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Hearing November 19th! State of the 2019-20 Dungeness Crab Season and Putting Fish Friendly Highways in the Fast Lane

November 17, 2019 Pacific

Senator Mike McGuire, Chair of the. Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (JCFA), and Assemblymember Mark Stone, Vice Chair, are hosting an important hearing next week on two critical topics: the upcoming Dungeness crab season and how fish passage barriers on our state highways are impacting species recovery. The hearing, titled: State of the 2019-20 Dungeness Crab Season and Putting Fish Friendly Highways in the Fast Lane will be held this coming. Tuesday, November 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at the State Capitol in Room 112. >click to read< 14:18

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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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Hearing November 19th! State of the 2019-20 Dungeness Crab Season and Putting Fish Friendly Highways in the Fast Lane

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

Threatened Government Shutdown Threatens Crab Fishery… Again

There’s something wrong with cod

Commercial Fishing Boat Runs Aground Near China Camp In Marin County

BREAKING: Crews battle 4-alarm fire at San Francisco’s Pier 45 at Fisherman’s Wharf

Restoration efforts put spotlight on once plentiful alewives (“river herring,”)

Charleston Fishing Families launches fund to assist families of fishermen in need

Public Hearings for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment

Nils E. Stolpe: Flotsam and Jetsam FishNet-USA/December 8, 2013

Study: Seismic Testing Disrupts Fish Behavior

UPDATED: Coast Guard rescues 2, searches for third near Coos Bay, Ore. – Coast Guard locates body of missing woman

‘Wicked Tuna’ will be filmed out of Ilwaco? Sorry Charley. There’s only one “Wicked Tuna”!

Scientist study the potential of marine material typically tossed overboard by the Scallop Fishery

PUC rules UMaine off shore wind farm proposal must be made public – dashed the university’s hope to keep confidential the details

Turtle Island Restoration Network sponsors bill to phase out gill nets, moves forward in Legislature

Fishermen catch a 1,076 pound Mako, second-largest shark ever from Nova Scotia waters

Commercial Fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone – What was being caught and where back to 1950

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 34′ Fiberglass Duffy Tuna/Lobster, 220HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere

Elver penalties mount amid extra scrutiny in Maine – Up to 14 fishermen face license suspensions

Northern shrimp fishery faces potential permanent closure

ASMFC 2013 Spring Meeting Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT – Listen via webinar

5 Houma residents cited for oyster refrigeration regulation violations

North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting continues in Nome, Listen Live!

Westport feeling deep loss after fishing tragedy

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 31, 2016

Bad weather? Rough seas? No problem for Florida fishermen looking for their money catch

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