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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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Alaska Board of Fisheries focus will be on Pacific cod Oct.18-22
Thirty-six proposals related to Pacific cod will be up for consideration when the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets Oct. 18-22 in Anchorage. In addition to submitting Read More » -
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update August 3, 2014
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More » -
Coronavirus: Yaquina Bay fishing continues despite market disruptions
As part of the food-production chain, commercial fishing is considered an essential industry, but even though fishermen based out of Newport’s Yaquina Bay are still on Read More » -
Search continues for Nova Scotia fisherman who jumped in river after DFO intervention
The search for a missing 48-year-old lobster fisherman who jumped into a river in Digby County continues today. Graham Cromwell from Weymouth Falls, N.S., was last Read More » -
Can impact investing successfully cross from land to sea? Or better yet – Can Hedge Fund Powered ENGO’s Weasel Your Fishery Away from You?
As impact investors savvy about food and agriculture ventures seek their first ocean deals, here’s what they need to know. “We see tremendous opportunity because of Read More » -
FFAW ‘lied to and misled’ members about scallop settlement, says lawyer
A lawyer for scallop fishermen in the Strait of Belle Isle says the Fish Food and Allied Workers union lied to and misled members about a settlement Read More » -
Land Based In Name Only? Belfast lobstermen fear Nordic Aquafarms’ discharge pipes will harm fishery
Some Belfast lobster fishermen told the local Harbor Advisory Committee that they were concerned that dredging for installation of Nordic Aquafarms’ discharge and intake pipes along Read More » -
Seafood Processing Company Pushes Forward With New Jobs Plans – Video
CURRIE – Construction continues at the future headquarters of Acme Smoked Fish of North Carolina, and so does the company’s push to fill jobs. Read more Read More » -
The Easy Lady restoration almost complete – Lowcountry treasure ready to return to her berth
The Easy Lady has belonged solely to Cpt. Kenneth Ezell for 10 years. But after a public appeal went out to help the captain restore this Read More » -
This Is The Outcome Of A Ship That Was Stranded This Morning In Castro Baroña Spain
A man has died as a result of the accident that a ship has suffered this morning in the Castro Baroña area, in Porto do Son Read More » -
Inquest recalls fishing disaster – Wexford fishermen’s trawler sank “extremely quickly”
Two fishermen drowned after their trawler capsized and sank “extremely quickly” while they were hauling scallops on board in January of last year, an inquest has Read More » -
FISH-NL calls for elimination of cod quality program; five years later and price per pound has declined
“The cod quality project serves no other purpose than to extract fish from fishermen, and into the FFAW.”— Jason Sullivan, FISH-NL’s secretary-treasurer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Read More » -
Fish and chips may ‘double’ in price without fuel help
A major figure in New Zealand’s fishing industry warns more boats could be tied up and the price of fish and chips will double unless the Read More » -
Fishing industry still reeling from Sandy [Asbury Park Press, N.J.]
“Now you can’t even get rid of them. Nobody’s buying male crabs,” Isaksen said. At the water’s edge, captain Michael Chanowich and dock worker David Tauro Read More » -
$13.5 million hatchery south of Blackfoot in eastern Idaho to be dedicated Friday will be capable of producing up to 1 million juvenile sockeye annually
If everything goes right, Fish and Game could release the sockeye juveniles or smolts into the Sawtooth Valley by 2015, said Jeff Heindel, hatchery production coordinator Read More » -
Crab traps restricted in zones 3 and 4 because of potential entanglement
The commercial Dungeness crab fishery south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line was scheduled to open on November 15, 2021 in Fishing Zones 3, 4, 5 and Read More » -
Washington fish spill ‘a sad case of déjà vu,’ NL-CAR says
Leo White is shining a light on escapes of farmed fish here in Newfoundland after a recent incident at a Cooke Aquaculture site in Washington. White, Read More » -
Despite evidence the stocks are moving – Data due for setting shrimp limits
Local shrimpers have disputed both the methodology and results of ASMFC’s annual assessment, saying it is flawed by the insistence of the body’s scientists to conduct Read More » -
North Atlantic Right Whale not impacted by NL lobster, snow crab fisheries
“The justification for the new “avoid” rating does not reference any of this significant action by Canadian lobster fishery stakeholders, does not identify any pathway toward Read More » -
Plymouth fishermen to get GPS lifejackets to prevent tragedies at sea
Plymouth City Council has ordered 250 lifejackets with built-in locators, which give off distress signals to help identify the exact location of crews in the event Read More » -
Northeast Multispecies Fishery Trip Limit Adjustments for the Common Pool Fishery
Today, the no such entity, NOAA Fisheries, announced that is decreasing the possession limit for Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder and Gulf of Maine haddock for Read More » -
Dungeness crab fishermen knuckle under. Settle for $2.65, gone to work.
”The fish companies won,” said local fisherman Paul Pelligrini. “Fifteen cents wasn’t worth two weeks (of waiting).” Local fisherman Dave Bitts said that once the Oregon Read More » -
Sternman Larry S. Cromwell of Westport Island, Me., has passed away
Larry S. Cromwell, 62, of Westport Island, passed away on Oct. 11, 2023, with his family by his side following a long struggle with cancer. He Read More » -
Ocean City Inlet Dredging Set For This Month, But Long-Term Commitment Still Being Sought
While the Army Corps of Engineers will return to the resort area later this month for a short-term dredging project to temporarily fix the chronic shoaling Read More » -
F/V Fair Warning Coast Guard assisted after being ran aground in Wychmere Harbor
Coast Guard rescue crews from Station Chatam, pollution responders from Sector Southeastern New England, and local fire and police assisted a 37-foot fishing vessel that ran Read More »
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