Tomorrow at 10AM, the House Committee on Natural Resources is marking up 6 bills including legislation by Chairman Doc Hastings to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

May 28, 2014 National

The legislation would renew and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act – which governs the recreational and commercial harvest of fisheries in Federal waters – to implement common sense reforms that will promote increased flexibility and transparency, improve data collection, create jobs, and give predictability and certainty to the coastal communities that depend on stable fishing activities. Watch LIVE! Click here 18:32

Chairman Doc Hastings, House Committee on Natural Resources, magnuson-stevens-act

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 2024

M T W T F S S

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

« Oct

November 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

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

Recent Posts
- MSA Reauth: Changes Proposed for U.S. Fisheries Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  
  This past Tuesday, the draft bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act was released by the U.S. House. The Magnuson-Stevens Act is a big deal because this Read More »
- Greenhead Lobster cuts ribbon on Bucksport plant
  
  Greenhead Lobster owner Hugh Reynolds held a huge pair of scissors aloft as he cut the ribbon on a 15,000 square foot lobster processing facility on Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 26, 2023
  
  A little over one week ago (June 16, 2023), a group of fishermen and fish buyers from North Carolina and Florida filed a lawsuit (South Atlantic Read More »
- University warns woke students, Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea contains graphic fishing scenes!
  
  Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man And The Sea is the latest victim of today’s woke standards, with students warned that it contains ‘graphic fishing Read More »
- USDA approves $25 million wild caught shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry
  
  The USDA announced the purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught shrimp through its Section 32 Program for distribution to food banks and other Read More »
- DFO returns patrol boats back to the wharf in Meteghan
  
  After a confusing week for both commercial and aboriginal fishers DFO’s patrol vessels have returned to the wharf in Meteghan. After stories on the move ran Read More »
- Shark Research Could Help Ga. Shrimpers
  
  Shrimpers like William “Catfish” McClain have a shark problem. “They, well they just attack your nets and they eat holes everywhere in ’em,” he said. “And Read More »
- Cushing captain to admit guilt in deaths of crew members
  
  Christopher A. Hutchinson, 30, is scheduled to enter guilty pleas to two counts of manslaughter at a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 26. In exchange, the Read More »
- NAFO Moving Forward with Offshore Dragger Access Despite Legal Injunction and Historical Agreement for Northern Cod
  
  Despite vocal opposition from industry and environmental groups, the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) is making strides towards allowing international and domestic offshore draggers back on Read More »
- A Stinky Situation – Canadian village tries to sell dead whale on eBay
  
  A fishing village in easternmost Canada has tried to auction off on eBay a sperm whale carcass that washed up onto its shores. The town of Read More »
- Toxic smoke, heavy flames swallow up fishing vessel in Grand Bank
  
  They did everything they could, but firefighters in Grand Bank couldn’t keep the Marcel Angie II above water on Tuesday. The fire started on board the Read More »
- New England Fishery Management Council meeting September 24-27, 2018 in Plymouth, MA.
  
  The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at Hotel 1620, 180 Water Street, Plymouth Harbor, MA. September 24, 2018 – September 27, 2018. To read Read More »
- Boldt decision on tribal fishing rights maintains rippling effects 40 years later
  
  The court ruling Boldt handed down 40 years ago this week is a decision now recognized as one of the most sweeping documents of economic and Read More »
- CG Cutter Winslow Griesser, fishing vessel collide north of Dorado, Puerto Rico resulting with fatality
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser and the 23-foot commercial fishing vessel F/V Desakata were involved in a collision Monday afternoon, approximately four nautical miles Read More »
- North Carolina Commercial Fishing Exclusion Bill, the Game-fish bill tabled in North Carolina
  
  Washington Daily News – “I spoke with the bill sponsor this evening (Wednesday) after the bill was considered in the majority caucus and he assured me Read More »
- Enviros and lobster fishermen are unhappy with proposed federal regulations to protect right whales
  
  In a public hearing Tuesday night, conservationists and fishermen alike roundly criticized federal regulators’ proposed changes in fishing rules to protect endangered whales from fishing gear. Read More »
- High speed boats deployed to tackle Devon’s illegal crab and lobster trade – Skippers and owners heavily fined
  
