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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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Berkeley Marina’s last full-time salmon fisherman is quitting the commercial fishing business after 25 years.
The Hudsons’ boat, the 40-foot Cash Flo II, is the only remaining full-time commercial salmon fishing operation berthed at the marina. Their business has no middlemen: Read More » -
Salmon fishermen in Oregon to face brief closure that could help them later in the year
The commercial salmon season started just two weeks ago, but Tuesday is your last day to fish until the season opens up again May 26th. The Read More » -
Fishermen post shocking video footage of ‘intolerable’ behaviour
Fishermen have described the conduct of Spanish gill-netters to the northwest of Shetland as “intolerable” after video footage was posted on social media showing a Spanish Read More » -
Keith Sullivan says FFAW will not allow 45 years of progress be torn apart by upstart FISH-NL
The president of Newfoundland and Labrador’s fisheries union says a breakaway group of harvesters could hurt, rather than help, their cause. Keith Sullivan of the Fish, Food Read More » -
Video monitoring of Kenai’s dipnetters in the works
KENAI — A camera installed to watch winter ice build-up in Cook Inlet could also be used to monitor the City of Kenai’s busy dipnet beaches. Read More » -
Seal protests increase sales, says St. John’s fur seller
The owner of a St. John’s store which sells seal fur products says this week’s visit by celebrity anti-sealing activists Pamela Anderson and Sam Simon creates Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week – 42′ Provincial Lobster, Fresh 430HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins
Specifications, and information Click here 12:55 Read More » -
Offshore oil drilling for Virginia: undead and ugly
The folks in our commercial and fishing industries, and all the people who live and work in beach towns, should hear you talk about how confident Read More » -
Is Cape Wind going forward?
Parker said the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound has around 30,000 supporters, who come from all income levels and social backgrounds. They are largely a grassroots Read More » -
Coast Guard assists fishing vessel taking on water offshore Pascagoula, Mississippi
The Coast Guard assisted a vessel taking on water 51 miles south of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard District Eight received an emergency position-indicating Read More » -
Doing BIG! – Huge crab harvest makes backlog at Pillar Point Harbor – Video
With the annual crab harvest in full swing Tuesday, some fishermen are finding it easier to catch the delicacy than to offload it, with some full Read More » -
American eel turns up in southwestern Minnesota lake
An American eel — far, far away from its natural home in the North Atlantic Ocean — was found in a southwestern Minnesota lake late last Read More » -
Photos from the 66th Annual Blessing Of The Fleet in Stonington, Connecticut
The 66th annual Blessing of the Fleet was held Sunday, July 28 in Stonington Borough to honor and remember those who have died at sea on Read More » -
F/V Miss Katie Briefly Threatened to Sink to the Bottom of the Woodley Island Marina
While Woodley Island harbor staff were out doing their regular “dock walk” this morning, a daily check-up to make sure everything is as it should be, Read More » -
ADF&G in Kodiak NEWS RELEASE
2013 Parallel Groundfish Fishery Registration Reminder Vessel owners and operators are reminded that a State of Alaska vessel registration is required for all vessels fishing during Read More » -
Ross Sea marine park announced, but concerns linger over expiry date
The world’s largest marine protected area will be created in Antarctica’s waters in an global agreement made in Hobart. “It has been clearly established that fully Read More » -
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Avalon, New Jersey: April 11-13, 2017
The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s April 2017 meeting to be held April 11-13, 2017 in Avalon, New Jersey. The meeting Read More » -
Hybridization – Escaped farmed salmon are breeding with wild salmon and producing offspring
Research has confirmed that escaped farmed salmon are breeding with wild salmon and producing offspring in many rivers in Newfoundland. “We did find evidence of successful breeding between Read More » -
New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Newport, RI., December 4 thru 6 2018
The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at Hotel Viking, Newport, RI, December 4, 2018 – December 6, 2018. To read the final agenda, >click here< Read More » -
New Jersey reacts to Ørsted Ocean Wind cancellation shocker
The aftermath is still unfolding Wednesday afternoon — and causing a lot of questions, drama and uncertainty in the state. It all comes against the backdrop Read More » -
Where are they now! The Crest, a 133-foot, steel-hulled fishing vessel
Coast Guard pollution response crews from Sector Puget Sound, in Seattle, continue to oversee the mitigation of potential pollution from a presumed abandoned fishing vessel near Read More » -
‘Shafted’ by FFAW, Flowers Cove fisherman tells court
A fish harvester from Flowers Cove says he feels “shafted” by his union because of the terms of a compensation fund negotiated with Nalcor, to offset the Read More » -
Sam Parisi asks, How Accurate is NOAA and NOAA Fishery Survey Science?
The agency is not required to compare their results with other independent science. The unproven science may bring concern on the health of fish stocks the Read More » -
Exclusive: Canned tuna company Bumble Bee eyes $1.5 billion sale – sources
(Reuters) – Bumble Bee Foods is preparing a sale process that could value North America’s largest producer and marketer of canned tuna and sardines at as Read More » -
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is researching the American eel in order to better understand what affects its numbers and to better manage the fishery.
Every spring when baby eels drift into the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic, then swim like mad up tributary rivers and creeks toward fresh water, Troy Read More »
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