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Fishing issues snagging treaty process
Treaty negotiations for the K’ómoks First Nation continue to linger, but Canada hopes to soon resume the process, once it sorts out fishery-related issues. Read more here 21:59
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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Recent Posts
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From seafood to smokables – High hopes for a historic fishing town
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Can Taylor Swift help Canada’s seal meat industry, senate committee asks
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Fish and Game commissioner candidate list whittled to one – Samuel Cotten
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Shrimpers say blackgill mystery may wait in the St. Simons Sound
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Man lied about father dying to get off work on fishing boat
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Striped bass juvenile index falls below average Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Interior of Tacoma commercial fishing boat still burning – Photos
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Retired Commercial Fisherman Joseph C. Whaley Jr. of Narragansett, R.I. has passed away
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Two variations so far – “Canada’s cod, and many other depleted fish, unlikely to recover” and “Study offers bleak outlook for fish recovery”
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Both sides in Scotland’s escalating seal-shooting wars could face charges after a series of dramatic confrontations
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Queenslanders wish to retain their right to buy fresh local caught seafood and oppose any fishing closures.
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F/V Darana R Hosts NOAA Fisheries Scientists During Fall Survey
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update – APRIL 7, 2013
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N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to hold meeting on gill net restrictions
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Maine Offshore wind pilot project advances, decision eyed in 2014
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Federal restrictions hit recreational fishermen
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FISHING leaders in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles move to protect fishing communities
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Lawmakers form Seafood Caucus to help Louisiana fishermen
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Stuck again, fish on board
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A day at sea – Cod, skate, discards and an observer
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Alaska Board of Fisheries spurns Central Peninsula – stigma that this area is dangerous to board members
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MLA back in court this month over federal lobstering rules
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Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman near the Mississippi River Gulf
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Block Island Maritime Institute Lecture Series – 7pm on Tuesday August 6th
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Norfolk Commercial fisherman sentenced for illegal fishing
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