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N.C. gill net limits hurt watermen’s livelihoods

May 26, 2014 Mid Atlantic

John Norris stiffly eased down into his flat-bottom boat using a small step ladder and a helping hand from his fishing partner and wife, Brenda. If he tilts too far, he falls over. Norris, a 68-year-old commercial waterman, is being treated for cancer. He’s had operations on both knees and shoulders, and he carries vertical and horizontal scars more than 12 inches long crisscrossing his torso. Read more here 09:57

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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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N.C. gill net limits hurt watermen’s livelihoods

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

Recent Posts

After months of outcry from fishermen, Cape Sharp Tidal prepares to deploy Bay of Fundy turbine

Leaving as soon as possible – Oil supply ship to resume search for missing fishing boat off St. Lawrence

Ocean Cleanup Device Malfunctions

Chesapeake Bay Commercial Fishermen’s Association – Maryland Watermen’s symposium set at Chesapeake College April 18

Economic Resumption? Business Picks up Pace in China, Global Recovery Pace Uncertain

Clare Island fisherman takes action to stop fibreoptic cable project off Co Mayo

Pushing the PFD message with fishermen

Did government go overboard in prosecuting fisherman? Justices hear case of John Yates and the missing grouper + 3 other articles

This fisherman is determined to fight the rising tide of government quotas

Lake Michigan Commercial Fisherman Robert E. Strege has passed away

Scientists say black Sea bass behavior could be affected by offshore wind

Open-net pen salmon farms ending in Norway?

Captain Sig Hansen on riding out the Coronavirus pandemic on the Bering Sea – What a Time to be Alive.

Warning of Potential Conflict Between Fishing Industry and Energy Developers

Coast Guard notes communications dead zones in Southeast

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Two East Coast Fishermen Sue Biden Administration Over Mid-Atlantic Fishing Restrictions

The Bahamas: No Chinese Commercial Fishing Allowed

Prawn trawler crew rescued from sinking boat off Far North Queensland coast

Good Samaritans rescue 4 from fishing boat fire off Pillar Point Harbor

Coronavirus: COVID-19 concerns delays southern N.B. lobster season 1 month, other fisheries scheduled to start on set dates

Lobster barges have anchored in Greenwich’s Mianus River since the ’70s. The state says they must go.

‘Questioning our Changing Oceans’ panel discussion at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum

Alaska Board of Fisheries leaves dipnetters alone, preserves 24-hour fishing

More absurdness from the Division of Marine Fisheries

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