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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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Booming lobster season being reported in western Nova Scotia – Prices Holding!
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Dr. Molly Lutcavage – Environmental Bullies: How Conservation Ideologues Attack Scientists Who Don’t Agree With Them.
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New fish hatchery opening up next month
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Growing wings for southwest Nova lobster a priority
Last fall, the Zhangzidao Group, a Chinese seafood giant, purchased a lobster processing plant in Eastern Passage. Its subsidiary – Capital Seafoods International – will be Read More » -
Maine shutting down more scallop areas to protect harvest
Maine officials say the state’s shutting down a few high traffic scallop fishing areas to prevent overfishing. The Maine Department of Marine Resource is closing Sand Read More » -
The Prime Minister of Canada announces the National Oceans Protection Plan
Whether facing the Atlantic, Pacific or Arctic oceans, the health and protection of our coasts are critical to our environment, our economy, and to all Canadians. Read More » -
NTSB: Wreckage Believed to be Missing Ship El Faro Found
A search team on board a U.S. Navy tug has found what they believe is the wreckage of the missing American cargo ship El Faro in Read More » -
Boudreau family makes local shipbuilding history
The largest modern fishing boat ever manufactured on Isle Madame hit the water in October. Father and son duo Adolphe and Shawn Boudreau completed construction on Read More » -
WildEarth Guardians seeks doubling of marine species protected by Endangered Species Act
Of the 1,475 U.S. species protected by the landmark 40-year-old law, only 94 live in the oceans. The conservation group WildEarth Guardians contends there is no Read More » -
UCIDA again sues over fed management of Cook Inlet salmon fishery
UCIDA and Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund are suing the National Marine Fisheries Service over the decision to transfer control of the fishery from federal to state Read More » -
The last original Fisherman of Leigh has died at the age of 93
Ken Dolby was born in Leigh in 1927, and fished in his boat Britannia 2, LO199 for the greater part of his life. He was a Read More » -
State of Crabbing in Norton Sound: Less Sea Ice, Fewer Crabs — and Fewer Crabbers
The commercial quota for winter Norton Sound crabbers this season is just over 12,000 pounds: less than half of the amount last winter, and about a Read More » -
“Retired” Commercial Fisherman Carroll Richard Johnson of Fortuna, has passed away
Carroll Richard Johnson passed away unexpectedly on January 27, 2023. Carroll, the oldest of three children, was born on August 17, 1953, to Shirley Irene Swall Read More » -
Gulf of Alaska cod stocks at all-time lows
Pacific cod numbers in the Gulf of Alaska are at all-time lows, according to early looks at data collected from the 2017 summer survey. Steve Barbeaux, Read More » -
Brian Rothschild Testifies at the Boston Listening Hearning and Identifies 9 Discussion Issues Relevant to the Reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act
Yesterday, November 4, Brian Rothschild testified in front of several federal, state, and local government leaders at the Boston Listening Hearing, hosted by Senator Warren, Senator Read More » -
Tensions reach boiling point over net-free fishing zones
Tensions have reached boiling point in some fishing grounds along the Queensland coast, with one industry representative alleging guns have been drawn between commercial operators. “The Read More » -
Inuit father faces backlash after posting photo of son with hunted beluga whale on Twitter
An Inuit father who posted a photo on Twitter expressing pride in his son’s first beluga whale harvest says he’s received a lot of online backlash Read More » -
We would like to extend our Deepest Condolences to the family of Timmy Sobotka of Wanchese.
Timothy Ira Sobotka, 48, of Wanchese, NC died Thursday, January 9, 2020. Born in Riverhead, NY on October 1, 1971, he was the son of Frank Read More » -
Coast Guard saves disabled clam boat near Provincetown
A Coast Guard crew from Station Point Allerton, Massachusetts, assisted a disabled clam boat 11 miles northwest of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Friday. At about 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Read More » -
Anti-Pebble Initiative Clears Signature Hurdle
A group opposed to the proposed Pebble Mine has secured enough signatures to get their initiative on the ballot. On Tuesday, the Division of Elections counted Read More » -
Shrimp Fishermen discover body of missing Cuban floating in Gulf of Mexico
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Tuna goes for $323,000 at Tokyo fish market’s final New Year auction
In the final New Year’s auction at Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market on Friday, the owner of an international sushi restaurant shelled out more than $300,000 Read More » -
Opinion: Lawsuit against wind farm is shortsighted
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 24, 2018
>Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<13:08 Read More » -
Depredation: Whales and the Violent Fight for Fish on the Line
In the Gulf of Alaska, as well as in longline fisheries throughout the world from the Bering Sea to the Antarctic and tropical waters between, toothed Read More »
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