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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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A Fishery on Lake Tahoe? Who Knew! Lake Tahoe crayfish traps being stolen at ‘huge’ cost to local harvester
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Brexit, an “ocean of possibilities”? British fishermen mixed
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Crab harvesters will lose out on $30M because price-setting panel sided with processors, says Efford
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Offshore Wind Shill Interior Secretary Sally Jewell – former engineer, banker and business executive cheers for wind power tax credit’s
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Kake fisherman Cornell Perry Bean Jr, Drowns in Eastern Gulf Coast near Cordova
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Displacement of fishermen? Offshore Wind Could Have Major Adverse Impact on Commercial Fisheries
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Feds tight-lipped on seal summit in Newfoundland
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California crabbers use GPS to find whale-killing gear
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Body taken from F/V Osprey, Police find drugs aboard; no foul play seen
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Crescent City Harbor – Plump crab off the F/V Dynamik
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Will bankruptcy auction break up New Bedford’s fishing fleet?
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Cold waters, few shrimp means delay in South Carolina season opening
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FISH-NL: Shrimp cuts impact harvesters/rural communities like a hammer
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Maine lobstermen spray-paint trap lines for whale entanglement study
Stores up and down the coast special-ordered quantities of purple paint this winter in anticipation of a state-inspired data collection effort, spearheaded by the Maine Department Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43′ Torres Tuna/Charter, Twin Detroit 6V71TA’s, Westerbeke-BTD-10 KW Generator
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Biggest trawler to date built at Parkol Marine is launched in Whitby
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Veteran Alaska Journalist Tkacz Found Dead
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 48’x24′ Novi Lobster Boat
To review specifications, information and 40 photos, >click here< Vessel is in good condition. To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 15:21 Read More » -
Gulf of Maine shrimp season a bust
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On This Day: Feb 25th, 2005, Environmental non-profit group endorses ill fated Cape Wind
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Overloading, heavy ice and an open hatch: Coast Guard details what sank the Seattle-based F/V Destination
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Study finds trace levels of Fukushima radiation in albacore
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Groups sue feds over Pacific bigeye fishing rule
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You’re invited to NOAA Fisheries FY13/14 Budget Briefing
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