Tag Archives: Charges and convictions
DFO Charges and convictions – Newfoundland and Labrador Region
The following table sets out charges and convictions over the last six months. Read more here 16:45
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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Guest speaker Lobsterman David Spencer reviewed the state of the commercial fishing industry in Rhode Island
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Salmon management suit moved to Alaska
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Poor salmon runs result in low harvests, disaster request
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Gretna, Louisiana fishing captain Nam Nguyen fined $62K for illegal longline fishing
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Some N.B. lobster fishermen tie up in protest over price
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Obama accuses the China of ‘using its size and muscle’ to push other nations out of the South China Sea
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Heiltsuk heartbroken by herring fishery’s re-start, with RCMP protection
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Southeast trollers get bad news from ADF&G
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