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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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DFO promises enforcement on ‘out of season’ indigenous moderate livelihood fishery
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Meet the fisherman: Scott Nolan – fishing for sea clams
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AMSEA Updates “Beating the Odds: A Guide to Commercial Fishing Safety,”
The seventh edition of “Beating the Odds: A Guide to Commercial Fishing Safety,” by Susan Clark Jensen and Jerry Dzugan of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Read More » -
NOAA Determines Porbeagle Sharks Not Threatened or Endangered
Earlier this year, we published a positive 90-day finding in response to petitions to list porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus). A comprehensive status review, including an Extinction Read More » -
Fishing Vessel: Engine Room Only Shutoff Valve Let Fire Spread
Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators Read More » -
Lawsuit filed to Protect Pacific Humpback from fishing gear, Can lawsuits save North Atlantic Right Whale?
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South Africa: Nation Hosts International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).Convention of Tunas Meeting
is a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) that is responsible for the management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. South Read More » -
Commercial Atlantic Sea Herring Fishery in Management Area 1A to Close
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has projected that the Management Area 1A Atlantic herring fishery will have harvested 92% of its Season I (June 1 Read More » -
Something to crab about – Victoria Co-operative Fisheries Ltd.,
Chronical Herald- Not that anyone else in Neils Harbour is putting on airs either, but Osborne Burke doesn’t at first have the look of a man in charge of Read More » -
Nushagak fishermen want to recoup struck down fish tax
“We are asking for our tax payments back,” said J.R. Dull of Dillingham. “I don’t know how much it might come to, but if the tax Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Sampson Lobster boat, 300HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins – Price Reduced!
Specifications, information and 35 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:59 Read More » -
A Crab’s Eye View of Brexit
Of all the vexing regulations that Brexit has thrust upon Paul Knight’s shellfish exporting business, the one he finds most absurd is this: Before he can Read More » -
There are four gofundme pages our readers should be aware of for the Families of F/V Emmy Rose
We have four gofundme pages to post for review, and the first is Rosalee Varian’s fundraiser, Supporting FV EmmyRose fishermen’s families. F/V EmmyRose four fishermen’s families Read More » -
Southeast pink salmon catch lowest in over four decades
Southeast Alaska’s commercial pink salmon catch will wind up way below forecasts, the lowest harvest in more than four decades. The Alaska Department of Fish and Read More » -
Louie Rivers
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 6, 2017
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Fish council eyes December for ’13 limits By Richard Gaines Staff Writer GDT
The New England Fishery Management Council has set a special one-day meeting Dec. 20 to take final action on most groundfish allocations for the 2013 fishing Read More » -
Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue crew of sinking fishing vessel
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Plethora of pinks gives Alaska fishermen pause
Alaska’s pink salmon catch is pushing 180 million fish, making it the second largest harvest ever; the 219 million pinks of 2013 remains the record. Alaska’s humpy Read More » -
New York State Extends Commercial Black Sea Bass Season to October 13th
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Limits on ratio of fisherman decried
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IDFA Review: Dirty Energy – Exxon Valdeez/Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill comparison with video
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NOAA – A Failed Agency
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Kenai dipnetters should take steps to avoid bacteria
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Collusion or delusion? – Welcome to spring 2018 and a more realistic lobster market reality for P.E.I. fishermen
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