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Is there a Global Illegal Fishing Crisis? A Quick Look at the Problems with Fisheries Crime Estimation

November 6, 2014 International News

A leading issue in the marine conservation arena is the global and large-scale nature of illegal fishing. Various NGOs have made Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing a key target of their campaigns, and indeed, you find that IUU is generally used as a proxy term for “illegal fishing”. Just off the top of my head, I can tell you that ,,, Read the rest here 15:36

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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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Is there a Global Illegal Fishing Crisis? A Quick Look at the Problems with Fisheries Crime Estimation

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

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week – 48′ Fiberglass Gillnetter, 480HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo 160C, Aux Gen, Permits

Final tab for Cohen Commission tops $37 million

P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is happy the province is seeking to become ‘Canada’s Food Island’

Meet Brendan Taylor, one of Foodstuffs’ ‘best’ commercial fishermen

Gloucester Daily Times Opinion: Innovative S-K bids deserve funding

Baffin Fisheries buying $72M fishing vessel

Bristol Bay bust – Bristol Bay salmon prices hit rock bottom

Coast Guard medevacs skipper suffering from chest pains 55 miles east of Gloucester, Mass.

The Sheriff, The Chief, and The Saltwater Cowboy Smugglers from Marco

N.J., N.E., to Consider Fund to Compensate Fishermen for Revenue Lost to Offshore Wind Development

British Columbia: Steveston-based fisher says industry faces uncertain future amid Coronavirus

High Drama! You know what boat I’m pullin’ for. Hard Merch – Wicked Tuna: Season 2, Episode 15 Preview

F/V Scandies Rose: Survivor Jon Lawler’s Wrenching Testimony, Experts note serious flaws in a USCG regulation

Blessing boats for safe endeavors and a good harvest

Fishing groups sue Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District

One month into the season, Bristol Bay halibut fishermen harvest a quarter of the quota

Retired Commercial Fisherman/Dr. Roland August Hublou has passed away in Everett

Show Me the Benefits: 10 Years in, What Have Marine Protected Areas Accomplished?

Fishery resource state at Newfoundlands Grand Bank assessed

Middletown Township Committee Demands Halt on Offshore Wind Energy Plans for NJ Coastline

Con groups propose total lobster fishing ban

FISH-NL: Northern cod fall fishery a circus, breeding unrest and contempt between fishermen and fleets

‘Did She Die for Your Fish Filet?’

Will river water save Louisiana’s coast or kill the marsh?

‘Perfect Storm’ Captain Linda Greenlaw to speak at Fisherman’s Memorial Service

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