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Red tide destroying fish population in Florida

August 8, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

The largest red tide bloom seen in Florida in nearly a decade has killed thousands of fish in the Gulf of Mexico and may pose a greater health threat if it washes ashore as expected in the next two weeks, researchers said on Thursday. <Read more here> 20:44

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Greenpeace’s sustainability plan apparently includes a multi-million dollar yacht!

August 8, 2014 ENGO

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DFO Officers seize 1,700 kg of rotten fish near Hay River, N.W.T.

August 8, 2014 Canada, Inland Fisheries

Fisheries officers then took out a boat and found two kilometres of abandoned net that had about 1,770 kilograms — roughly 3,900 pounds — of fish that were rotten and <Read more here> 15:44

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The Sea Shepherd Pirate Supporters File RICO Complaint – Ady Gil Sinking Staged, Ruse to Gain Donations – Raised Millions

August 8, 2014 International News, National

Donors claim in court that anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society took donations from them under false pretenses, by intentionally sinking the ship they gave to the cause and then blaming Japanese whalers, to solicit more donations. <Read more here> 14:05

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Regulators hesitate to set elver quota in Maine

August 8, 2014 New England

The board that could set limits on the fishery will revisit the issue in October. Federal regulators balked Thursday at a chance to set a new quota for Maine’s lucrative baby eel fishery. <Read more here> 11:23

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South Shore Fishermen Taking a Beating! FISHY BUSINESS: No vacation, just a battle for fishermen facing regulations

August 8, 2014 New England

Many of us are enjoying the recreation that Scituate’s shores and water access afford both residents and our friends that visit from elsewhere for vacation, despite a few drizzly weekends. Unfortunately, the past month was no vacation for the commercial fisherman. <Read more here> 11:03

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Maine lobstermen get stuck in severe thunderstorm (video and pics)

August 8, 2014 New England

Two days ago I was talking with Skip and the #toughkid about the time we got stuck in a 70 knot thunderstorm my first summer on the boat. <Video, and photos here> 08:45

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Fin-Body Ratios for Smooth Dogfish – Depends on How You Slice It

August 8, 2014 Mid Atlantic

The 2010 Shark Conservation Act prohibits removal of fins at sea for all sharks landed in U.S. Waters, with a glaring exception for smooth dogfish, or smoothhound sharks, <Read more here> 07:38

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Ocean Resource Privatization

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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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