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Celebrating Zeke Grader – Fishing Community Hero/Champion, Zeke’s Catch of the Day

March 20, 2015 Pacific

The Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations & The Institute for Fisheries Resources Cordially invite you to attend a special event in honor of William F. Zeke Grader. A celebration for the Pacific Coast’s leading champion for the commercial fishing industry. Friday, April 10, 2015, from 6 to 9 PM, Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway Blvd, Sausalito, CA 94965 Tickets: $50 per person, Appetizers, beer and wine will be served. Donations are tax deductible. R.S.V.P. required by April 3rd.For more information contact Harriet Lew at: Phone: (415) 561-3474 x221, E-mail: [email protected] 11:55

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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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