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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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Massachusetts Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Wednesday, August 7, 2013
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Colourful lobsters being hauled in across the Maritimes
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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 30, 2021
It’s the final Fisheries Report of the 2021 season! Each summer, Alaskans take to the rivers, bays and oceans to subsistence fish. Some head out to Read More » -
Hang on Chesapeake Bay Watermen, EDF has the catch share plan to make your lives just ducky! Say good bye to your way of life and tradition.
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 21, 2015
Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 17:15 Read More » -
Appleyard: Pensacola’s fishing industry had a few odd twists
Northwest Florida’s economic history usually places illustrations on the years 1870 to 1965, when over time three large organizations plied the fishing trade. During those years Read More » -
‘This Is It For Us’ – Harvesters Gather At Confederation Building
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Bill would ban drift gillnets in California – “This is really a moral imperative,” Geoff Shester, Oceana
SACRAMENTO — Some Assembly Democrats on Thursday took steps toward ending California’s drift gillnet fishery, introducing a bill that would effectively ban the controversial gear for Read More » -
Georgia: Longtime St. Marys dock owner ready to rebuild
At 91 years old, it would be easy for Calvin Lang to throw up his hands and decide not to rebuild the businesses he has operated Read More » -
Nigel Farage to lead 60-boat armada up Thames in call for Brexit
The Ukip leader revealed he will lead the fleet on a “small trawler” with Eurosceptic fishermen in protest against EU fishing quotas. Mr Farage told LBC Read More » -
‘Codfather’ fraud plea hearing pushed back to end of the month
The hearing where a New Bedford fishing magnate is expected to plead guilty to federal fraud charges has been pushed back. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had Read More » -
Two big wind farms to rise off coast of Martha’s Vineyard
State officials and utility executives Wednesday picked the first company to build a wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, a project with as many as Read More » -
New factory freezer scallop vessel suffers engine failure near Shelburne, gets a tow
A new factory freezer scallop vessel suffered an exhaust system failure in light winds and calm seas Friday near Shelburne, N.S., and needed help from local Read More » -
Lobster boats collide off South Bristol, one sinks, no injuries reported
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Female Blue Crab Population Up In Chesapeake Bay, Juvenile Numbers Low
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Maine lobsterman creates revolutionary product with simple tweak – The EZ Block
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Deadliest Catch Captain Keith Colburn: “It’s a shitty job”
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Governor Deval Patrick has signed a proclamation establishing Saturday as “Massachusetts Lobster Day.”
“I would like to thank the Patrick Administration for their continued support of the Commonwealth’s lobster industry,” states Bill Adler, executive director of the Mass. Lobstermen’s Association. Read More » -
NCFA Weekly Update
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Karter Larson says Thank you to all the sponsors of the 6th Annual Jazzy Scallop and Seafood Festival.
We greatly appreciate everyone’s generosity and support as we strive to educate the public about the commercial fishing industry and stand with our commercial fishermen to Read More » -
Fishing crew speaks after finding missing American off B.C. coast
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California pearls.Turns out the Golden State accounts for the vast majority of the U.S. sturgeon and caviar production.
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A Rosie Report! Observer program gets ‘sea legs’ as fisheries recover
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Court won’t stop BP oil spill claims payments
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