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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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FISH-NL calls on C-NLOPB to suspend seismic work in light of potential impact on basis of marine food chain
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Minister Highlights Benefits to Fisheries of Canada-EU Trade Agreement
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Breaking: Crabbers end strike – heading out to drop their pots
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UPDATED: The mystery of the lost-and-found ‘Perfect Storm’ photo album – “Don’t come back to my bar.”
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1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed with FDA – Previously undisclosed documents reveal requests by many companies seeking government approval to grow controversial salmon in U.S.
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Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council Decry ‘Fish Stealing’
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LIFO panel gets personal stories at Gander hearings-Who will share the northern shrimp?
Glen Best is a fifth-generation fisherman who lives on Fogo Island. Since 1990, he’s invested about $5 million in his fishing enterprise — buying new vessels and Read More » -
Oregon Coastal Caucus still concerned about offshore wind
Lawmakers representing Oregon’s coastal communities reiterated their concerns about offshore wind development to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in a strongly worded letter last week. Read More » -
Prince William Sound Tanner crab fishery gives winter season a boost
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IN PHOTOS: Lobster boats head out from Eastern Passage as fishery opens
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Crew told stories and joked to keep spirits alive, in shark infested ocean after fishing boat capsizes
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Bertie, lobsterman to The Queen, dies aged 80
A former Cardigan Bay fisherman who made world news when the Royal Yacht Britannia stopped and The Queen purchased lobsters from him, has died at his Read More » -
U.K. Fishing industry ‘on course to lose £300m post-Brexit’
Chief executive Barrie Deas said the best opportunity in years to boost the sector had been “squandered”, He said: “From reviewing these findings, the NFFO’s conclusion Read More » -
A seventh dead humpback whale has washed up on the Jersey Shore
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Two Suspected Fish Thieves Caught in Santa Barbara – Video
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Aquaculture poses threat to the lobster industry
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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 » -
Commercial troll fishery still good off coast, and sport angling good one day and slow the next
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Missing fisherman found off Nova Scotia coast – Fishing vessel was being towed by the Coast Guard
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Openings for BC sockeye fishery
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Snuffy the Seal Returns to the Sea!
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‘You’ve got to listen to fishermen,’ Dwight Ball hears while promoting shrimp processing
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Shea extols trade agreement with EU at P.E.I. oyster conference
WOODSTOCK – Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea told an oyster conference Friday that Canada has some of the most rigorous standards in the world to ensure Read More »
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