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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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Second NOAA abuse report remains tabled
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 48.3′ Duffy Lobster/Shrimper,700HP Lugger
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From DFO: Routine fishery inspection leads to significant penalties for a North Coast commercial salmon harvester
On July 2, 2021, Garry Dean Stoner was sentenced in Terrace Provincial Court after pleading guilty to 12 counts under the Fisheries Act for violations that occurred between June and September Read More » -
Massachusetts Large Whale Seasonal Trap Gear Closure In Effect from February 1 – April 30
The annual Massachusetts Large Whale Seasonal Trap Gear Closure Area (Seasonal Closure) will be in effect from February 1to April 30. During this period, all pot Read More » -
Nearly four times as many tuna landed on P.E.I. than same time last year
In 2014, the Island fleet had landed 28 fish, weighing 6.988 tonnes by September 3. By September 3 this year, Department of Fisheries and Oceans numbers Read More » -
Rare species discovered on Long Island Sound as Maritime Aquarium pulls up abandoned lobster traps
While recovering derelict and abandoned lobster traps from the Long Island Sound, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk and colleagues from Williams College and Project Oceanology came across a Read More » -
Massachusetts Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Wednesday, August 7, 2013
The Commonwealth’s 2013 commercial striped bass quota of 997,869 pounds is projected to be taken by the end of the day on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Read More » -
Lobster boat racing season is here, officially dedicated to Galen Alley
The Maine lobster boat racing season gets underway this weekend, but however the season goes, it just won’t be the same. Racing begins Saturday, June 15, Read More » -
The mystery and method of ‘market price’ seafood
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‘Wicked Tuna’ captain Jessie Anderson quits Wicked Tuna reality show
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Where’s the fight for our fishery? – Phil Earle, Carbonear
If the government of the U.S.A. and the fishing fleets of foreign countries behaved in their fishery like they do here in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Read More » -
NPFMC asks industry for recommendations on Bristol Bay red king crab
The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery is historically one of the most valuable in the state, but for the last decade, the stock has been Read More » -
Bumble Bee Foods agrees to $6M settlement in worker oven death
Bumble Bee Foods agreed to pay $6 million to settle criminal charges Wednesday in the death of a worker who was cooked in an oven with Read More » -
Oyster fishermen on private lease without permission lose boat, dredges, and twenty five sacks!
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents seized a boat used by two men Thursday to dredge for oysters on a private lease from the owner, Read More » -
Herring Fishermen Sue Chevron Over California Oil Leak
A pipeline rupture that gushed hundreds of gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay spurred a class action filed Tuesday that accuses a Chevron refinery Read More » -
Maritime fishermen’s groups pull out of meetings with Northern Pulp
Groups representing fishermen’s associations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. say they won’t meet with representatives from Northern Pulp unless the paper mill provides an Read More » -
Wyden, Merkley Secured $2.1 Million in Federal Disaster Recovery for Oregon Fisheries
The office of Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week secured $2.1 million in Read More » -
Scientists say new fisheries law “guts” protection for habitat
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Impacts of mining spill on Fraser sockeye unknown
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East Hampton Approves South Fork Wind Farm Cable Agreements
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NOAA grants Alaskan Fisheries $24.4 million in disaster relief funding. When, though?!
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Dive fishermen and sea otters face complex competition – “They’re totally eating us out of house and home.”
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Australian Government winds back marine protections to support fishing industry
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Green crabs as lobster bait working in Nova Scotia
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The Coast Guard initiated a public comment period Thursday pertaining to proposed safety requirements at several bar entrances in central and northern California. Regulated Navigation Areas are being proposed for the harbor bar entrances to Crescent City Harbor, Humboldt Bay, Noyo River and Morro Bay. The proposed regulation would create additional safety requirements for recreational and small commercial vessels operating in these areas during periods of hazardous conditions,,, >click to read< 17:36
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