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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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Biscayne National Park’s General Management Plan – No-fishing zone no solution to coral loss
Were Charles Dickens alive today, it’s possible that the drama surrounding the inclusion of a no-fishing zone in Biscayne National Park’s General Management Plan (GMP) could Read More » -
Offshore Wind Farms: Who determines energy policy in North Carolina?
Are offshore wind farms a job creating investment that makes North Carolina’s energy portfolio more environmentally friendly? That is debatable, but, more important, who gets to Read More » -
Coast Guard rescues 4 from a grounded, capsized fishing vessel in Coos Bay
A Coast Guard boat crew rescued four people from a commercial fishing vessel Thursday that sank in Coos Bay. The 40-foot Darean Rose capsized and sank Read More » -
Fishing industry rattled as white spot disease breaks barriers
It was the outbreak they were expecting, but hoping would never come to pass. Concern and uncertainty seem to the prevailing moods amongst the Queensland commercial Read More » -
Oyster lease bid plan unpopular with Louisiana’s oyster industry
A draft of proposed legislation to lift the moratorium on new oyster leases in Louisiana doesn’t even have a sponsor yet, but two provisions in it Read More » -
Scat may contain clues to marine mammals’ Southern California deaths
Lowry, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration biologist, hoped the pungent material contained answers to why at least 2,250 dehydrated and underweight sea lions started showing Read More » -
Commercial Lobster diver caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off Provincetown Friday morning
A commercial lobster diver was seriously injured Friday morning when he was caught in the mouth of a humpback whale feeding off Race Point, his sister said. Michael Packard, Read More » -
New England Offshore Areas Will Reopen for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. Beginning this January, fishermen will be able to target abundant stocks of Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs on portions of Georges Bank that Read More » -
Washington again delays commercial crabbing on south coast
Commercial crab fishing continues to be delayed on a portion of Washington’s southern coast. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday that tests show Read More » -
Dogfish harvest to stay same in ’19 as fishermen seek market
Federal ocean managers are allowing the same level of harvest of smooth dogfish, a small species of shark that members of the East Coast seafood industry Read More » -
Tourism, Indigenous groups welcome WA’s South Coast Marine Park, but opposition from commercial fishers
The Western Australian government has proposed closing a quarter of waters between Bremer Bay and the South Australian border to all fishing under its new south Read More » -
An oceanographer at the University of Rhode Island has been appointed to a White House ocean science advisory post.
The university said Wednesday that S. Bradley Moran will serve as assistant director for ocean sciences in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Read More » -
Golden king crab stocks around Aleutians thriving
Amidst the salmon fisheries starting up all across the state, several Alaska crab seasons also get underway each summer. In mid-June, the summer Dungeness crab fishery Read More » -
Gulf of Carpentaria trawl operators on track to cut bycatch by one third with new prawn net devices
Trawler operators in the Gulf of Carpentaria believe they’re on track to achieving an ambitious target of cutting bycatch by 30 per cent in three years. Read More » -
Against the wind
Visiting southern New Jersey this summer, I kept seeing yard signs that read “Stop the Windmills—Save Our Coast.” The posters were rallying opposition to the massive Read More » -
Hermaphrodite Crab Spotted Near Deal Island
A rare catch in the Tangier Sound left many watermen puzzled. The strange crab seemed to display both male and female characteristics. It’s almost as if Read More » -
Hurricane Ida: Shrimper Norman Bouisse survives 13 hours on capsized boat. Grant Bundy came to get him.
As a shrimper, he’s called Lafitte home for seven decades. “To me, it’s the best place,” he said. He thought he’d seen it all. “This is Read More » -
‘The people’s fish’: Atlantic mackerel stocks have collapsed – can a moratorium bring them back?
Canada’s Atlantic mackerel population is a shadow of what it once was, and its decline threatens the well-being of the people who depend on it. Mackerel Read More » -
Kenai River Sportfisherman’s Association Anti-setnet initiative spurs protests
As next Wednesday’s Alaska Supreme Court hearing on an initiative banning commercial setnet fishing in Cook Inlet approaches, tensions grow on the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Read More » -
Arrests and seizures – DFO releases another 2,500 pounds of lobster into Digby harbor!
Just days after seizing 1,350 pounds of lobster and returning the live fish into the Annapolis Basin on Aug. 26, Fishery officers from Digby made another Read More » -
F/V Bing Bing: “If it wasn’t for this woman”- Fishermen OK after 55-foot boat sinks off Scituate coast
Pam Harght was working from her home in Marshfield Tuesday afternoon when something outside caught her attention. She was on a business call at her desk Read More » -
The fate of the Northwest’s largest energy provider may decide future of our salmon
When they were first built, Columbia River dams like Grand Coulee and Bonneville were technological wonders that placed the Pacific Northwest on the edge of the Read More » -
Boat Goes Down Near Matinicus, One Fisherman Recovered, 2 missing, Search Continues
Coast Guard search and rescue crews saved one person and are looking for two others after a fishing boat sank near Matinicus Island, Maine, Saturday. Watchstanders at the Read More » -
Feds say all fisheries must operate within the commercial season. Mike Sack says ‘not going to happen’
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan said in a statement on Wednesday that Ottawa will not issue licenses to fisheries that operate outside the federal commercial season. Last Read More » -
A Sad Update: Fishermen found clinging to capsized boat after major search and rescue operation
Fishermen have been found clinging to the hull of an upturned boat after a major search and rescue operation was launched last night. Three lifeboats and Read More »
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