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Trinity East fisherman reinvents himself as entrepreneur, restaurant owner

September 13, 2015 Canada

He’s a fisherman, restaurant owner, butcher, entrepreneur and jack of all trades. Corey Jones of Trinity East likes to keep busy — and that’s an understatement. Jones owns the the Dock Marina restaurant, art gallery and gift shop in Trinity and the Galley restaurant in neighbouring Port Rexton. When he’s not busy running his thriving businesses, Jones is out on the water, fishing for crab and shrimp. Oh yes, let’s not forget, in his few spare minutes, he also operates a butcher shop. The sea was Corey Jones’ first love. He always wanted to be on the water. It’s in his blood. Read the rest here 09:10

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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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