Merry Christmas. Peace on earth, good will toward fishermen
To those that are gone, and there are so many, you are thought of with sadness, reverence, and awe. “It Just ain’t Christmas Without You”. >Click to listen<
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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Recent Posts
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Squid fishing debuts on North Coast
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The Deadliest Catch star Jack Bunnel’s ‘wake up moment’ that finally got him ‘clean’
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Fishing Rod-builder Jay Johnstone adds a unique quality to fishing of all kinds
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Bill to ban Lake Erie oil, natural gas drilling reintroduced into legislature
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Coronavirus: Long Island Wholesale fish prices drop as restaurants cut back
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Tom Anglin of Guemes Island, WA, has passed away
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Snuffy the Seal Returns to the Sea!
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Canada imposing mandatory gear marking for lobster, and crab fisheries in 2020
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Coast Guard rescues 3 from grounded shrimp boat near Pass Cavalo, Texas
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How an old Peterhead trawler was turned into a luxury Airbnb in Inverness
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New South Wales: King Prawn prices drop as fishermen haul in record catches off Coffs Coast
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Bayou La Batre mayor hopes new label law causes consumers to demand locally-caught shrimp
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Commercial fisherman rides out Hurricane Ida in his boat before 140 mph winds flipped it
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Deep Sea Fishermen’s Benefit Fund treasurer accused of stealing over $10,000 pleads not guilty
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At the request of the NEFMC With industry support NOAA announces closing of Elephant Trunk Area to scalloping
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Climate change, acid oceans: NOAA research priorities
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Crew rescued from sinking fishing vessel off NJ coast
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Vancouver’s Lost Salmon Streams Wriggle Back to Life
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Aquaculture research proposed for abandoned fish plant in Souris by former AquaBounty employees
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The Magnuson-Stevens Act is in Need of Congressional Attention
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Boat caught fire May 21 in Naknek’s LMI boatyard
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Japan is planning to release millions of gallons of treated radioactive water from Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean
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Humboldt County crabbers opposed to ropeless gear bill, the Whale Entanglement Prevention Act
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May you Bore Head and your family have a healthy and Merry Christmas….
Merry belated Christmas, EC. We, Carol and I hope you have a wonderful New Year.