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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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Electronic monitoring comes to Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery
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Bad Deal Scrutinized – OCI was granted government approval to ship out all of its redfish and 75 per cent of its yellowtail flounder unprocessed.
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Great White Sharks Are Back – Has a marine mammal conservation program become too successful?
Gordon Waring, a seal specialist at the NOAA, cautions that marine biologists don’t actually know how seals interact with fisheries, and so far there is no sign that Read More » -
Pressure mounting for US tuna fleet to secure tuna rights after ‘no deal’
A shareholder in the largest U.S. tuna fleet this week decrying the ‘no deal’ conclusion of American treaty negotiations with Pacific Island nations that leaves the Read More » -
NC seafood processor fined $100,000 for mislabeling shrimp
A Harnett County seafood processor faces a $100,000 fine and three years of probation for labeling farm-raised, imported shrimp as wild shrimp caught in the United States. Read More » -
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NOAA/NMS Announces 2019-2021 Spiny Dogfish Specifications
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North Carolina: New blue crab management plan in the works
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FDA approves first genetically modified salmon for consumption
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WATCH: Norwegian fishermen rescued after boat capsizes in icy waters
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Man charged with illegal lobster fishing in Greenwich, Stamford
A 72-year-old Stamford lobsterman has been arrested on hundreds of charges of illegally fishing from 94 lobster traps in the waters of Stamford and Greenwich at Read More » -
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Sam, all Fishing Communities must push for this Bill H.R.3699 ,To Reauthorization of Magnuson-Stevens Act ! The U.S.A. Fishing Industry must unite & educate their Politicans ,what is the true picture of whats happening in our oceans related to fishing and to push for this BILL!!
THE U.S.A. FISHING INDUSTRY NEEDS OUR
POLITICANS TO BE FISH KNOWLEDGEABLE & MORE INVOLVED IN OUR FISHING COMMUNITIES ,SO FISHERMEN CAN FISH INTO THE FUTURE ???