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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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Maine Fishermen Zack Plante and Charlie Boivin, are on the new season of ‘Wicked Tuna’ along with Bob Cook of Beverly, Ma!
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MH370 10 years on: Should the search for the doomed flight continue?
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Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for March 2019 Has Arrived!
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A Life of Subsistence Fishing on Grand Traverse Bay for Ed and Cindy John
They’re married, they’re Native American, and they make a living fishing on Grand Traverse Bay. Ed and Cindy John share thoughts about subsistence fishing during a Read More » -
Casting for an answer: Can you make a living on the Cape as a commercial rod and reel fisher?
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L.D. 101: Commercial fishermen and their supporters seek total ban on offshore wind farms
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Setnet innovation may solve war between Alaska’s commercial, sport fishermen in Cook Inlet
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Milton remains an ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane after weakening to Cat 4, forecasters warn
Hurricane Milton weakened slightly to a powerful Category 4 storm Tuesday morning while spiraling through the southern Gulf of Mexico and closer to Florida, according to Read More » -
FISH-NL calls on DFO to continue direct consultations with inshore harvesters
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans to once again hold direct Read More » -
Hawaii Longliners get a Christmas Gift, Ahi Ruling Upheld! Enviro’s get coal.
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Alaska Salmon Fish Skins are a Work of Art
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Southeast Texas shrimpers struggle with slow season
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Record crab and lobster prices drive value of N.L. landings past billion-dollar mark
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Fishermens Northeast Ground Fish Science Forum – Portsmouth, New Hampshire.- Second Announcement – November 9, 2012 Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
An Invitation from Bill Karp http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/groundfish/meetings/invite.html Think about attending if you want to: Meet with people from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center and others who know the Read More » -
My Reason for Leaving Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel – Captain Sam Novello
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Exposed; “The Devolution of the Seas,”, Alan Sielen opts for outdated and refuted information on tuna stocks
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Seafood group plans major Boston march
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Shrimp season reopens in the Gulf of Mexico, Aransas Pass fleet heads that way
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Proposed “no discharge zone” by Washington State, Commercial vessels would have five years to comply
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 2, 2017
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EXCLUSIVE: Man busted for trying to sell shark fins
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Thomas O’Malley, of Marshfield, joins Mark Alliegro in race to unseat U.S. Rep. William Keating
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Relentless Pew Menhaden Campaign topped with Cherry Picked Data Not Being Allowed to go Unanswered
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Liberal backbencher Charlie McGeoghegan calls for lobster holding facility
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Massachusetts Environmental Police busts Maine skipper for six hidden bags of scallops during offload
A Maine captain faces prosecution after an inspector, who was checking the boat as scallops were offloaded Thursday in Gloucester, reported finding additional shellfish, worth more than $6,000, Read More »
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