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Canada mulled withdrawing from program that snagged illegal Chinese fishing boat

June 6, 2014 Canada, International News, National

Canadian authorities last year seriously questioned their continued participation in international efforts to scour the Pacific Ocean for illegal drift net fishing boats. “We internally debated whether we should even continue because we could only identify legitimate fishing vessels,” Fisheries and Oceans Canada conservation and protection director Larry Paike said in an interview. Read more here 18:30

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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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Canada mulled withdrawing from program that snagged illegal Chinese fishing boat

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

A major fisheries advocate, Sitkan Tad Fujioka found dead in apparent bear mauling

International Pacific Halibut commission raises most Alaska harvest limits for 2022

Untangling catch shares with Lee van der Voo – Catch shares have changed fisheries and fishing communities across the U.S.

Skipper David Marr found guilty of not keeping lookout

Dolphin Expert Stephen McCulloch Fired By FAU, Seeks Reinstatement

Fishermen ‘rotted’ N.L.-owned halibut harvested, landed in N.S.

Commerce head seeks ‘more info’ on NOAA probe

Former fish-plant owners lose lawsuit, Daley Brothers’ plant was burned down in a riot by fishermen

Pulp fiction on a glorious summer weekend

UNVEILED: The Last Trip is a ‘fitting tribute’ to lost fishermen

Bottom Fish Heritage: Pew said we should give up our permits, because we’re gonna be put of business anyway,,,

UPDATED: Father-of-four who died in trawler tragedy named, Search for trawler has been stood down

Tagging in Newfoundland showing cod, halibut activity

Happy 105th Birthday, Esther ‘Essie’ Lindeman

Clock ticking as Fraser River slide blocks spawning salmon: Wilkinson

Aging fleet, broken parts force DFO to cancel northern cod stock assessment

Hurricane Dorian: Governor Cooper requests major disaster declaration for NC counties

Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman from F/V Prowler near St. Paul, Alaska

Close ports to Sea Shepherd or risk sharing guilt for its vigilantism

Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished?

Ireland has a helicopter problem. Coast Guard leaves winch operator with injured fisherman at sea

Old Glory convoy headed to Alaska’s Denali National Park in wake of flag ban on construction trucks

American Seafoods struggles with high debt, low fish prices, has ratings agencies warning it may soon default on its massive debt.

Scalloper stranding draws crowd, ice-coated ship appeared as a broken toy of the elements to the spectators

BP caps, plugs equipment believed to be source of recent sheen in Gulf near site of 2010 spill

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