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Hearing November 19th! State of the 2019-20 Dungeness Crab Season and Putting Fish Friendly Highways in the Fast Lane

November 17, 2019 Pacific

Senator Mike McGuire, Chair of the. Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (JCFA), and Assemblymember Mark Stone, Vice Chair, are hosting an important hearing next week on two critical topics: the upcoming Dungeness crab season and how fish passage barriers on our state highways are impacting species recovery. The hearing, titled: State of the 2019-20 Dungeness Crab Season and Putting Fish Friendly Highways in the Fast Lane will be held this coming. Tuesday, November 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at the State Capitol in Room 112. >click to read< 14:18

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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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Hearing November 19th! State of the 2019-20 Dungeness Crab Season and Putting Fish Friendly Highways in the Fast Lane

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

Southwestern Nova Scotia: Lobster season opening set for Friday morning

The fisherman’s helper By Vincent Joyce

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Poor Striper Spawn Reported in Chesapeake

Drug ‘khat’ uncovered in Unalaska , in the area of the Unisea seafood processing plant

The Miami Herald | EDITORIAL – OUR OPINION: No time for Florida to increase fishing days

Sockeye overfishing risks salmon future: critics

Hurricane Isaias Public Advisory

Federal ministers call for change in EU seal products ban

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Tell Your Congressmen and Senators: Our US Fishing Industry Faces The Coronavirus Disaster

Well-heeled enviros have Markey’s ear

Govt Shutdown Blocks Testing: Pamlico River, Neuse River Fish kill tally could number more than a million

Search for Steuben Lobsterman Missing Since Friday, July 21st Continues

The Long Haul – The Future of New England’s Fisheries

Fishing industry’s fight against offshore wind farms reaches far and wide

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Trawler Race coming back to Brixham

Maritime Link project will close stretch of lobster grounds for entire season

Fall fish stock surveys won’t happen again

Could B.C. commercial salmon fishery closures affect Southeast Alaska?

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Commerical Fishing for Nushagak Coho to Opened Thursday about 15 minutes ago!

Deal For New Fish Buyer With Kuskokwim Villages Could Fall Through

UK fishing minister in Shetland aims for post-Brexit opportunities in 2026

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