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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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Christmas Comes Early: Reedville Fisherman’s Museum Gifted Historic Draketail
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum (RFM) has a special new resident at its dock. The museum was recently gifted a 99-year-old Chesapeake deadrise draketail boat with a unique Read More » -
B.C. fishers celebrate DFO announcement allowing spot prawn ‘tubbing’ to continue
The announcement Monday by Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray is an about face from an announcement less than a year ago when DFO served notice it was Read More » -
New player in this year’s seal hunt – Bernie Halloran feels struggling industry about to ‘bust wide open’
There’s a new player in the seal processing sector in Newfoundland and Labrador this spring, and it is promising to shake things up for an industry that’s Read More » -
Click – Fundraiser for Fisherman Eric Eder, lost in the Bering Sea
Tragically Eric Eder was lost in the Bering Sea yesterday. with a heavy heart I feel our loving community should raise some money for his young Read More » -
Trawler becomes Crabber/Seiner
Former Scottish pelagic trawler Unity, sold last year to Norway, has gone through a major transformation to become advanced seine netter and crabber K. Nyvoll – which include Read More » -
West Coast Crabber’s trip cut short for numerous Safety Violations, Owner charged with Fishery Violations
The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a commercial crab fishing vessel for numerous safety violations three miles west of Long Beach, Monday. A 47-foot Motor Read More » -
Shutdown to delay fish Saltonstall-Kennedy grants
The original NOAA timetable for awarding the funds, estimated at between $5 million and $10 million, set Sept. 29 as the deadline for proposals, followed by Read More » -
Chatham fishermen not impressed with federal aid package – No Buy Back, “Please take care of fishermen first.”
Chatham fishermen at the Thursday meeting were highly critical of the first phase of the aid package, which will soon issue a $32,000 check to each Read More » -
Trident Seafoods and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Wednesday announced the company will open seafood processing facility
The plant will create 175 jobs and is a USD 41 million (EUR 30.9 million) investment in the state of Georgia. morehere Read More » -
A Christmas Eve Tale – Loss of ring nearly cost his life. He found it in the belly of a codfish, arrived in Gloucester to marry his Mollie
With a headline sounding like a poem or song, this memorable Gloucester Christmas eve tale by Tom Herbert was published in the Boston Globe in 1893 Read More » -
Coast Guard dewaters 2 sinking fishing boats, rescues crews off Massachusetts
The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued crews from two sinking fishing boats off the coast of Massachusetts. The Coast Guard said it responded to two Read More » -
The war over Menhaden @ Saving Menhaden Fisheries. Stock Assessment Exacerbates, Inflames Envirokooks
November 27, 2012 — In the Fredericksburg (Virginia) Free Lance-Star, Mr. Deil argues that “while the environmental advocacy community claims these precipitous cuts are necessary to Read More » -
Couple recovering after fishing boat sinks in Shem Creek
It was a difficult morning for a young couple and after their commercial fishing boat sunk in Shem Creek sometime during the early morning hours, dumping Read More » -
Snow crab fishing rights: First Nations leaders say they’ll drop court action if government agrees to mediated settlement
The chiefs of Madawaska and Tobique First Nations say they have been seeking to exercise their treaty right to fish snow crab for 25 years, and Read More » -
Time to change the cod fishery – Barry Darby writes from St. John’s
The recent news of fish plant closures and talk of the importation of foreign workers; of annual halibut quotas being caught in one day while other Read More » -
Shell shocked: ‘Lobster capital’ braces for Brexit
More than 80% of crabs and lobsters from East Yorkshire are sold in Europe. On a typically blustery morning on Bridlington Harbour the lobster lorry arrives Read More » -
US Labor Dept. to look at conditions affecting foreign workers on American fishing vessels in Hawaii
Labor Department official said the agency is “deeply disturbed” by news reports about the long hours, low wages and inhumane living conditions suffered by up to 700 Read More » -
Fishermen ask for more time to study wind impact
Fishermen, fish processors and others warned on Thursday that fishing grounds will be lost with the construction of Vineyard Wind,,, “We have this huge area we’re going Read More » -
How will battery of new regulations affect Southern New England’s lobster fishermen?
Southern New England’s fading lobster fishery will be subject to a battery of new regulations, possibly closed fishing areas and stricter size standards, to try to Read More » -
DFO outreach meeting – Harvesters in Baie Verte offer suggestions to improve fishery
A pair of fish harvesters from Baie Verte appreciated a rare opportunity to address Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) representatives in an open forum last Read More » -
Months before season begins, state closes most Cook Inlet king salmon fishing
Parts of the Kenai River are still frozen over. But the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has already closed the early and late king salmon Read More » -
A five-year failure – Jes Hathaway, Editor in Chief, National Fisherman
Catch share programs have been heralded in all corners of the country, first by NGOs and second by some of the fleet owners, fishermen and processors Read More » -
The city of St. Augustine now has an official seafood: Wild-caught shrimp!
The move received unanimous support from commissioners, who adopted a resolution. “The historic San Sebastian River hosted an important chapter in U.S. maritime history,” the resolution Read More » -
Burglary charged aboard NOAA mapping ship in New Castle
A Nashville man has been charged with stealing money and various items from a New Castle-based ship operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Anthony Read More » -
Stop importing £200m worth of cod and haddock from Russia
£200m worth of Russian cod and haddock imports should be stopped and efforts redoubled to open up fishing grounds off Norway and Greenland to the UK’s Read More »
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