Scituate, Ma – David Haley
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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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Mobile, AL October 22 – 25, 2018
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Trollers call for chinook management ‘with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer’
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Senator Murkowski Grills acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on Observer Policy
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Marine monument expansion stirs controversy
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Governor Walker calls for federal disaster declaration for Pacific cod fishery
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Starving the fleet – (No word on when dairy farmers will have to begin paying for the inspectors who examine their barns.)
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Massachusetts Environmental Police mum on identity of accused lobsterman
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New fishing advocacy group has ambitious agenda
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After record haul, Bristol Bay sockeye harvest forecast to drop next year
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Editorial: NOAA stand flaunts rogue agency’s lack of accountability – Gloucester Daily Times
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Multiple investigations of incidents ongoing – NOAA Report Claims Harassment, Intimidation of Observers
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NH Candidates Sought/New England Fishery Management Council – Feb. 5
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American Somoa misses out on quota transfer fisheries revenues
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Get ready. More Secrets. NOAA Rule Would Restrict Access to Fisheries Data – NMFS Director Samuel Rauch declined an interview request through a spokesperson.
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Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute Releases Summary of “Incorporating Environmental Change in Assessments and Management” Workshop
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How California bureaucrats are using a typo to destroy a fisherman’s dream
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Haley – what’s up. Bernie McDonough here. Back in Boston and working on the fish pier. My buddy Eric mentioned you. Hope you are well. My # is 917-864-5055. Look forward to hearing from you.