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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44’x17′ Novi Lobster, Gillnetter, Scalloper
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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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FISH-NL calls on Labour Board to conduct vote – FFAW-Unifor’s membership numbers ‘misleading’
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Oregon – Brookings, Newport lead Dungeness crab totals – ranks sixth in the last 15 years.
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The next generation: Tyler Miranda fights for New Bedford fishermen
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Lack of firefighting skills cited in sinking of Nova Scotia trawler that caught fire
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Starkist accused of ‘under filling’ products
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For the first time in almost two decades, a fisherman sold fish straight from his boat at Fisherman’s Wharf.
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Two Mainers plan to build their diesel-electrics for those who want an energy-efficient, lobster boat-style pleasure craft.
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Former FBI Director Louis Freeh: Some corruption in BP settlement program
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FISH-NL recommends DFO immediately suspend extra cod to south coast inshore harvesters
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NMFS seeking feedback on a Discussion Draft re: Electronic Monitoring and Electronic Reporting in fed fisheries:
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Coastal Conservation Association says commercial fishermen exaggerating how many sea turtles impacted by recreational fishing.
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$13.5 million hatchery south of Blackfoot in eastern Idaho to be dedicated Friday will be capable of producing up to 1 million juvenile sockeye annually
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The 2013 King Salmon Run To the Nushagak River is a Success Story
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Teens charged with stealing 400 pounds of yellowtail snapper from a commercial fishing boat
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Fishery policy should by guided by existing managing bodies, not back-door lobbying campaigns
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Don Cuddy: Collaborative research can save the New England groundfish industry
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The Maine Fishing community weighs in on offshore wind development
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‘Huge’ Atlantic lobster washed up in Vancouver likely set free by animal-lovers
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Day’s of Reckoning – Feds seek prison time for Carlos Rafael; sentencing Monday, Tuesday
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Where’s the fight for our fishery? – Phil Earle, Carbonear
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The outdated 1972 federal law protecting the seals has worked well — too well, in fact. Time to stop tagging and start bagging seals – Chris Yerkes, Brewster
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The Women Doing Canada’s Most Dangerous Job: Fishing
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Please support our local commercial fishermen
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Enviros Petition for Immediate and Permanent Rule Making to Prohibit Fishing for Gulf of Maine Cod
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Mi’kmaw fisher won’t participate in restorative justice process
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