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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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Our view: NOAA shows it’s answerable to no one – It’s up to Congress not to let them get away with it. – The Salem News
But in the end, it was state Sen. Bruce Tarr who made perhaps the most telling statement, saying, “It’s time to prove the power of democracy Read More » -
Fishermen, lawmakers blast Atlantic Coast drilling plan – We’re against it
Many New Jersey Shore-area fishermen and lawmakers oppose the Obama administration’s controversial new proposal to open an area off the Atlantic Coast to oil and gas Read More » -
Coast Guard stresses the importance of life jackets, proper sleep while crabbing
The crabbing vessel Senja departed the Westport, Wash., marina at approximately 6 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2013, with four people aboard, for a week-long crabbing excursion. On Jan. 15, Read More » -
Snowsuits, bits of destroyed homes being scooped out of sea post-Fiona
Shawn Bath says his team has pulled an estimated 80,000 pounds of debris from Newfoundland’s waters in the month since storm Fiona’s destruction, mostly parts of Read More » -
NOAA/NMFS Announces Increase to the Illex Squid Annual Quota Effective August 4, 2020
NOAA Fisheries announces an increase to the 2020 acceptable biological catch (ABC) for the Illex squid fishery from 26,000 mt to 30,000 mt. This quota increase was recommended Read More » -
Ventless trap survey seeks industry participants
The Maine Department of Marine Resources, in cooperation with the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, is seeking industry participants for the Regional Ventless Trap Program through Read More » -
Shark Research Could Help Ga. Shrimpers
Shrimpers like William “Catfish” McClain have a shark problem. “They, well they just attack your nets and they eat holes everywhere in ’em,” he said. “And Read More » -
Huge Weekend Event in Port Angeles – The 12th annual Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival – kicks off today with PDN community crab feed
The festival, held at City Pier and in the Red Lion Hotel parking lot at the intersection of Lincoln Street and Railroad Avenue, celebrates the Dungeness Read More » -
Port au Choix fisherman says halibut tags are a union money grab
A fisherman in Port au Choix is protesting a Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) Union policy he believes is illegitimate. Dean Olfrey recently caught three halibut Read More » -
Grand Chief of Assembly of First Nations tells DFO – ‘Stop criminalizing our treaty rights’
The Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for an end to what she calls intimidation over the Sipekne’katik First Nation’s lobster fishery. Read More » -
DMWR Director reports on use of Disaster Relief Fund
Director of Marine and Wildlife Resources Dr. Ruth Matagi Tofiga has provided a status report on the use of the $1 million Disaster Relief Fund that Read More » -
Philip Boudreau ‘murder for lobster’ trial Continues: Crown witness was so frightened, he soiled himself.
On Monday, Craig Landry told court, it was James Landry who fired the shots at Boudreau’s boat, who dragged Boudreau out to sea with a gaff and who helped tie Read More » -
China says U.S. measures on shrimps against WTO rules
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) —China‘s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Wednesday that measures taken by the United States over warm water shrimps from China are against Read More » -
Blue Moon Fish – New York Couple Happy as Clams Selling Fish Direct to the Public
Alex and Stephanie Villani enjoy an enviable life. They live in a beautiful, secluded home with a big pool on Long Island’s idyllic North Fork. They Read More » -
Superseding Indictment Charges New York Fisherman with Conspiracy, Fraud and Obstruction
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York unsealed a superseding indictment charging a fisherman with both conspiracy and substantive charges in connection Read More » -
Entrepreneurs Pitch Sustainable Seafood Ideas. Investors Take The Bait
Entrepreneurs presented ideas that ran the sustainability gamut: Licensing schemes designed to keep local family fishermen on the water; developing consumer-friendly, ready-to-cook sustainable seafood products; collecting Read More » -
Hurricane Irma Passed Over Barbuda as a Potentially Catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane; Dangerous Threat for Florida, Southeast
Hurricane Irma, a dangerous Category 5 hurricane, blasted the island of Barbuda, an island of 1600 residents, with gusts of at least 155 mph. Irma is now heading Read More » -
Search for missing fishermen over as Nancy Glen is recovered
An operation which took all night to complete saw the boat being lifted from the seabed just after 7.30am. Skipper Duncan MacDougall, 46, and crewman Przemek Read More » -
FWC asked to help save oyster industry APALACHICOLA
“If we don’t get something done in the next one-and-a-half years, we’re not going to have a bay,” said Shannon Hartsfield, a fourth-generation oysterman who serves Read More » -
Scientists admit ‘we got amount of fish wrong’ – one Whitby fisherman has said: “Now give us our quota back.”
With scientists admitting they got the amount of fish in the North Sea and surrounding waters wrong, one Whitby fisherman has said: “Now give us our Read More » -
Dispute continues over herring roe fishing rights in Barkley Sound
A confrontation between the Tseshaht First Nation and commercial fishing boats was avoided Sunday when a federal department postponed a herring fishery in Barkley Sound. A Read More » -
Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory, Sept. 07 2019
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WWF aims to buy second commercial shark fishing licence
WWF Australia bought and retired a $100,000 shark fishing licence on the Great Barrier Reef last month. They called for donations to cover the cost and Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ H&H Marine Lobster Boat, 450 HP Cummins
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Pew Crusader Notions: Emergency Action Needed to Reverse Cod’s Collapse
Federal fisheries officials have a chance to halt the alarming decline of New England’s cod. But they can only do so if they take swift, bold Read More »
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