  Earlier this year fisheries bosses were tipped off about suspicious landings of crab and lobster at Plymouth. Their intelligence – which came from other concerned commercial Read More »
- John Steinbeck boat rusts in Anacortes
  
  Time has been less kind to the Western Flyer. The battered old tub, which has been called one of the most famous boats in American nonfiction, Read More »
- Fishing captain charged with repeatedly assaulting a crew member and threatening to kill him
  
  The skipper of a fishing vessel has been charged with repeatedly assaulting a crew member and threatening to kill him in waters near Kodiak last month. Read More »
- Four Fishermen Rescued near Cape Blanco as Vessel Runs Aground
  
  A Coast Guard rescue swimmer swam 1,750 yards in 5-foot seas and 30-mph winds to rescue four people after their fishing vessel grounded near Cape Blanco, Read More »
- Public meeting scheduled for input on Magnuson-Stevens fishery guidelines – Make your Public Comment!
  
  Everyone’s got a chance to weigh in on possible revision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act Guidelines. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of Read More »
- Coast Guard suspends search for commercial fisherman who went overboard off Montauk
  
  The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday afternoon for a missing fisherman who went overboard 16 nautical miles south of Montauk Point, New York, Saturday. Coast Read More »
- SC shrimp season fully opened but fewer local shrimpers are on the waters.
  
  Two words and one action can help South Carolina’s storied and struggling shrimping industry: Eat local. For some, it’s a culinary click-phrase that goes unpracticed. For Read More »
- China doesn’t have any Arctic coastline, but it is keen to cooperate with those countries that do
  
  Danish Arctic Ambassador Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen and Greenlandic Deputy Foreign Minister Kai Holst Andersen made the remarks in an interview with China Daily in Beijing on Read More »
- Florida fisherman finds Maryland blue crab
  
  A blue crab was tagged by the Smithsonian in Maryland, and then traveled several years to Florida, where a fisherman recently found it. click here to Read More »

Archives
- November 2024 (108)
- October 2024 (170)
- September 2024 (180)
- August 2024 (178)
- July 2024 (171)
- June 2024 (172)
- May 2024 (191)
- April 2024 (191)
- March 2024 (209)
- February 2024 (192)
- January 2024 (211)
- December 2023 (188)
- November 2023 (202)
- October 2023 (180)
- September 2023 (101)
- August 2023 (241)
- July 2023 (237)
- June 2023 (211)
- May 2023 (235)
- April 2023 (210)
- March 2023 (215)
- February 2023 (179)
- January 2023 (187)
- December 2022 (178)
- November 2022 (187)
- October 2022 (190)
- September 2022 (177)
- August 2022 (203)
- July 2022 (186)
- June 2022 (184)
- May 2022 (186)
- April 2022 (190)
- March 2022 (219)
- February 2022 (167)
- January 2022 (192)
- December 2021 (191)
- November 2021 (182)
- October 2021 (196)
- September 2021 (197)
- August 2021 (205)
- July 2021 (221)
- June 2021 (211)
- May 2021 (221)
- April 2021 (204)
- March 2021 (202)
- February 2021 (188)
- January 2021 (195)
- December 2020 (193)
- November 2020 (181)
- October 2020 (204)
- September 2020 (195)
- August 2020 (189)
- July 2020 (205)
- June 2020 (194)
- May 2020 (225)
- April 2020 (218)
- March 2020 (216)
- February 2020 (209)
- January 2020 (233)
- December 2019 (227)
- November 2019 (240)
- October 2019 (241)
- September 2019 (241)
- August 2019 (270)
- July 2019 (288)
- June 2019 (270)
- May 2019 (263)
- April 2019 (223)
- March 2019 (210)
- February 2019 (155)
- January 2019 (117)
- December 2018 (216)
- November 2018 (169)
- October 2018 (218)
- September 2018 (247)
- August 2018 (258)
- July 2018 (259)
- June 2018 (250)
- May 2018 (251)
- April 2018 (246)
- March 2018 (266)
- February 2018 (256)
- January 2018 (278)
- December 2017 (309)
- November 2017 (281)
- October 2017 (288)
- September 2017 (275)
- August 2017 (284)
- July 2017 (287)
- June 2017 (273)
- May 2017 (276)
- April 2017 (275)
- March 2017 (300)
- February 2017 (252)
- January 2017 (288)
- December 2016 (263)
- November 2016 (268)
- October 2016 (287)
- September 2016 (284)
- August 2016 (293)
- July 2016 (286)
- June 2016 (273)
- May 2016 (246)
- April 2016 (267)
- March 2016 (260)
- February 2016 (265)
- January 2016 (269)
- December 2015 (266)
- November 2015 (281)
- October 2015 (289)
- September 2015 (286)
- August 2015 (298)
- July 2015 (294)
- June 2015 (329)
- May 2015 (316)
- April 2015 (317)
- March 2015 (324)
- February 2015 (301)
- January 2015 (332)
- December 2014 (322)
- November 2014 (330)
- October 2014 (382)
- September 2014 (340)
- August 2014 (347)
- July 2014 (376)
- June 2014 (401)
- May 2014 (344)
- April 2014 (341)
- March 2014 (375)
- February 2014 (374)
- January 2014 (360)
- December 2013 (294)
- November 2013 (372)
- October 2013 (391)
- September 2013 (461)
- August 2013 (566)
- July 2013 (526)
- June 2013 (447)
- May 2013 (475)
- April 2013 (508)
- March 2013 (459)
- February 2013 (352)
- January 2013 (265)
- December 2012 (206)
- November 2012 (168)
- October 2012 (187)
- September 2012 (126)
- August 2012 (4)

