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I’ve been getting lots of emails asking about that Close the NMFS Regional Office Petition!

February 25, 2013 National

My mail box is loaded with emails from people looking for the link to sign the petition! Here it is.

Dear Chairwoman Mikulski and members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations:

http://fishermen.wufoo.com/forms/close-the-nmfs-northeast-regional-office/

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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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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price List for June 11, 2014 has arrived!

Training for new recruits needs to be extended says Seafish.

Sam Novello urges eased whiting limits – Getting the bureaucracy run around

Protesters rally against fracking as oil industry claims it is ‘safe’ by Dan Bacher

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME DIVISION OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES NEWS RELEASE

Project hopes to define lobster brand for one of nation’s iconic foods

Historic West Coast fishing vessel Stephanie to be restored

Caribbean Fishery Management Council to hold public hearing Monday

Hawaii lawmakers hold public meeting on foreign fishermen

Coast Guard, CDC: We’ll change mask rule, but for now won’t enforce masks on fishing boats, commercial vessels, ferries

Bristol RI to consider boater’s insurance mandate

Michigan Commercial Fishery Under Radar

Longtime leader Robin Samuelsen to be honored at Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle

Prowler Fisheries, aka Alaska Longline Company will move offices to Seattle – Site the high cost of Affordable Care Act in Alaska

Amidst Speculation, Investigative Committee Detains One Over Sea of Okhotsk Trawler Tragedy

Halibut catches down 11% – Early start for fishery

Dungeness crab fleet readies for opener as weather hampers season start for some

Fishers, St. Vincent Harbour Authority pleased with ice breaker response time

DMF resuming onboard observer program for estuarine gill net fishing May 1

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F/V Villa de Pitanxo: Spain holds memorial mass for sunken trawler victims

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NSC grateful to Gov. Patrick for certifying severe economic injury to Mass groundfish industry

Pilgrim Nuclear could stop killing wildlife by installing a closed-cycle cooling system now

Farmed Atlantic salmon for sale in Juneau – what’s up with that?

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