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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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The outdated 1972 federal law protecting the seals has worked well — too well, in fact. Time to stop tagging and start bagging seals – Chris Yerkes, Brewster
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Nations square off at International Whaling Commission conference
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East Coast Fishermen File Lawsuit Over At-Sea Monitoring Mandate
WASHINGTON – Today, Cause of Action is announcing that its clients, David Goethel, owner and operator of F/V Ellen Diane, a 44-foot fishing trawler based in Read More » -
‘This injustice must be reversed’: N.B. lobster Class B fisherman, family make plea for rule change
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U.S. Coast Guard continues to support Hurricane Ida recovery efforts across Southeast Louisiana
The Coast Guard continues to respond to impacts to the waterways and assess the environmental threats across Southeast Louisiana Thursday, post-Hurricane Ida. In partnership with the Read More » -
Sealing was a dangerous job
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Canadians hook into technology to renew their fishing licences
YARMOUTH — The licence renewal process for thousands of Canadian fishermen just got easier. “We moved to an online approach where the harvesters go through the Read More » -
Alaska wild salmon not good enough? – Laine Welch
It might sound like a whopper of a fish story – but Alaska salmon is not good enough for Wal-Mart or the US National Park Service. Read More » -
Galley Stories! Captain Casey McManus-Fishing’s always family, and if you’re lucky, you get a bike!
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Maine’s scallop fishery to face more closures
The regulations are designed to “rebuild the scallop resource” while giving scalloping fishermen a chance to fish, said Trisha DeGraaf, a coordinator with the marine resources Read More » -
Middlemen cause retail fish price to soar
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Green New Deal – Boldest Tactic Yet to Advance U.N. Agenda 21
Most people in America don’t even realize that tentacles of a dangerous United Nations program are being enacted in our nation’s cities and certainly our country, Read More » -
Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association gets another stab at Minas Passage tidal turbine
After an application it filed last July, the Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association is getting another day in court. Justice M. Heather Robertson is presiding Read More » -
Controlling Agreements – Future of N.S. fishery hinges on federal court appeal
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Crab season off to a stormy start
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Environmental groups’ misguided spending on oceans
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A Great Fisherman Throttles Back – ALASKA CAFE
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Nov. 30, 2015
Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 11:02 Read More » -
Crackpot Alert! Replace Lobsterman Statue With Lobster Crushing a Trap, PETA Urges Mayor
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Rhode Island: New Temp License Allows Commercial Fishermen to Sell Seafood Directly to Consumers, Retailers
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Systemic racism: another view
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Oversight Hearing on “Reauthorization: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act” Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:00 AM
PANEL I – Mr. Samuel Rauch National Marine Fisheries Service – Dr. Patrick J. Sullivan – Mr. Richard B. Robins PANEL II – Dr. Ray Hilborn – Mr. Read More »
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