FISHERYNATION.COM

continuously updated

Tomorrow at 10AM, the House Committee on Natural Resources is marking up 6 bills including legislation by Chairman Doc Hastings to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Related

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

MSA Reauth: Changes Proposed for U.S. Fisheries Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Greenhead Lobster cuts ribbon on Bucksport plant

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 26, 2023

University warns woke students, Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea contains graphic fishing scenes!

USDA approves $25 million wild caught shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry

DFO returns patrol boats back to the wharf in Meteghan

Shark Research Could Help Ga. Shrimpers

Cushing captain to admit guilt in deaths of crew members

NAFO Moving Forward with Offshore Dragger Access Despite Legal Injunction and Historical Agreement for Northern Cod

A Stinky Situation – Canadian village tries to sell dead whale on eBay

Toxic smoke, heavy flames swallow up fishing vessel in Grand Bank

New England Fishery Management Council meeting September 24-27, 2018 in Plymouth, MA.

Boldt decision on tribal fishing rights maintains rippling effects 40 years later

CG Cutter Winslow Griesser, fishing vessel collide north of Dorado, Puerto Rico resulting with fatality

North Carolina Commercial Fishing Exclusion Bill, the Game-fish bill tabled in North Carolina

Enviros and lobster fishermen are unhappy with proposed federal regulations to protect right whales

High speed boats deployed to tackle Devon’s illegal crab and lobster trade – Skippers and owners heavily fined

John Steinbeck boat rusts in Anacortes

Fishing captain charged with repeatedly assaulting a crew member and threatening to kill him

Four Fishermen Rescued near Cape Blanco as Vessel Runs Aground

Public meeting scheduled for input on Magnuson-Stevens fishery guidelines – Make your Public Comment!

Coast Guard suspends search for commercial fisherman who went overboard off Montauk

SC shrimp season fully opened but fewer local shrimpers are on the waters.

China doesn’t have any Arctic coastline, but it is keen to cooperate with those countries that do

Florida fisherman finds Maryland blue crab

Archives

Comments

Facebook

Recent Posts

Meta

continuously updated

Tomorrow at 10AM, the House Committee on Natural Resources is marking up 6 bills including legislation by Chairman Doc Hastings to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Share this post

Related

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

Recent Posts

Archives

Tags

Comments

Facebook

Recent Posts

Tags

Meta