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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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Rhode Island Fishermen face Feb. 28 license registration deadline
PROVIDENCE – Commercial fishing license holders seeking new or renewed licenses from the R.I. Department of Environmental Management face a Feb. 28 deadline. Read more Read More » -
UPDATED – Seine F/V Elohim capsizes, F/V Infinite Grace plucks the surviver’s from the water
VALDEZ, Alaska – The Coast Guard says a 45-foot fishing vessel capsized in Alaska’s Port Valdez and all four crewmembers have been rescued with no injuries. Read More » -
Dead fin whale arrives in Vancouver on bow of cruise ship
Department of Fisheries and Oceans officials are trying to figure out how a fin whale died and arrived in the city’s harbour Sunday on the bow Read More » -
New Zealand: MPI agree to meet Southland fishermen over electronic monitoring regulations
Ministry for Primary Industries staff have agreed to front up to Southland fishermen who have questions about new monitoring and reporting regulations. From October 6, new measures Read More » -
USCGC Polar Star to assist vessels in Antarctica
ALAMEDA – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is responding to a Jan. 3rd request from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to assist the Read More » -
When Green is Grey
From the article: ONE of the striking things about the “green” movement, from big-G political parties to environmental NGOs, is how little connect it has with Read More » -
Commercial Lobsterman Michael Furlong, of Kingston, MA, has died unexpectedly at sea
Michael Furlong, age 65, of Kingston, MA died unexpectedly at sea on November 14, 2021 in Plymouth, MA. He was the husband of Dina (Brock) Furlong Read More » -
Midcoast Maine lobsterman Sadie Samuels featured in new NBC series on women in food
Rockport lobster boat captain and Belfast restaurant owner Sadie Samuels was featured on an NBC streaming show in a recent episode focusing on women in the Read More » -
From Pulp Mill to Salmon Farm? Examining Nordic AquaFarms’ Proposed Fish Factory
Is a massive land-based fish factory the best next chapter for a former pulp mill nestled between Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean? Tune in to Read More » -
New Bedford again leads the nation in value of seafood catch, Gloucester takes huge losses
For the 14th year in a row, New Bedford ranked first in the nation for the commercial value of fish landed in 2013, NOAA Fisheries announced Read More » -
Car was engulfed in flames after violent crash. Watch fishermen pull out the driver.
Jim Biggart says his brother Andy might not be alive today if it weren’t for the fishermen who rushed to pull him from his burning car. Read More » -
GDT Editorial: Harbor report shows need for new fishery life line
Amid all the talk of promised federal fishing aid, and Saltonstall-Kennedy Act tariff money — still tied up in NOAA’s grant evaluation process (see news story, Read More » -
Stock assessment meeting erupts into lively talk between NOAA scientists and fishermen
Diagrams, life-like statues and pictures fill the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center to depict the history and future of the industry. NOAA scientists and local fishermen Read More » -
Miss Berdie Gets a Makeover
When she came into the Fred Wahl shipyard in Reedsport, Oregon, the Miss Berdie was a fine looking boat with a bright red hull. When she Read More » -
Crabbers seek solutions as harvest closures impact business
An amount of emergency relief is being sent to help crabbers affected by the historic closure of the Bering Sea snow crab fishing and the Bristol Read More » -
Derelict Boats Are Subject of North Carolina Survey
Abandoned and derelict boats dot waterways and marshes all along the N.C. coast, in some cases creating hazards to navigation and other safety or environmental problems, Read More » -
Sitka scallop fishery a test of one entrepreneur’s ingenuity and skill
On days when Evan O’Brien isn’t diving for pink swimming scallops or harvesting gooseneck barnacles off steep rock faces at low tide you can find him Read More » -
Last Week’s Biggest Sales: Deadliest Catch Captain Gets $3.65M For Sammamish Home
Listed for: $4.1M Received: $3.65M Size: 5-BR, 5.25-bath, 5,435 sf. Location: 3113 E Lake Sammamish Pkwy, Sammamish, WA The Skinny: The seller of this nautical-themed lakeside Read More » -
Fish-stealing whales take bite out of black-cod harvest
How do you keep a whale from grabbing the fish off your lines? Do you put out decoy buoys to try to trick them? Do you Read More » -
Capsized F/V Pauline IV survivor Scott Finne reflects on harrowing experience
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The shark hunters of the Hebrides
They were hunted in Scottish water for at least 200 years, chiefly for the gallons of valuable oil found in their livers. Basking sharks became a Read More » -
Old men on their sea: Experienced fishermen tell their tales on Chatham Fish Pier
Now semi-retired, Bennett is one of the old salts who greet visitors as part of the Pier Host program sponsored by the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Read More » -
Editorial: Fed lawmakers must look beyond boat monitor costs
As lawmakers step up the pressure to secure NOAA funding for the failing monitors’ program, it’s also important that they not lose sight of a far Read More » -
New Hampshire fleet dwindles as at-sea monitoring decision heads to Supreme Court
A New Hampshire fisherman leading the fight against a decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association to shift the cost of at-sea monitoring to industry Read More » -
Deepwater in Deep Trouble: Fishermen Tell Off-Shore Wind Farm Developers to F@*#K Off
Wind developers just ran aground off the New Jersey coast, with fishermen telling them to stick their wind turbines where the sun don’t shine. Gripped with Read More »
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