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Final Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan

August 29, 2014 National

NOAA destroying fishermen The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) is now available. Amendment 7 is intended to meet several objectives, which are driven by statutory mandates under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, including to: Read more here 16:41

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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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Final Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan

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

Recent Posts

Feinstein: Environmentalists no help on California drought

American Somoa misses out on quota transfer fisheries revenues

And in New Jersey, Now They Want to Privatize Wildlife Management – No, I’m Not Kidding

No worries! – BSEE, Coast Guard Responding to Loss of Well Control Incident in Gulf of Mexico

Seward guide business ‘Miller’s Landing’ charged with fishing violations

New Concept Design Provides Comfort And Economy

Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 42′ F/W Novi Lobster/Scalloper,1979, Lobster,Scalloper Fiberglass over Wood, John Deere

At Fishermen’s Terminal – Annual blessing honors fishing fleet as season begins

Ryan Cleary – Russell Wangersky’s column demands a response

The Louisiana Senate approves commercial fishing tax break

Communities to kick off boat blessing ceremonies

Capelin count: DFO spending $2.4M to study fishery ‘linchpin’

Commercial Crab Vessel Skipper Fined $15,000

Maine: Bills to address commercial license glitches

Canada announces deal with France on contentious Atlantic halibut fishery

Body of missing fisherman from Port Norris found in Delaware

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update April 20, 2014

Virginia fisherman sentenced for illegally harvesting $37K worth of striped bass

Northeast fishing chief: Devastating cuts coming – said blame for the situation goes to managers, because “we set the rules and clearly the rules have failed.”

Fishing Vessel Nite Owl was from Golden Meadow

Seawall fails at Portsmouth fish pier

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Cautious, healthy and critical. Northern shrimp stocks a mixed bag, suggest DFO’s latest numbers

John Sackton: Are the big NGOs winning the marine monument battle, but losing the war?

Jolly moves to eliminate guesswork from fishing regulations with third party data collection

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