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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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Bayou La Batre fishermen back on the water after sitting idle due to soaring fuel prices
A large turnout Sunday for the annual Blessing of the Fleet at the docks behind Saint Margaret’s Catholic Church in Bayou La Batre. It was a Read More » -
The Last of the Port Clyde Groundfishermen – Once robust, Maine’s groundfishery is on the ropes
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Herring Decline Mystery Spawns New Studies
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2012 Maine elver season netted nearly $38 million, second only to lobster in fishery value
Compared to 2010, it’s even more staggering. That year, the fishery generated only $584,000 in revenue for licensed fishermen — one sixty-fifth of its value in Read More » -
H.R. 1456 and S. 793 – Congressman Walter B. Jones Weighs in for North Carolina Fishermen
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Coast Guard, other agencies respond to sunken vessel near Henry Island, Washington
The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and San Juan County officials are responding to a vessel that sank Friday just west of Henry Island, Washington. Read More » -
Abandon(ed) Pots Can be a Killer
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Economic impact: Nanaimo’s economy seems to be humming along
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Pyridine ‘unlikely’ to be cause of mass shellfish die-off on Teesside, new test finds
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Permanent fish-passage solutions considered at Big Bar landslide
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NTSB: F/V Tremont Hit MSC Boxship as it was Fixing Gyrocompass While Underway
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Coast Guard renews maritime warning: Vessels need lookouts
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Heres a handy interactive doodadd to play with – Rebuilding Depleted Fish Stocks –
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Fisheries and Oceans minister says lobster industry’s on the right track
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NOAA – Their mission
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8 Arctic countries to sign historic coast guard deal
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Aquabounty’s loss widened in 2013
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Joe Biden’s Offshore Wind Farm Mirage – a scam. The costs and impacts are enormous.
The only existing U.S. offshore wind operation features five 6-MW turbines off Rhode Island. Their combined capacity (what they could generate if they worked full-bore, round Read More » -
NMFS Suspends Hearings on Draft Amendment 7 on Bluefin Tuna Until Further Notice;
Due to the shutdown of Federal Government operations, the National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS) is suspending the remaining scheduled public hearings for Draft Amendment 7 to the2006 Consolidated Read More » -
Lobster poacher jumps into the water, challenges game wardens to come and get him. They waited!
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Your Seafreeze Ltd. PRICE LIST for June 13, 2013 has arrived
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Newbuild Research arrives in Whalsay
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Lack of papers for fishermen rescued off Cork coast under investigation
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Maritime Link project will close stretch of lobster grounds for entire season
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Seal pelts on your shopping list? Coleman’s flyer features unusual item
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