Enviro group says it may sue NMFS and Coast Guard to prevent whale deaths from ship strikes

March 4, 2020 International News, National, New England, Pacific

The Center for Biological Diversity, which has an office in Los Angeles, alleges that the government agencies are ignoring the requirements of the Endangered Species Act in agency consultations, studies and actions such as speed limits in shipping lanes or protecting critical habitat areas. Ship strikes are a leading cause of death and injuries to whales migrating along California’s coast and are more lethal than previously understood >click to read< 16:22

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

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A Lecture by Robert Finch – Newfoundland’s Vanished Fishery Sounds a Cautionary Note

QUOC Viet, a Vietnamese company, bidding to become world’s first Aquaculture Stewardship Council approved shrimp producer,

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Sockeye market volatile, say industry experts – Boat prices dropping, What about Wholesale/Retail?

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Video fish survey simple in concept, challenging in execution

High Court Clears Way for Bristol Bay Initiative

Major fire rips through Nova Scotia seafood plant

Beaufort County fish whisperer retires with this advice on Lowcountry living

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Financially troubled American Seafoods debt deal underway amid Rokke return talk

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Fishermen Down East upset over Department of Marine Resources pending plans to curtail scalloping

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NEFMC and NMFS Seek Comments on Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

Maurice Noonan, a fisherman from Bay de Verde, was fined $40,500 last month for snow crab fishing violations committed during the 2008 and 2010 fishing seasons.

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Whole Foods partners with American Tuna, expands Pole & Line Tuna and Deck Hand Premium Cat Food lines

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