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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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Fishing for answers – Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s fisheries divisions to finalize a $7 million suite of research and enhancement projects.
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Catch share threat is back
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US Signs South Pacific Tuna Treaty Amendments
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Shrimp boat returns from fishing grounds with ‘full load’ of trash
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Alaskans should have the final say on Pebble Mine – Sharon and Everett Thompson of Naknek, Alaska,
Pebble Mine’s Canadian, would-be developers are ecstatically peddling a story that their mine’s approval is certain. A new Trump Administration, “desires to see Pebble permitted,” Northern Read More » -
Washington State Bill would allow counties to ban fish farming
OLYMPIA — A bill sponsored by a Sequim Democrat in the state House would allow counties to ban net pen aquaculture. The one-page bill, filed Thursday by Read More » -
Fishing licences and quota on the West Coast are murky business
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A mystery is born: Where are all the baby lobsters?
Biologists and lobstermen are growing increasingly worried that the state’s most valuable fishery, which in recent years has boasted record volume and value and accounts for Read More » -
The sad demise of the Hastings fishing fleet
Here local historian, and author of the book Fishermen of Hastings, Steve Peak looks at how our fishing fleet has declined in recent decades. He writes: Read More » -
EPA kills proposed Obama-era Pebble mine ‘veto’
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it will reverse an Obama-era decision to block a controversial Alaska mine project. “After today’s action EPA will focus on Read More » -
Cocaine sharks: The hidden drug problem in the Gulf of Maine and oceans
An article on the BBC and subsequently picked up by the New York Times just reinforced what I have been teaching for a long time. The article reports on Read More » -
Chesapeake Bay surveys show striped bass doing just fine
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N.L. fishing companies in tug of war over towing bill
The dispute between Ocean Choice International and Newfound Resources has now reached the Federal Court, with one vessel being arrested by sheriffs last week, and both Read More » -
Alarming White Spot Virus Discovery – Williamson
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Portsmouth charter boat captain falsified fishing logs to get disaster funds
A fishing boat captain, with a home port of Portsmouth, agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge stating he provided false fishing logs to state Read More » -
Jim Gilmore, director of public affairs at At-sea Processors Association – MSC criticism not valid
The Alaska pollock fishery and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have refuted claims made in a recent study that the sustainable seafood certification is too lenient. Read More » -
Coast Guard Cutter Albacore assists disabled fishing vessel off Monomoy
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Crew Connections to provide commercial fishing networking on March 18
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Shell abandons Arctic drilling in 2013
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Dumping Day Weather Delay in Southwest Nova Scotia
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Ocean Industrialization: The Biden Administration vs. Atlantic fisheries
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