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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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At 800 AM EDT, the center of Hurricane Maria was located near latitude 33.3 North, longitude 73.1 West. Maria is moving toward the north near 7 Read More » -
Rural America Keeps Rejecting Big Wind
The backlash against Big Wind continues. Indeed, entire states are now restricting or rejecting wind projects.,,, The backlash is so fierce that Big Wind has begun suing Read More » -
International angler caught up in DFO bluefin tuna sting
It’s a picture that captures a moment of pure joy: a young woman in sunglasses and a wetsuit straddling the back of a huge Atlantic bluefin tuna. Read More » -
B.C. Supreme Court: Lifetime ban and prohibition from being aboard a fishing vessel for Scott Steer
Scott Stanley Matthew Steer, a repeat offender under Canada’s Fisheries Act, was handed a lifetime prohibition against fishing and a prohibition against being onboard a fishing vessel. This Read More » -
Editorial: Catch-22
Some problems aren’t meant to be solved — at least, not by us. Earlier this week, we ran an editorial (“Sea change,” March 1) about the Read More » -
“It is clear the green groups want to ignore the science and play dumb when it comes to the small pelagic fishery.”
“Green groups are quick to criticise and accuse government of lack of consultation, yet this boycott of consultation gives the impression they are not genuinely interested. Read More » -
An anti fishing agenda driven article: Overfishing? Hawaii Longliners Want Even More Tuna
In 2013, Japan, Korea, China, the United States and other countries with an appetite for bigeye tuna agreed to gradually catch less ahi in the Western Read More » -
Thai Union set to acquire Bumble Bee for $1.5bn
Thai Union Frozen Products has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of North America’s largest branded shelf-stable seafood company – Bumble Bee Read More » -
Captain Larry Sears was friendly, well-liked and a passionate and innovative fisherman
Sears, of Shag Harbour, died Monday after being pulled overboard while lobster fishing in the Cape Sable area off Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Sears was a Read More » -
The last cowboys – a replay of the story of cattle in the American West
Norway, a country less than a quarter the size of Alaska, is on pace to bring 1.2 million tonnes of salmon to market this year, and Read More » -
Lobstermen gather for foggy farewell to Andrew Gove
Dozens of lobster boats gathered off Greenhead on foggy Deer Island Thorofare Sunday morning to remember and pay tribute to “Uncle” Andrew Gove. A fisherman for Read More » -
From the Deckboss: Walmart keeps hearing it from Alaska. I wonder if the Governor knows they are back dooring Alaska Salmon to Brazil?!!
Another Alaska pol, Gov. Sean Parnell, has fired a letter to Walmart questioning the retail giant’s devotion to the Marine Stewardship Council ecolabel when it comes to buying Read More » -
A seafood processor from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine in serious financial difficulty
With an estimated debt of between $3.5 million and $4 million to its lobster fishermen, the Madelinan seafood processing company LA Renaissance des Îles (LRDI) has Read More » -
Family, friends, mourn Scituate lobsterman who died at sea
The clink and clatter of lobster traps on the docks at Lucian Rosseau Memorial Landing stopped for a moment Friday morning as local fishermen gathered to Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40ft. Holland Crab,Lobster, 410HP, 6 Cylinder Sisu 645B5BM Diesel
Specifications, and information and 21 photos of the vessel, click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:14 Read More » -
New rules for commercial spiny lobster bully-netting get final vote
If given final approval by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, bully-netting would become a more regulated sector within the state season on spiny lobster Read More » -
Only room for one fleet; FISH-NL advises Ottawa to reserve northern shrimp in SFA 6 for the inshore
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling for an immediate halt to the fishing of northern shrimp by factory-freezer trawlers Read More » -
Nova Scotia upping its game on lobster quality
An internationally recognized quality standard for holding lobsters will be among the new regulations for the recently amended provincial Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act. “Nova Scotia Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 83′ Offshore Lobster Boat, Permit, Traps, and Buoys.
To review specifications, information, and 35 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 11:11 Read More » -
Coast Guard searching for overdue fishing vessel 80 miles off Brunswick, Georgia
The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue 31-foot fishing vessel, Friday, 80 miles offshore Brunswick, Georgia. Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders received a report from Read More » -
Where is the Jenny? Exhibit tells story of famed Beaufort shrimp boat from ‘Forrest Gump’
Tom Boozer knows almost everything about the shrimp boat that was plucked from Beaufort waters more than 25 years ago and set on a course for Read More » -
Five processors have monopoly on inshore fishery: FFAW-Unifor
Fish harvesters gathered in St. John’s Tuesday to speak out against what their union describes as the cartel-like behaviour of the province’s fish processing companies. FFAW-Unifor Read More » -
“We are angry,” said Stephen Nickerson, the father of Stephen Cole Nickerson. “Very angry.”
The search continued into Tuesday but wicked weather continued to provide poor search conditions for the Joint Search and Rescue teams. By 6 p.m. Tuesday evening Read More » -
A wild life
Cancer has claimed Dan Gabryszak, a backwoods Renaissance man who built a life for himself and his family along the Yentna River north of Anchorage when it Read More » -
Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Addresses Misinformation Regarding Fisheries Issues
CANADA – Recent news releases issued by MHA Christopher Mitchelmore regarding fishery sustainability and the lobster industry contain inaccuracies that require correction, said Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Read More »
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