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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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UPDATED: 23:00 Hurricane Irma a Potentially Devastating Category 4 Strike on South Florida Sunday After Raking Through the Bahamas
Hurricane Irma, a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane, is now hammering parts of the Bahamas and Cuba, and will turn its fury on Florida in what is likely Read More » -
Crabbers face fines – Equipment seizure leads to pending charges on numerous violations
Fishery officers have seized more than 300 commercial crab traps in the Powell River area around Savary Island and Harwood Island. Since the beginning of January Read More » -
Maine’s long lobster fishing season is affecting scallop prices
Many New England lobstermen are still fishing deep into December this year because of unseasonably warm weather and an abundance of the critters, and Maine’s beloved Read More » -
Big claws: Good for lobster sex life, potentially fatal in the fishing season
Between Arendal and Grimstad, researchers tagged 100 lobsters with acoustic transmitters. With the help of numerous stationary receivers, they were able to track the lobsters’ movements Read More » -
Desperate search continues 40 miles off coast as families of fishermen hold on to hope
The families and friends of two missing commercial fishermen are holding out hope that the two men will be found after their boat began taking on Read More » -
Halibut treaty marked new era in Canadian independence
On March 10, the 2023 wild Pacific halibut fishing season opens. Fishers licensed accordingly will be able to harvest the white-fleshed groundfish from Bering Strait to Read More » -
Fisherman badly burned in Jersey Shore rental house explosion files lawsuit
As he reached to turn on a light switch in the Point Pleasant Beach house he was renting in 2015, Kurt Wagner saw a spark, and Read More » -
Expanding Sandbar at West Point Harbour creating a potentially dangerous situation
Fishermen in West Point are calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to help with a long-term solution to keep sandbars from forming in their harbor. Read More » -
NY Legislation to Create A Commercial Fishing Advocate and Commercial Fishing Economic Development Program passes
Senator LaValle said, “The commercial fishing industry is part of the fabric of the East End of Long Island. It’s essential that we ensure that the Read More » -
I smell a rat. Several of them, in fact. Paul Cohan, Gloucester
The fisheries collapse isn’t going to rectify itself at any time in the near future, that is, if the situation is as dire as NOAA and Read More » -
Alder Point man sentenced for damaging fishing boat
A 33-year-old Alder Point man has been sentenced in connection with an assault and damage to a fishing boat. Kenneth Anthony LeBlanc was sentenced on charges Read More » -
Efforts to plug oil leak in British WWII tanker torpedoed by U-boat off US coast
A team has been working to stop oil leaking from a British tanker sunk off the US coast during World War Two. The Coimbra was carrying Read More » -
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker orders mariculture task force for shellfish and sea plants
Walker’s order responds to both economic and ecological concerns. The release touts the potential economic benefits to coastal communities and the Alaska fishing industry. Further, as Read More » -
For the Lobsterman that has everything, Feast Your Eyes on This Lobster-Themed Saucony Sneaker
END. and Massachusetts-based Saucony have teamed up to pay homage to one of New England’s most beloved dishes, the lobster. The American running brand’s GRID 8500 Read More » -
British fishermen should be able to double their catch in UK waters under new deal with EU
The intervention has come as fishing rights look set to dominate the fourth round of talks on a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. The country’s Read More » -
Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers
Earlier this spring, Maurice McGinty, a tribal leader from the village of Nulato, pulled out his last mason jar of smoked Yukon king. “We have no Read More » -
Tina Comeau: ‘Easy? No. Easier? I’m not sure’ – reflecting on another lobster season start
The stars were so spectacular they stopped me in my tracks.I had been on the back deck of my house checking out how windy it was. Read More » -
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Releases New Chinook Salmon Stock Assessment
Chinook Salmon Research Plan and 2012 Symposium Draft Research Plan. Here Read More » -
New Bedford said to be best place for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Is there a better place to site the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast operations than New Bedford? Mayor Jon Mitchell doesn’t think so. And he’s Read More » -
Fishermen Land $20 Million in Dungeness Crab in Crescent City, $51.1 million statewide
It’s not quite as high as the $40 million in crab the Crescent City Harbormaster reported Tuesday, but it’s a significant improvement from last year when Read More » -
Next Year Will Be Awful Or Very Awful For Fluke Fisherman
Unless regulators provide a less abrupt alternative, the amount of fluke caught by could be nearly cut in half by next year — a sudden drop that Read More » -
Southern New England Lobstermen Dispute Finding That Lobsters Are At Record Lows
It’s been months since the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission released its latest report on how lobsters are faring in the Atlantic Coast. But it’s still Read More » -
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Continually Misrepresents Status of Menhaden – using biased phrasing in their articles
In reference to menhaden, both articles uses the phrase “the most important fish in the sea,” which is frequently used without proper explanation. Originating from Rutgers Read More » -
A Famed Fishing Port Staggers as Its ‘Codfather’ Goes to Jail
Carlos Rafael, whose initials are emblazoned on boats all over this port city, boasted that his fishing empire was worth even more than official records showed.,,Fishermen, Read More » -
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting December 2-6, 2013 – Wilmington, NC
Meeting Postcard Meeting Agenda Briefing Book Materials Webinar Registration: Watch the meeting LIVE as it happens – Sign up for daily Webinars below. Info here 16:21 Read More »
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