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Gov. Kitzhaber Throws Weight Behind Effort to Keep Coast Guard Helicopter in Newport

October 16, 2014 Pacific

Gov. John Kitzhaber has joined ranks with local residents and elected officials to keep a U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter based at the Newport airport. The governor pointed out that Newport’s importance as a commercial fishing port equals that of Coos Bay and Astoria, ports where the Coast Guard maintains aerial search and rescue capability. Read the rest here 09:12

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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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Gov. Kitzhaber Throws Weight Behind Effort to Keep Coast Guard Helicopter in Newport

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

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Retired Commercial Fisherman Joseph Correia of South Dartmouth has passed away

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NMFS bans development of new commercial forage fisheries on West Coast

Stone crab season opens Sunday — but will the hurricane affect the haul?

N.C. Fisheries Association, Carteret County Fisherman’s Association consider legal action

Owner insists nothing’s fishy, Says seized pickerel bought properly

Canadian Coast Guard accepts new light-lift helicopter in Shearwater, Nova Scotia

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‘Deadliest Catch’ boat owner sues production company over former deckhand’s medical care

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Wrangell woman recounts how she survived sinking that claimed her boyfriend and parrot

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Reconstruction of North Bulkhead in Port of Galilee to continue into 2021

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Young Owner Keeps Classic Troller in Shape – West Coast Fisherman.net

Pacifical Responds To Undercurrent’s Fake News With Facts

Photos from the 66th Annual Blessing Of The Fleet in Stonington, Connecticut

Water police not told of missing trawler for four days, WA inquest hears

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