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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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Carpe Carp
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The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both Texas and federal waters closing May 23
The Texas closure applies to gulf waters from the coast out to nine nautical miles. The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced federal waters out to Read More » -
Committee Passes Hastings’ Legislation to Help Protect Endangered Salmon Survival in the Pacific Northwest
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources approved bill H.R. 1308, the “Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act,” by a bipartisan vote of 22 to Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 20, 2018
>Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >Click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<16:28 Read More » -
‘Neither country can save the species on its own’ – Reduce amount of rope in water to protect right whales, says U.S. advisory group
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team held four days of meetings ending Friday. The group proposes the number of Read More » -
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Summer Meeting – Alexandria, Virginia August 2-4, 2016
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in at the The Westin Alexandria August 2-4, 2016. The agenda is subject to change. The agenda reflects the current Read More » -
Before You Eat That Red Snapper: The Fish Is Basically Plagued by Endless Fraud
Welcome to Before You Eat That, which broaches all the annoying food subjects that make you highly uncomfortable. This is for all you schadenfreude-obsessed killjoys out Read More » -
Bristol Bay Fishermen’s Association seeks more members, better payouts
The name isn’t the only thing changing for the group formerly called the Alaska Independent Fishermen’s Marketing Association. Now dubbed the Bristol Bay Fishermen’s Association, the Read More » -
Fishermen skeptical of third environmental monitoring device in the Minas Passage
A third environmental monitoring platform is being tested in the Minas Passage by the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, or FORCE, but a fishermen’s group Read More » -
Was mayday call a hoax that sparked Coast Guard search off Kennebunkport?
The Coast Guard Sector Northern New England command center received a radio distress call at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, from a man reporting that Read More » -
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has granted an extension to the halibut fishing season for the first time.
The move was made to allow Island fisherman an opportunity to fill their quota for the year. As of the end of last week, the 330 registered Read More » -
This should bother you – Antarctica Advisors LLC, We expect that this transaction (Daybrook) will fuel further North American and cross-border consolidation
Read this. Two three times. Let it sink in. Ignacio Kleiman – “This is a great transaction for both our client, Oceana Group, and the sellers. Read More » -
Updated – Letter: Gulf Seafood industry hampered by spillway opening
Gulf seafood harvesters need federal disaster recovery funding to ease the suffering caused by the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.,, In a letter to the Read More » -
Doing their research: Siskiyou County officials study Coos Bay salmon project
Eyed-egg injection is a process by which salmon eggs are incubated for several months in a hatchery (or other controlled setting) until the eggs begin to Read More » -
Bipartisan Congressional Push for Summer Flounder Assessment
In a bipartisan letter submitted to Assistant Administrator for Fisheries Eileen Sobeck on Thursday, members of the stressed the importance of scheduling a benchmark assessment for Read More » -
Federal judge tosses another fisheries management rule
Federal judges keep smacking down the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s decisions. For the second time in the last three months, a federal court has overturned Read More » -
Opinion: Why Bonneville can’t save salmon
The Northwest is not winning the battle to save wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River. Although most of the 12 listed salmonid stocks in Read More » -
Unexplained sockeye dropoff shuts down Yakutat fishery
Add Yakutat’s wild sockeye run to a growing list of struggling Alaska salmon stocks. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shut down set net fishermen in Read More » -
European court upholds EU seal products ban
A court has upheld the European Union’s three-year-old ban on seal products, dealing another blow to Canada’s embattled sealing industry. continued Read More » -
Shortened Dungeness crab season reflects industry uncertainty
Commercial crabbers have made quick work of this year’s Dungeness crab harvest, bringing substantially fewer crustaceans ashore with each lift. The haul has been so meager Read More » -
Queen’s Speech: Access and management of UK waters to return to British fishermen
A fisheries bill will be introduced to enable the UK to set its own quotas from the point of Brexit. The government’s programme also includes an Read More » -
Two letters from Salvatore Novello, Gloucester, Mass
NOAA HAS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS AS OUR OCEANS ARE CHANGING!!!, and IN PUT, AS A STAKE HOLDER, IN GULF OF MAINE FISHERIES. Read the letters Read More » -
Latest round of Dungeness crab testing to conclude Tuesday
The second round of domoic acid and meat-quality testing for Dungeness crabs in Oregon, Washington and California is scheduled to conclude Tuesday as the commercial crabbing Read More » -
A day in the life of a Georgia shrimper
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The Working Waterfront: State may provide grant to Spruce Head Co-op
The Spruce Head Fishermen’s Co-op is in line to get another state grant aimed at preserving working waterfronts. The Land for Maine’s Future Board announced Friday, Read More »
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