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“Our federal government is basically slapping us in the face,” Inshore Fisherman Jason Spence

April 10, 2014 Canada

Newfoundland fishermen protest Canadian inshore shrimp quota cut – “If somebody doesn’t draw the line, and step up to the plate for us, we are finished,” he said. Read more here undercurrentnews 16:32

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Flawed Science, Flawed Agency. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns Flawed Judgement on behalf of NOAA/NMFS

April 10, 2014 New England

U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns has ruled in favor of NOAA in the federal lawsuit filed by Massachusetts charging that NOAA failed to utilize the best science available last year when instituting draconian cuts to groundfish catch limits, as well as failing to consider the adverse economic impact of those cuts. Coakley, in a statement, said her office is reviewing its option for appeal of Stearns’ ruling. Read more here at GDT 15:30 Judgement here

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Anyone tryin to listen to NPFMC meeting? Try here!

April 10, 2014 National

having problems with webex broadcasting the Council meeting. Try
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/npfmc 14:23

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Forage Fish Science Explained!

April 10, 2014 Marine Science

See more here! 12:48

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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing F/V Yvonne Michelle Fisherman Rene Lopez

April 10, 2014 Mid Atlantic

The Coast Guard suspended its search at about 9 a.m. Thursday for a 30-year-old man who was reported missing from a fishing boat 45 miles east of Manasquan Inlet Wednesday. Missing is Rene Lopez of Newport News, Va. A crewmember from the fishing boat Yvonne Michelle contacted Coast Guard watchstanders via VHF-FM Channel 16 at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and reported Lopez was missing and believed to have fallen overboard. Report here 12:35

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Reidar’s Manufacturing recieves loan through the South Eastern Economic Development Corporation

April 10, 2014 New England

Two local businesses, the Inn on Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett and Reidar’s Manufacturing in New Bedford, are the latest recipients of loans through the South Eastern Economic Development Corporation. SEED said the loans will allow the companies to grow and create some 20 new jobs. Read more here 11:34

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Montauk fishermen take criticism of offshore wind to feds

April 10, 2014 Mid Atlantic, Offshore Wind/Industrialization

Workers from the federal office in charge of leasing offshore lands to wind farms knew they were facing a skeptical audience when they traveled to Montauk Tuesday morning to discuss their leasing program with Montauk fishermen. Read more here windwatch.org 10:06

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Charles Schumer: Senate bill would fix fluke fishing rules

April 10, 2014 Mid Atlantic

Provisions from Schumer’s bill that will be added to Senate reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation Act include: A mandate for a new plan for management of the fluke fishery based on “best available science,” instead of outdated or flawed fisheries data. Consideration of the migratory movement of fluke in allocating commercial and recreational catch quotas. Read more here newsday 09:32

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Jim Budi dismantles Sammy Fretwell’s Oceana talking points about the S.C. shrimp industry

April 10, 2014 National

In the article “Careless fishing causes depletion of marine life” by Sammy Fretwell, reporting on an Oceana study, readers were misled by out-of-context statistics and by omissions. The report painted a bleak picture of wild-caught shrimp, ignoring the reality of a vastly improved conservation landscape. Read more here 09:27

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Ship safety systems still voluntary, despite TSB pleas

April 10, 2014 Canada

A federal initiative to improve safety on fishing vessels remains voluntary, despite being repeatedly flagged by the Transportation Safety Board, which believes it should be made mandatory. Read more here 08:10

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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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