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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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Mississippi River freshwater and sediment diversions criticized by George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fishermen
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 25, 2018
>Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >Click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<10:04 Read More » -
Massachusetts Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Wednesday, August 7, 2013
The Commonwealth’s 2013 commercial striped bass quota of 997,869 pounds is projected to be taken by the end of the day on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. Read More » -
Do these Georgia waterways support “significant” commercial activity? A federal agency says no
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the agency hasn’t dredged nine Georgia waterways in decades – and there hasn’t been much impact as a result. Read More » -
Opinion: Cook Inlet’s commercial fisheries define region’s culture, traditions By Emilie Springer
homernews.com – The fight over who gets what and how to divide access between sport and commercial fisheries is complicated. There are all perspectives of voices Read More » -
Investors bet on farmed kelp being Alaska’s next seafood export
In the remote waters of Larsen Bay, off the coast of Kodiak Island, an experiment is underway. Two types of kelp are strung on lines in Read More » -
Maine tidal power company awarded $5 million in federal grant money (comments reflect skepticism)
One of the U.S. Department of Energy grants was worth $1.9 million and will help the company develop new ways to monitor tidal current, according to Read More » -
Norway Battling ‘Russian Invasion’ of Salmon, Fishermen Urged to Kill ‘Occupiers’
Norway is facing an invasion of humpback salmon, informally known as “Russian salmon”, Norwegian researchers have warned. According to them, the intrusion is gaining momentum, and Read More » -
Spectre of draggers returning to cod fishery drives FFAW to call to reinstate moratorium
Newfoundland and Labrador’s fisheries union is calling on the federal government to revert its decision to end the moratorium on cod fishing and reinstate a stewardship Read More » -
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Ready To SLASH Fluke Catch Quota
A dramatic collapse in the reproduction of summer flounder off the East Coast may mean a sharp cut in the catch quota for both commercial and Read More » -
Fishing company loses bid to avoid paying $500k to dead men’s families
The Court of Appeal has thrown out a second bid by a fishing company to avoid paying half a million dollars in total to the families Read More » -
Gulf of Maine Cod Peer Review Meeting – Live Streaming Information for Aug. 28-29, 2014
Scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service say the amount of cod spawning in the Gulf of Maine is estimated to be three to four percent Read More » -
As Our Climate Changes, We Must Base Our Policies in Sound Science – Richard Merrick, Chief Scientist for NMFS
For some people, climate change is just a theoretical possibility. But ask fishermen, and many will tell you that climate change is well underway. Along the Read More » -
Copper failure
The commercial fishing season for Copper River salmon – the most coveted of Alaska fish – is shaping up as a disaster for the isolated fishing Read More » -
South coast Newfoundland fishers angered by short notice on closure of 3Ps cod fishery
Ross Durnford of Fortune has seven deep freezers powered up to keep 1,000 pounds of bait frozen until next cod fishing season, after the Department of Read More » -
Cod and costs: Lawsuit says groundfishing industry will collapse under cost of new federal mandate
Maine fishermen would be among those hardest hit by a new federal mandate that requires groundfishing boat captains to pay for at-sea monitors, critics say. The Read More » -
Final services for Miss Ally fishermen this week
Two weeks of memorial services for the five fishermen lost on the Miss Ally will end with a final service, one for Katlin Nickerson on Saturday, March Read More » -
Shutdown to delay fish Saltonstall-Kennedy grants
The original NOAA timetable for awarding the funds, estimated at between $5 million and $10 million, set Sept. 29 as the deadline for proposals, followed by Read More » -
Convicted deputy now suing ‘Codfather’ for $600,000
A trip that was meant to end with Antonio Freitas asking his girlfriend to marry him in France, instead resulted in the former Bristol County deputy Read More » -
Fishermen’s Wives Calendar for 2017 now available!
Fishermen’s Wives are super proud of our 1st Newport Fisherman’s Wives Calendar and ever so thankful that we and the community came together to keep our Read More » -
BC Fishermen Stuck in the Middle of DFO Legal Battle
B.C. fishermen say they’re stuck in the middle of what has turned into a legal battle between the federal fisheries department and five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations. Read More » -
New Proposed Vessel Speed Regulations and New Draft Ropeless Gear Roadmap to Boost Protection of North Atlantic Right Whales
Today, NOAA Fisheries announced two important steps in a series of actions the agency is taking to protect and conserve North Atlantic right whales. We announced Read More » -
US offshore wind projects pelted with suits to end, delay progress
There are 13 cases pending in federal courts targeting offshore wind projects, according to the American Clean Power Association, an offshore wind trade group. An undetermined Read More » -
Bodega Bay – Optimism for the coming Dungeness crab season is building
Optimism for the coming Dungeness crab season is building amid growing evidence that last year’s historic problems with toxic algae along the California coast may not Read More » -
New criticism surrounds federal decision to break Arctic surf clam monopoly
One month after the federal fisheries minister announced a new licence for an important clam fishery would be awarded to a partnership of Indigenous groups from Read More »
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