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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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F/V Aleutian Isle: Equipment on site, recovery will take 10 days once started
The Unified Command continues its response following the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Aleutian Isle west of San Juan Island, Washington. Dive and vessel recovery Read More » -
Partnerships for Fisheries Innovation, Growth, and Change: An Update on Travels to New England, Collaboration with the Community Fisheries Network & Other Inspiring Fisheries Organizations
A team from AMCC along with other Alaskan fishing friends embarked on an amazing voyage to Maine and Boston in early March. I accompanied the “Kodiak Read More » -
Jellyfish Transformed into ‘Super-Absorbent’ Nappies and Tampons
A new method of transforming jellyfish into biodegradable “super-absorbers” suitable for use in nappies, sponges, paper towels and tampons has been developed by nanotechnology startup Cine’al. Read More » -
Crossing the Bar – The legend of Canadian Fishing Company skipper Benny Lagos runs in the tide now.
The legend of skipper Benny Lagos runs in the tide now. For more than seven decades Lagos was one of the top performing skippers for the Read More » -
Fishermen are still at the mercy of Mother Nature
But fishermen today can take heart from the following story written by Frank Weeks and published in The Guardian May 29, 1961. “Lobster fishermen in Alberton Read More » -
Massachusetts state regulators reject plan to use ropeless lobster traps
The proposal, submitted by a group of lobstermen organized under the name “Pioneers for a Thoughtful Coexistence,” asked regulators to allow them to set as many Read More » -
Back to the Shovel Ready Job Dogma? Biden’s Energy Policies Are Naive, Expensive, And Misleading
The Biden administration represents itself as following science with regard to energy policy, yet it presents a simplistic clean and dirty energy narrative with the obvious Read More » -
Bait and Switch, eco nut style by Wealth Foundation lackey Lew Milford – How the Right uses environmental law to kill American jobs?
No, that was not the title of the recent New York Times article about the Cape Wind offshore wind project. But it should have been. By Read More » -
Comeback of scup a lifeline for New Jersey fishermen
Some call them scup and some call them porgy. Right now, fishermen in the Port of Cape May are calling them a lifeline. Read more here Read More » -
Board of Fisheries declares low Chignik sockeye returns an emergency
Like many Gulf of Alaska communities, far fewer sockeye are returning to the Chignik River than forecasted. Chignik has an early and late run. The combined Read More » -
An opinion letter from Barnacle Bill: New Bedford Number One Fishing Port In America…..Oh How Far You Have Fallen
It is no secret that New Bedford is not the fishing port it once was. If it retains it’s title as the number one fishing port Read More » -
Could the Harp be the Next Tourist Attraction? Christopher Mitchelmore
On September 17th, 2012 I had visited VIKIN Maritime Museum situated on the waterfront of the old harbour in Reykjavik, Iceland. It had impressive displays of Read More » -
Scarborough Maine – From bed to table: Oyster farm tours highlight Maine’s emerging trend of culinary tourism
“What do you guys know about oysters?” Abigail Carroll asked a couple standing on a pier in the Scarborough River on a sunny afternoon. “That they Read More » -
Eco Imperialists WWF, Greenpeace – Disappointing Outcome at Pacific Fisheries Meet
Delegates from Pacific Island nations had planned to form a united force at the Samoa meeting, calling on the body that manages the fishery to urgently Read More » -
Tradex 3 Minute Market Update
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Fishing in murky waters: the administration’s secretive oceans policies come under fire
The Obama administration is using its “phone and pen” method of governing by executive action to push its agenda and extend its powers in a huge new area: Read More » -
Bureau of Reclamation to reconsider Trinity-Klamath releases for salmon
Following several meetings with North Coast tribes and government officials, the federal agency that oversees water in Northern California’s Klamath Basin is taking another look at Read More » -
NPFMC Bering Sea fishing decision based on science, not bias
This week, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NFPMC) ruled that it will not be placing a limit on trawl fishing in the Bering Sea’s Pribilof Read More » -
Coast Guard releases illegally caught fish
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The crew of a Coast Guard Cutter, working with Operation Sea Serpent, recovered fish and shark caught illegally on longline gear by Read More » -
Drakes Bay oyster farm denied Supreme Court hearing
Oyster farmer Kevin Lunny’s reaction to what looked to others like the last legal gasp of his operation at punched right to the point: “It’s not Read More » -
Northern shrimp stocks still ‘critical’ – no improvement in spawning biomass
It’s the season to talk about the prospects for the shrimp fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador and the initial information for the new season does not Read More » -
Washington and Oregon approve nine nights of Columbia River gillnetting
Washington and Oregon today adopted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday night gill netting periods from Aug. 3 though Aug. 21. The 9-inch-mesh nets are expected to catch Read More » -
Bluefin Benefit Battle competition to help families in Maine battling cancer
The Bluefin Benefit Battle will gather fishermen in Maine while raising money for an important cause: families battling cancer. The event is a fundraiser for the Read More » -
Linda Brandt: Mullet is so much more than bait
I grew up thinking mullet was only for bait and smoking for dip. That was probably because when I went fishing with my dad, he used Read More » -
Warming waters a major factor in the collapse of New England cod, study finds
Pershing and colleagues from GMRI, the University of Maine, Stony Brook University, the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory, including the Read More »
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