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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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California could have avoided salmon season shutdown. Did we learn nothing last time? by Sarah Bates
I fish salmon commercially from Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge from my boat, where Chinook have passed for millions Read More » -
Food of the future: can ‘Frankenfish’ survive politics?
“I have no doubt the FDA will approve a genetically modified animal at some point,” says Kakha Bendukidze, the largest shareholder in AquaBounty Technologies, continued@smartplanet Read More » -
The Orin C at the Gloucester Railways in Rocky Neck.
A good portion of her keel was torn off earlier this week when she struck the rocks by Ten Pound island. Un-confirmed reports has it that vessel Read More » -
Fisheries Commission Report spotlights fishing’s fast fall
A report commissioned by the city Fisheries Commission shows that, as of a month ago, 210 commercial fishing vessels berth at docks and wharves in Gloucester’s Read More » -
‘SNL’ explains why you should never order the diner lobster, ‘Les Misérables’-style
Many diners seem to have absurdly long menus with far too many things on it, sometimes including lobster. And you should never get the diner lobster. Read More » -
Fish aid dollars in limbo – Senate clears package, but House may let it expire
The U.S. Senate Friday easily beat back an effort to drop from the $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy relief bill a package of $150 million in fisheries Read More » -
New satellite imagery first to identify North Atlantic right whale from space
New satellite imagery research led by the University of Ottawa is the first to identify a specific endangered Gulf of St. Lawrence North Atlantic right whale Read More » -
It’s time to kill the Gulf dead zone, as Gulf Shrimpers fight for their livelihoods
Anyone who has followed this issue over the three decades or so it has been studied knows progress has been slow. They also know Louisiana, though Read More » -
Alaska Salmon Alliance seeks solutions in fisheries debate By Paul Dale
It is part of what makes our state and community distinctive: Alaska’s wild salmon runs. They differentiate us from almost all other coastal regions in the Read More » -
Letter: Time for changes to Maguson Act – Tony Austin, Hubert, N.C.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act, enacted in 1976, set up the council system, has been reauthorized by Congress several times, and has become like “Matun, the old blind Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 56′ DMR Scalloper/Dragger, 500HP, John Deere
To review specifications, information, and 37 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 10:50 Read More » -
The end of an era for Gloucester’s historic fleet of eastern-rigged trawlers, F/V Little Sandra
When the distinctive white-tipped orange mast of the fishing vessel Little Sandra slipped below the ocean’s surface 18 miles off the coast of Rockport beyond Thacher Read More » -
Individual transferable quota system hurting Tasmania’s fishing fleets
“ITQs have caused a decrease in owner operators and a decrease in active vessels in the fleet,, “Separation of ITQ ownership from the fishing sector has Read More » -
Declining worm harvest poses challenge for diggers, scientists
It’s a dirty job, but digging for blood and sand worms along the Maine coast can pay well, particularly in areas of the state where it Read More » -
The future of fishing is innovation.
Maine’s lobstermen begin 2022 with a unique opportunity to fundamentally solve the whale entanglement issue. Throughout history technology has been used to improve our lives and Read More » -
Christopher Brown: Plan to exploit oceans scares fishermen
The Rhode Island fishing community is dealing with its own Pebble Mine, at least metaphorically. Huge tracts of ocean have been offered for lease by the Read More » -
International sea cucumber kingpin implicated in new smuggling case
When Wei Li walked across the southern US border into San Ysidro, California in September, he told US border officers—twice—that he had nothing to declare. He Read More » -
Belfast Maine fish company to double production, add 40-50 workers
BELFAST, Maine — At Ducktrap River of Maine, the smokers — and employees — are working six days a week to meet the ever-increasing demand for Read More » -
Its never enough. National Marine Sanctuary eco bureaucracy panel says more protected marine zones likely needed
New ecological reserves should be considered as part of an updated marine zoning plan for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, local advisors say. Read more Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: TYPE: 42′ OEM Lobster Boat, 750HP John Deere 13.5 Liter Diesel
Specifications, information and 15 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:28 Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 60 miles east of Atlantic City, NJ
The Coast Guard medevaced a man Wednesday from a fishing vessel approximately 60 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Read More » -
WPRFMC Press Release – Milestone Reached in Setting of New Bottomfish ACLs for US Pacific Island Territories
HONOLULU (18 Sept. 2015) A milestone was reached this week in the setting of the 2016 and 2017 annual catch limits (ACLs) for federally managed bottomfish Read More » -
Letter: Can you imagine they’re soft talking Whales and Wind Turbines? We don’t want to create the UNDERNET!
They have no Data! There’s an impact study in great need! Where the Hell is Lube Job Jane? So they are like maybe the Whales won’t Read More » -
Can New England’s cod fishing industry survive? (How can the scientists and regulators ignore the ever increasing seal predation?!)
Gloucester, Massachusetts, grew up around cod. The waterfront teemed with boats and fishermen, heaps of fish thrashing in wire baskets. Boats were inherited from fathers and Read More » -
On this day in 1922, Cape Cod Fisherman lost in weird January Hurricane, 2006: Lady Grace rescued a year before she sank
On this day in 1922 the newspapers reported a January hurricane three months after the normal end of the hurricane season. DROWNED IN HURRICANE; Cape Cod Read More »
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