alaska Board of Fisheries seems to send the message “Let’s move on.” 2015 was unique for Alaska fisheries, Read More » -
This is very cool! 3D Printing Enables Quick Turbocharger Repair
The first 3D-printed nozzle ring for marine turbochargers has been developed using exotic super metal alloy, enables the reconstruction of worn out components for shorter repair Read More » -
Fishermen’s Wives attorney responds to Coast Guard claims that the helicopter is not needed in Newport
Fishermen’s Wives attorney Michael Haglund has filed his clients’ rebuttal to the Coast Guard’s allegations that they have done their homework to justify the closure of Read More » -
Un believable! NOAA plans to shut down agency for 4 days – Extended Summer Vaca – I mean, lets be logical!
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to shut down most agency operations for four mandatory furlough days in July and August in response to sequester-related Read More » -
Morro Bay group makes move to help mend fisheries
The Nature Conservancy has transferred its Central Coast commercial fishing quotas to a Morro Bay nonprofit group. The Morro Bay Community Quota Fund will now manage Read More » -
Feds Reach Deal To Protect Sea Turtles From Shrimpers
A D.C. federal judge on Friday stayed a lawsuit filed by a conservation group accusing the U.S. Department of Commerce of not doing enough to protect Read More » -
North Pacific Seafoods faces class action lawsuit for workers’ alleged rodent-infested, moldy lodging and wage theft
The seafood processing industry in Alaska attracts thousands of seasonal workers, many of whom are from out of state. North Pacific Seafoods Inc., responsible for roughly Read More » -
Engineer Honored for Using a Power Block to Rescue Shipwreck Survivors
The engineer of the pair trawler F/V Guiding Light has been honored with a lifesaving trophy from the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for his quick thinking during Read More » -
FWC asked to help save oyster industry APALACHICOLA
“If we don’t get something done in the next one-and-a-half years, we’re not going to have a bay,” said Shannon Hartsfield, a fourth-generation oysterman who serves Read More » -
STATUS OF STOCKS 2012 – REPORT TO CONGRESS
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N.J. Fishermen, Pallone have a Beef with NOAA – Yeah? Well, Peter Baker says…….
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) yesterday expressing his concern over preliminary estimates of summer Read More » -
Blended Waters: Seeing is believing – Life teaches us…if we let it
Almost everyone who knows the commercial fishing industry and what’s really involved in it would likely confer with what I share with you in Blended Waters. Read More » -
Illegal red snapper catches has Corpus Christi man facing 5 years in prison
The co-owner and operator of Exclusive Fishing Texas, Christopher James Garcia, has plead guilty to not reporting the catch of red snapper and illegally selling more than Read More » -
Calhoun County, Texas – Shrimp season devastated by freshwater, Judge signs declaration of disaster
The shrimp boat captain sat at the helm, listening to other captains talk over the radio about the catch they brought in the day before. After Read More » -
Birth of the Eagle: How a Nazi training ship found its way to the Coast Guard Academy
The three-masted vessel that appeared in the harbor the morning of July 12, 1946, looked like something out of New London’s past, but it belonged to Read More » -
Lobster fishing in Gulf of Maine coral canyons gets initial approval
The New England Fisheries Management Council voted 14-1 to ban most fishing in the canyons and plateaus where slow-growing, cold-water coral gardens flourish in the dark Read More » -
Our Earth Day Hero: Rodney Avila
As fishing season picks up on New Bedford’s waterfront, retired North End resident Rodney Avila is leading a renewed effort to clean up harbor water that’s Read More » -
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Corpus Christi, TX. August 20-23, 2018
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet August 20-23, 2018 at the Omni Corpus Christi hotel located at 900 N. Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Read More »
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