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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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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Fishing fleets will be given monthly payments depending on length of vessels
Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots has announced a substantial £1.5 million support package for Northern Ireland’s fishing industry. Fishermen are struggling to handle social distancing measures on Read More » -
FISH-NL Calls For Resignation of Dominic LeBlanc, Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
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Herrera Beutler: To save steelhead, we must cut sea lion numbers
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South Australia West Coast fishers reeling from priority species quota ITQ
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update July 10, 2015
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NOAA Satellites Helped Save Record 421 Lives in 2019: Registered Emergency Beacons Proven to Save Lives
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Why Sir Ernest Shackleton isn’t the role model you thought he was
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the Antarctic in 1914 is justifiably a famous adventure story and it made him an iconic figure of the 20th century Read More » -
Mayor Mitchell advocates for scallopers
Mayor Jon Mitchell is advocating for the New England Fishery Management Council to open the Northern edge scallop grounds to New Bedford commercial fishermen. In a Read More » -
Coast Guard rescue crews, Chatham Harbor Master, searching for missing fisherman near Great Round Shoal, Mass.
Watchstanders at Sector Southeastern New England received notification via VHF radio that a 51-year-old man, a crewmember aboard the 27-foot fishing boat, had not been seen for Read More » -
Sea Scallop mother lode found off Cape May – “Ten billion is my best guess”
“Normally we’d see one scallop per square meter, which is actually good recruitment. We had a wide range of more than 100 per square meter and Read More » -
No lobstering until right whales leave Cape Cod Bay
For the past three years there has been a ban on setting lobster traps and pots in the bay from Feb. 1 through the end of Read More » -
Mainers rally to oppose offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine
Close to 500 Mainers gathered at the Civic Center in Augusta Wednesday, April 28 to oppose offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine. Fishermen voiced Read More » -
‘On its knees’ – Public meeting to look at how to support Hartlepool’s fishing industry
Councillors unanimously backed the move at the latest Hartlepool full council meeting, pledging to do all they can to support the sector after the mass deaths Read More » -
MEDIA ADVISORY: UNITED FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES – Standing up for adjacency
FFAW-Unifor is hosting a rally at Hotel Gander on Wednesday, March 4 at 10:30 am to bring awareness to the significant impacts unfair cuts to the Read More » -
Martha’s Vineyard Wind Turbine Globalism
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Commercial fishing much more fun when catching lots of fish, even above the Arctic Circle
It is my first day commercial fishing with my father again. As he fires up our 115-horsepower Suzuki boat motor, it roars on the back of Read More » -
Prince William Sound commercial catch tops 3.5M fish
Commercial harvests in Prince William Sound have reached 3.5 million salmon, even as the surge in the catch in late June slowed somewhat in early July. Read More » -
Another bewildering chapter in the odyssey of Artemis
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Journalists get schooled about fishing industry
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Hatchery misfits
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Saipem, Equinor collaborate on floating solar panel park solution for coastal applications and rough weather conditions
According to a statement by Saipem, the technology will be based on the in-house developed concept by offshore rig designer Moss Maritime, part of Saipem’s XSIGHT Read More » -
F/V Bear Update: Drone Footage Shows Grounded Boat Taking a Beating
A bird’s-eye view of the the fishing vessel F/V Bear, a 68-foot scallop boat that became grounded at Island Beach State Park over the weekend, spent Read More » -
Maine Department of Marine Resources proposes 100 elver licenses for four Maine Indian tribes
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Made In Macduff
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N.H. “Wicked Tuna” star Tyler McLaughlin and mate save fishermen from sinking Miss Sambuka near Gloucester
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Cant wait until Britain gets back its territorial waters from the EU and our fishing industry can get back to what it once was? Or nearly? Maybe some of us on low wages etc could get their hands on some Cod, langoustine, lobsters and other fresh fish and shellfish at decent prices instead of you guys having to chuck it back in the sea due to quotas?