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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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Hawaii is raising mass quantities of a native sea urchin to battle an invasive seaweed that has smothered coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay.
The state Division of Aquatic Resources has been spawning and growing thousands of Hawaiian collector urchins at the Anuenue Fisheries Research Center on Sand Island. The urchins Read More » -
Coast Guard rescue 2 from sinking fishing vessel near Bodega Bay, Calif.
Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay received a mayday call at 3:32 p.m. from the 30-foot fishing vessel Yardbird stating the vessel was rapidly taking on water Read More » -
‘Wicked Tuna’ captain sets sights on selling you tuna
“People have said this to me a hundred times, ‘Where can we get some of the fish that we see you catch on the show?’ I Read More » -
Fisheries group blasts drilling regulations proposal ‘nobody knows about’
A Nova Scotia-based fisheries organization is raising concerns about changes the federal government is quietly proposing to the regulations governing oil and gas extraction in Canada’s offshore Read More » -
Study links fish farms to spread of antibiotic resistance
New research that finds a possible link between fish farms and the spread of antibiotic resistance doesn’t surprise marine biologist Inka Milewski. “Anytime you have animals Read More » -
Yukon First Nations want Alaska salmon fishing closed
Yukon First Nations have repeated their call for Alaskans to stop fishing Chinook salmon until stocks can recover in the Yukon River. Teslin Tlingit Chief Carl Read More » -
Faeroe Islands Boom by Selling Salmon to Russia – Video report included.
As the tit-for-tat economic confrontation between Russia and the West nears its first anniversary, there are plenty of losers: associates of President Vladimir Putin barred from Read More » -
The new Vietnamese generation leaves the seafood business behind in Mississippi. Why?
The son does not know how to sew the nets. The father took the old boat out last month but caught no shrimp. And the docks Read More » -
Congressman Boasts Support for Maine’s Lobster Industry. He Voted To Strengthen the Agency Set To Crack Down on Lobstermen.
Maine congressman Jared Golden has fashioned himself as a champion of his home state’s beloved lobster industry, but the Democrat has won the support of environmentalist Read More » -
Macduff Ship Design are pleased to announce the completion of the new build fishing vessel, ‘ZENITH, BF 106’
The vessel was built by Macduff Shipyards for owner Mark Robertson, along with sons Paul and Adam. This fishing vessel replaces the owner’s previous two fishing Read More » -
Video: Millions in investment creating a boom in New Bedford Harbor
Millions of dollars are being invested in New Bedford Harbor and the result is expected to be hundreds of jobs. The port is already experiencing a Read More » -
Fishermen’s incredible $2.8 million catch that got away
In the 2016 White Marlin Open, touted as the world’s largest billfish tournament, angler Phil Heasley and his team aboard the Kallianassa out of Naples, Fla., Read More » -
Frustration with DFO growing over P.E.I. lobster fishery – ‘They’re really putting an unfair burden on the industry’
P.E.I. Premier Dennis King says lobster fishermen are being asked to make an impossible choice and Ottawa needs to step up and support them. The lobster Read More » -
Cool weather delays Louisiana inshore shrimp season
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This has been the second-coldest spring in the last century, and as a result, brown shrimp have grown more slowly than the Read More » -
Scallop extension passes Alaska Senate
The Alaska Senate passed a bill to extend the limited entry scallop program in an 18-1 vote this morning. Senate Bill 54 would extend the weathervane Read More » -
Coast Guard, NOAA Discuss Safety Requirements For Vessels Chartered To Support Scientific Research
Commercial vessels, in particular commercial fishing vessels, are often chartered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to engage in scientific research. There is a Read More » -
Fisherman dies after being pulled from commercial boat in San Pedro
A man died after being pulled off a small commercial fishing boat Tuesday at the rock breakwater near the Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse in San Pedro, Read More » -
These Politicians that tell you they are they are concerned about the Groundfishery are on a different page!
Greed Energy – The Massachusetts Green Energy community (and the Mass fishing industry) has been duped and they still don’t get it. When the general population Read More » -
KAELIN: Fisheries commission should increase menhaden quota
When Thanksgiving rolls around this year, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission may give New Jersey’s fishermen something to be thankful for. At its meeting Wednesday, Read More » -
Mike Voisin’s Widow Appointed to Louisiana Seafood Board by Governor Jindal
Sitting on a back porch swing for two, Sarah Theriot Voisin surveys her beloved gardens sitting next to an empty seat filled only with memories and the yard Read More » -
Heroic Peterhead fisherman saved five crewmen from sinking trawler after North Sea collision
Kris Leel, an engineer for Peterhead-based fishing boat Guiding Light, was awarded the Lady Swaythling Trophy from the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society at Read More » -
Local fisherman, FGCU student finds message in a bottle at sea, collects $10,000 diamond
One month after jeweler Mark Loren dropped three messages in a bottle from a helicopter into the Gulf of Mexico, a local fisherman has claimed the Read More » -
St. Bernard trio arrested for stealing crab traps
Three men from St. Bernard Parish La. were arrested for stealing 37 crab traps, worth over $1,500 from the Delacroix Island area. Read more here 07:42 Read More » -
B.C. fish farm fire may have allowed non-native salmon to escape
A Vancouver Island fish farm company says it’s still trying to determine whether any farmed Atlantic salmon escaped into B.C. waters after a fire damaged one Read More » -
Joe Biden’s Offshore Wind Farm Energy Mirage: Or ‘How To Squander $Trillions of Taxpayers’ Money’
For an example of how unhinged the Democrat’s energy policy is, then Biden’s offshore wind energy plan takes the cake. The fact that offshore wind power Read More »
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