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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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Ellen Goethel has been appointed to represent New Hampshire on the New England Fishery Management Council.
“They know me. They trust me. And they know I’m honest and will do what’s best for the fishery, the fisherman and the state,” she said. Read More » -
Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 4, 2024
The baywide catch yesterday topped a million for the first time this season, with a haul of 1.6 million fish. Messages to the Fleet – Shout Read More » -
Crew Member on Local Commercial Fishing Vessel Was Lost at Sea This Morning, Coast Guard Calls off Search
The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for a Dungeness crab fisherman who fell overboard from the 47-foot commercial fishing vessel Chief Joseph approximately eight miles Read More » -
Cute Killers? Gray Seals Maul, Suffocate Seals and Porpoises, Studies Say
It seemed a heart-warming sight: two seals apparently frolicking in the sea before slipping below the waves off the German island of Helgoland (map) in 2013. Read More » -
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in in Anchorage, December 3-11, 2018
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet December 3-11, 2018 at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. The Agenda and Schedule are available, as well Read More » -
Hmm. Fishing quotas causing concern in Morro Bay
Commercial fishing in Morro Bay could suffer a big blow come January 1. That’s because a two-year old program called the “Catch Share System” will allow Read More » -
Producers warn dropping dollar isn’t all good news for fishery
Amid all the doom and gloom about the economy, the price of oil and the provincial deficit, there’s a bright spot for Newfoundland and Labrador: the Canadian Read More » -
F/V Jamie Lynn sinking near the mouth of Shem Creek
The Jamie Lynn shrimp boat is currently sinking, positioned southeast of the entrance of Shem Creek in front of the bank of the Old Village. On Read More » -
Warmer Northumberland Strait not good news for lobster fishery
As climate change warms the waters around Prince Edward Island, it could bring a new threat of disease to lobsters. University of Maine researcher Richard Wahle Read More » -
Fishermen launch legal action over North East crustation deaths
Fishermen along the North East coast have told of taking up new jobs amid a fishing crisis which has threatened their livelihoods and seen dead crustaceans Read More » -
Oregon congressional members ask feds for more comment time on offshore wind energy sites
Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, all Democrats, said residents need more time according to input they’ve received. In a Read More » -
LFA 34 lobster fishery season sees ongoing weather delay – Thursday will be the earliest
It’s another postponement for the start of the LFA commercial lobster fishery off southwestern Nova Scotia. However a marine forecast of increasing winds during the day Read More » -
Good Morning, Fish “bullies” and “terrorists” – Murkowski blasts genetically modified salmon
“We’re not talking about GM corn or something else that is grown. We are talking about a species that moves, migrates and breeds,” Murkowski stressed. “This Read More » -
Panama City man catches 330-pound Warsaw grouper – “Definitely a fish of a lifetime”
For as long as he can remember, commercial fisherman Brandon Lee Van Horn has wanted to catch a really big fish. Not your run-of-the-mill big fish, Read More » -
Coast Guard rescues five people from a fishing vessel southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge
The Coast Guard rescued five people from a fishing vessel approximately 14 miles southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge, Wednesday. At approximately 4:45 p.m., the boat Read More » -
Falklands: Outwitting canny fur seals feasting on abundant Loligo
Falkland Islands Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Alexander Arkhipkin explains the habits of fur seals and the efforts undertaken to reduce by-catch in the Loligo fishery. Stocks Read More » -
St. Anthony Seafoods becomes seven-month operation for first time in its history, Employees are worried
For the first time since the plant went into operation in 1999, St. Anthony Seafoods will not be running year-round. With uncommon layoffs and rumours about Read More » -
“Paper Captain” – Coast Guard cites fishing boat for illegal foreign captain
The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it found a foreign worker acting as the captain of an American-flagged commercial fishing vessel in federal waters off Hawaii. Read More » -
Conservative Cape Cod scientist announces 2nd run for Congress, hoping to challenge Keating
A Brown University biology professor calling for tighter border security and less government regulation is taking his second run at the U.S. House of Representatives, announcing Read More » -
American Seafoods screening 2 more crews after most on third vessel test positive for Coronavirus
The new round of testing involves the crews of the American Triumph and the Northern Jaeger as they dock in Bellingham, according to a company statement. Read More » -
Science Pushed to Back Burner, as Swiss Outlaw Live Lobster Boiling
Some find it strange, while others, simply fascinating. And others still put it on their dinner menu because they’re drawn to its preparation in a macabre Read More » -
United In Protest Fishery – “We’re going fishing for mackerel Wednesday evening,”
Inshore harvesters on Newfoundland’s northeast coast plan to hold a protest fishery for mackerel Wednesday evening over the decision by Fisheries and Oceans to shut down Read More » -
Opinion: Fishermen, like farmers, deserve support
While I agree with the Editorial Board’s view that small family farms are not getting appropriate consideration and are finding it difficult to do business (Our Read More » -
Herring fishermen get money after decline of fish, quota cuts
Fishermen in Maine’s historic herring fishing business will receive money from the federal government to help cope with a decline in the fish’s population that has Read More » -
Monhegan Island is the wrong place for wind turbines
A recent Press Herald article described Protect Monhegan as a “small group” of island residents seeking the relocation of wind turbines to be placed little more Read More »
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