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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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Canada: Gutting of Federal Fisheries Act Remains in Legal Limbo at 1 Year C-38 Anniversary
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – June 19, 2013) – One year ago in an unprecedented attack on nature and democracy Canada passed Bill C-38, which made sweeping Read More » -
Seismic air guns found to harm balance organ in rock lobsters
A team of researchers with the University of Tasmania and Curtin University has found that seismic air guns used for oil and gas exploration can damage Read More » -
Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: June 28, 2022
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Snow crab landing in Bering Sea
The Bering Sea opilio snow crab fishery is slowly moving forward, with 2 percent of the quota landed. Eight vessels made nine landings for a total Read More » -
Who will benefit from Morro Bay wind energy job creation?
California plans to rely on offshore wind energy to achieve its renewable energy goals. The off-shore wind farms are projected to generate 2,000 to 5,000 megawatts Read More » -
BP’s Politico puff piece wasn’t just shady journalism ethics — it was mostly a lie
BP, with a huge assist from the popular Beltway-insider website Politico, stirred up the muddy waters of the Deepwater Horizon spill aftermath this week when it Read More » -
Port of Port Townsend: Marine trades plan for reopening in Phase 2
When the governor first announced his “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order, boat builders in Port Townsend put down their sanders, chisels and saws and headed home. Read More » -
Fish stocks for sale – Maurice Adams, Paradise
With the respect to John Gillett’s recent letter (“Fishermen never wanted a big brother”), let me say that with the amendment to the NAFO agreement a Read More » -
New England Clammers Fishing For Surf Clams (Rare Pictures of A Little Known Fishery)
When I first published a few pictures of this type of fishing boat it was a few images taken in the harbor. I did not know Read More » -
Bluefin tuna being caught in more northern Atlantic Ocean waters of Iceland, Greenland
Scientists say warmer ocean waters are leading to bluefin tuna being caught in more northern Atlantic Ocean waters than ever before. Danish fishermen have caught the Read More » -
Coast Guard capture images of daily operations in support of Hurricane Harvey
A recently rescued Texas resident overlooks the tarmac of Coast Guard Air Station Houston, Aug. 27, 2017. The Coast Guard partners with local Emergency Operations Centers Read More » -
Latest fishing area closures raise fears about fights over shrinking territory
About 300 fishermen from across the Acadian Peninsula held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the latest fishing area closure and their options. Exasperated by the Read More » -
Maine lobsterman who doesn’t have internet is a rising star on YouTube
Leroy Weed has seen it all. He’s seen lobsters in a rainbow of colors. He’s been onboard a boat that’s sunk (extra scary, because he says Read More » -
Skipper may have been operating 55-foot fishing vessel under the influence of both drugs and alcohol
Richmond RCMP said it received a call at around 1:30 p.m. on May 17 of a vessel being operated “erratically” in Steveston Harbour. Upon arrival, officers Read More » -
Trawler can’t clear Ocean City Inlet, Smaller fishing vessel ferries catch
Though an adjusted schedule hastens the arrival of the Currituck to dredge the commercially paralyzed Ocean City Inlet, at least one boat, the Instigator, has begun Read More » -
Data show fewer baby lobsters but fishermen say ‘eggers’ abound
Lobstermen and the agency that oversees them, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), sparred a little over state data on lobster populations that lobstermen said Read More » -
Commercial salmon season finally arrives in the Bay Area
At Monterey Fish Market on Pier 33, one San Francisco fisherman alone brought in 300 pounds of salmon on Tuesday, the first day of the Bay Read More » -
Scary sea stories for Halloween – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini
Once again it’s Halloween. Kodiak fishermen shared some of their real life scary stories with Fish Radio. more@fishradio 15:31 Read More » -
UBC study finds fish species shifting to the north because of climate change
Climate change has been forcing fish to head north in search of cooler seas for nearly four decades, according to newly published research. In paper published Read More » -
Sable Island: Criminal colonists settle on deserted island
The very name Sable Island conjures up romantic images of crazed French prisoners murdering their guards as the penal colony engulfs in the flames of mutiny. Read More » -
FISH-NL calls on FFAW-Unifor to appeal 2018 crab price; questions why union isn’t fighting for inshore harvesters
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the FFAW-Unifor to appeal the price of snow crab set in early Read More » -
Shortage of Workers Expected to Affect Upcoming Gulf Shrimp Season
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Finding help for addicted fishermen
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Michael Shellenberger: Let’s Get Serious, Let’s Go Nuclear
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2019-2020 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Awards Announced
Northeast Fisheries Science Center and the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) have selected 13 projects for awards through the Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program. Read More »
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