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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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Special report: Pebble, and the reality of life in the region for those without commercial fishing permits
Pebble Mine is a story of Alaskans and Native peoples being prohibited from using their natural resources. The mine is of tremendous significance to the Alaska Read More » -
The story of how salmon got to the Great Lakes, told by the man who made it happen
Close to 10 million chinook and coho salmon swim in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior. There were none when Howard Tanner started as the Read More » -
Fish Farts? Yes, Fish Farts! – Fish ‘soundscape’ tells where they are, what they are doing
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch — Fish sounds gives clues to where they are and what they’re doing. More after this – Listen@fishradio Read More » -
Rhode Island Fishermen Arrested for Illegal Striped Bass Fishing
Three Rhode Island men were arrested by state environmental police for activity over the past two months, according to the state Department of Environmental Management. Raymond Read More » -
Eyak Salvaged, Back In Sitka
The Eyak is back in Sitka. Ten days after the 80-foot tender and mail boat ran aground and sank just north of the Goddard hot springs, it’s back afloat — Read More » -
Can anyone save the North Atlantic right whale? A group of South Shore lobstermen say they know what the answer is
By the time Mike Lane shoves off the Cohasset docks, it’s past 8 a.m. — practically lunch time for a lobsterman. But it’s early spring, and Read More » -
Hurricane Harvey Update Statement – Catagory 4 – 600 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017
Hurricane Harvey Tropical Cyclone Update, NWS National Hurricane Center, 600 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017 – Air Force Reserve Reconnaissance aircraft data indicate that Harvey Read More » -
URGENT:::NEW ENGLAND:::Fwd: National Ocean Policy – Fishermen, are you losing your voice and democratic rights?
I’m fwding this message to anyone in the area who’s interested in what the govt. and Big Biz has in store for our ocean—it ain’t about fishing and Read More » -
Blessing of the Fleet pays tribute to commercial fishing families
It was a picture-perfect day Sunday as the sun glistened on the rippling waters of Beaufort Inlet for the 27th annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony, Read More » -
Mid Atlantic Council Approves Changes to Scup Gear-Restricted Areas
During a meeting in Montauk, New York the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved a framework action to modify the boundary of one of the region’s two Read More » -
Inviasve fish, Part 2 — the managing
Addressing invasive species issues requires dealing with two groups resistant to management — fish and people, so sound, scientific principles must be applied but psychology and Read More » -
URI, Greenfins Developing Techniques for Tuna – the first effort in the United States to breed tuna in a land-based aquaculture facility
Swimming around and around in a 20,000 gallon tank at the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus are several large yellowfin tuna captured last fall about Read More » -
Coronavirus threatens California lobster industry
Roughly 95% of commercially caught lobster in California is shipped to China, where customers are willing to pay premium prices. “Traditionally, Chinese New Year is when Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman off the coast of Marquesas Keys, Florida
A fisherman was medically evacuated by a Coast Guard search-and-rescue crew north of Marquesas Keys, Florida, Thursday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received notification from the crew aboard Read More » -
Shem Creek’s Wando dock up for sale, one of last for area shrimp boats
One of Shem Creek’s last remaining shrimp boat docks is quietly up for sale. The loss of the Wando dock could be the tipping point for Read More » -
President Biden’s Offshore Wind Policies Make National Lobster Day a Day to Mourn
National Lobster Day was established by Congress to celebrate the tasty crustacean’s place in American history, culture, and commerce. Sadly, due to President Biden’s offshore wind Read More » -
Last In-First Out (LIFO) policy – DFO official assures advisory panel is ‘arms-length and independent
An official from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says the Ministerial Advisory Panel chosen to assess the Last In-First Out (LIFO) policy on northern shrimp is an Read More » -
Shrimpers wanted for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission research program
The commission, which hopes to begin the test-tow portion of the the program in mid-January and the trap portion about a month after that, is looking Read More » -
Fallout follows after New England plan for protecting herring is shelved after much ado
(AP) — A plan to protect the important Atlantic herring from what many believe is its biggest threat has been shelved indefinitely after years of work Read More » -
Despite Strong Harvest To The South, Commercial Salmon Season Slow In Calif. Klamath Management Zone
“Fisheries have been stronger in the Morro Bay, Avila and San Francisco areas, although we don’t know for certain why that is,” said CDFW environmental scientist Read More » -
Letter: We must work together to preserve fishery, industry – Richard Beal, Gloucester
When I started fishing, everywhere you went you could see boats. They were of all types and sizes, domestic and foreign. There were no regulations. The Read More » -
Trawler ban plan ‘would finish me’, says Bute fisherman
Proposals for a ‘regulating order’ to limit prawn and scallop fishing around the Clyde are likely to wipe out the whole of the ‘mobile’ fishing industry Read More » -
F/V Ocean One breaks from anchor, drifts into Manasquan River railroad bridge
A commercial fishing boat anchored in a Manasquan River cove drifted into a NJ Transit railroad bridge this morning. The bridge spans the Manasquan River between Read More » -
WSJ: Confessions of a Computer Modeler: Any model, including those predicting climate (fishery) doom, can be tweaked to yield a desired result
The climate (substitute climate with fishery) debate is heating up again as business leaders, politicians and academics bombard us with the results of that predict costly Read More » -
N.S. fishing vessel overloaded with fish, fuel, ice and freshwater at time of sinking
In its investigation report released Wednesday, the board said the Atlantic Sapphire should have been carrying no more than 41 long tons of cargo. When it Read More »
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