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Cowichan News Leader Opinion – Seeing both sides of a local fisheries blockade

May 18, 2014 Canada

The case for Government officials have ignored or run roughshod over the rights of local Natives for as long as there has been a British Columbia.,,read more,, The case against Historical issues are certainly relevant, but ignoring today’s reality would be foolish. Read more here 18:18

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 18, 2014

May 18, 2014 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update here 16:54

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Pompano Beach seafood purveyor conspired to sell live spiny lobster caught in the Florida Keys to China

May 18, 2014 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

The government alleges in the 6-page document that Eric Berman conspired with at least one other person “known to the U.S. Attorney’s Office” to package and ship live lobster harvested in Monroe County to Hong Kong, China, via Miami International Airport. Read more here 16:39

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Unsual lobster catches

May 18, 2014 Canada

As the commercial lobster season winds down in southwestern Nova Scotia, some local fishermen have been hauling up some unusual and eye-catching lobsters in their traps. On May 9, the crew fishing aboard the Ashley Alissa out of Abbot’s Harbour in Pubnico caught a four-clawed lobster in Lobster Bay. Read more here 16:26

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Copper River first salmon prices dip

May 18, 2014 North Pacific

Reports from the first opener at Copper River say it was very slow going. Here’s the news from one highliner: Read more here 10:24

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Charles W. Morgan Begins 38th Voyage

May 18, 2014 National, New England

NEW LONDON, CONN. — The whaleship Charles W. Morgan made history Saturday as it left the Mystic River in Stonington and safely arrived at City Pier in New London just before noon, well ahead of schedule. Read more here 08:29

The Morgan was built in 1841 and has remained docked at Mystic Seaport since 1941. “There isn’t anybody alive today who has seen a whaling ship with her sails up. Think about that,” said the ship’s captain, Kip Files. Read more here

For the First Time in 93 Years, a 19th-Century Whaling Ship Sets SailRead more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/for-the-first-time-93-years-19th-century-whaling-ship-sets-sail-180951410/#i29kODGfp7EVEdQ4.99
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n November 1941, a very tired and dilapidated wooden whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan,was towed by a Coast Guard cutter up the Mystic RiverRead more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/for-the-first-time-93-years-19th-century-whaling-ship-sets-sail-180951410/#i29kODGfp7EVEdQ4.99
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Astonishingly, although the Morgan had been built to last just 25 years, she was already a century old when she was towed into the Mystic Seaport Museum. She was, in whaler’s parlance, a “lucky ship.”Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/for-the-first-time-93-years-19th-century-whaling-ship-sets-sail-180951410/#i29kODGfp7EVEdQ4.99
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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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