No snapper fishing for all

May 2, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

Maybe we should all be asking for a temporary closure of all federal RED SNAPPER fishing. It has been proven in court that they (National Marine Fisheries Service-NMFS and NOAA, do not have a clue what they are doing.,,Fire– Roy Crabtree and Andy Strelcheck– from the NMFS, NOAA. Get the environmental groups like Oceans Conservancy, EDF, Pew and their puppet groups like Share the Gulf, out of fisheries Management. Read more here 17:34

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Hawaii lawmakers promise reform for confined fishermen

BOEM Announces Gulf of Maine Draft Wind Energy Area Meetings for Fishing Community

Coastal Villages Region Fund’s (CVRF) CUT IN HALF; LARGEST REDUCTION FOR ANY CDQ GROUP BY FAR

Maine leaders split on environmental regulation ruling by US Supreme Court

Offshore Fish Farms Opposed

Vancouver Island military search and rescue crews train with U.S. Coast Guard

Nunavut shrimp interests hurt by Thailand slave-labour stock that ‘taints’ entire industry

Their worst fears are now starting to be realized: Fishers forced out of business

Louisiana shrimpers forced to gamble their livelihood to stay in the industry

Our view: NOAA shows it’s answerable to no one – It’s up to Congress not to let them get away with it. – The Salem News

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GOP bills aid NOAA, not fishing – $261 million for two highly controversial programs

Family finds closure in remains from sunken boat, the Seattle-based F/V Arctic Rose

There is nothing sadder to me than the passing of my friend, Richard Gaines

New Bedford: Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., with “Iced Up & Snowed In”

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How Did North Carolina’s Commerical Fishing Industry Fare In Hurricane Florence?

Environment commissioner says Ottawa waited too long to act in protecting at-risk whales

Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Marvin Edward Tolonen in Sequim, Washington

The latest spill: fuel valve to blame for power outage on Hibernia oil platform

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