Tag Archives: A Sunny Monday
Sunny Monday in Newlyn.
Sardine boat, Pelagic Marksman upon the hard for a pre-season hull check… Lots of great phots! >click to review< 16:07
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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ITS HUGE! Grey Sole limits nearly doubled as scientists use ’empirical approach’ to set new specifications
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Windfall of €8m for family at heart of Atlantic Dawn fishing group
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New England Fishery Management Council Webinar Meeting, April 14th-15th, 2020
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Efforts underway to streamline fisheries disaster relief
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Virginia charter boat operator admits illegal striped bass catch
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Fiberglass Lobster/Longliner 575HP John Deere
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Garibaldi – Home of World-Class Dungeness Crab Thanks to Experienced, Professional Commercial Fishing Fleet
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The Port St. Joe Port Authority takes first steps on dredging channel
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Gulf of Alaska bycatch issue simmering in Kodiak – as debate continues over whether a catch share program would solve the problem.
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Fish Trawler With Over 80 People On Board Has Caught Fire In Sea Of Okhotsk
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Non-pelagic trawlers hit halibut limit in Gulf, BSAI plaice TAC achieved
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Maine gets another 4.7 million pounds of pogy, or menhaden, but will likely need more bait fish
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A Big Decline of River Herring – Tiny stones in fish hold clues to help restore populations
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Still waiting for NOAA FOIA Docs?? “No, no, no, don’t fulfill the FOIA request,” Send it here to the White House!
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Six-hour purse seine chum fishery to open in Amalga Harbor
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Baker – The axeman cometh for DFO and Coast Guard?
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Washington state Senate votes to close loophole on shark fins
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Fish council eyes limits on catch shares- Amendment 18 — the ‘“fleet diversity and accumulation caps” action, Really??
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Fishing boat sinks after collision with cargo ship off Tynemouth coast
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North Carolina Fishermen prepare for hearing on southern flounder fishery
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Connecticut: Commercial Fisherman Sues State For False Prosecution
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Dungeness crab fleet readies for opener as weather hampers season start for some
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Salmon canning jobs dwindling as consumer tastes change, says Canfisco
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Steps taken in Chatham Mass. to protect oysters, public health
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NOAA – Dolphin deaths an “Unusual Mortality Event” in the Mid-Atlantic
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