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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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Looking Back: 2007-Wake up New Jersey before more of your tax dollars are wasted on Governor Corzine’s offshore windfarm
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Skeena Sockeye Collapse: BC Fisheries Closed While Alaskans Keep Fishing – BC Conservationists Challenge Alaskans to Put Sustainability First
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FISH-NL: Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc missing boat on problems plaguing industry
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is outraged with an attack by the federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans on the Read More » -
Red Lobster Criticized For Decimating Biscuit Populations Along Cheddar Bay
CHEDDAR BAY, ME—Warning that local stocks had been depleted to dangerous levels, environmentalists criticized Red Lobster on Wednesday for its part in decimating biscuit populations along Read More » -
Legal fight over Open Hydro continues
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Restore the oyster dredger Vanguard! Plea to help fund restoration of Essex boat used at Dunkirk
The Vanguard Restoration Foundation hopes to restore the oyster dredger Vanguard by securing the vital £500,000 needed to have it rebuilt. This year marks the 75th Read More » -
Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery Closed at Anacapa Island and the East End of Santa Cruz Island Due to Public Health Hazard
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham has enacted a commercial spiny lobster fishery closure effective immediately. State health agencies determined that Read More » -
LI fishermen see ‘tough’ days ahead as NYC restaurants back in lockdown
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Process local lobster first, say Val Comeau fishermen after devastating processing plant fire
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Commercial anglers aren’t hoarding snapper
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Santa Barbara Poaching Commercial Fisherman Sentenced in Abalone Case
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East Hampton fishing for stiffer laws against ‘organized crab crime ring’ stealing bushels of shellfish
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Developer: Belfast woman has no standing to challenge $250M Bucksport salmon farm
A Belfast woman lives too far from a proposed $250 million indoor salmon farm in Bucksport to appeal a wastewater discharge permit state regulators have issued. Read More » -
NJ Senate influenced by the Humane Society moves to ban shark fin trade
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Commercial fishermen talk offshore wind concerns
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Try, try again: FISH-NL making second push to unseat FFAW
The union, which formed three years ago, has learned from its first failure and adjusted tactics accordingly, said its president. “This has been a long, hard Read More » -
Jerry Leeman: 350 years of experience
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Coronavirus: Flattening the economy to control COVID-19 will have limited benefits at high costs
In 2016, U.S. economist Larry Summers, commenting on the release of a report titled The Neglected Dimension of Global Security: A Framework to Counter Infectious Disease Read More » -
Growing pains as companies try to move fish farms from ocean to land
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‘To honor the lobstermen,’ Bailey Island artist paints their portraits
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F/V Nicola Faith: Body found off Wirral coastline confirmed as missing fisherman Ross Ballantine
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Maine has a dangerous lobster dependence, without a Plan B
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SEA-NL questions results of fish pricing review when skippers weren’t involved; study wasn’t broad enough
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Outgoing fishing leader warns of challenges facing local fleet
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