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NAFO Meets For The First Time Under Modernized Convention – Significant Decisions Were Made

September 22, 2017 Canada, International News, National

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONTRÉAL, QC, 22 SEPTEMBER 2017- The 39th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) took place from 18 to 22 September in Montréal, Canada. Over 180 delegates from 11 NAFO Contracting Parties were welcomed to Montréal by NAFO President, Stéphane Artano, and the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.,,, In addition, to the traditional total allowable catch (TAC)* and quota decisions, significant decisions were made regarding the following: agreed to a management strategy for Greenland halibut, agreed to relaunch its second performance review, agreed to protect the entire New England Seamount chain, agreed to a benchmark assessment of cod on the Flemish Cap in 2018. re-elected current President click here to read the press release 19:32

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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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NAFO Meets For The First Time Under Modernized Convention – Significant Decisions Were Made

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

New regulations delayed the 2020-21 Dungeness crab season, forcing crab fishermen to rely on staples like black cod

North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission selects sector allocations for southern flounder plan amendment

Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival set for this weekend

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Lobster/Tuna/Dragger,2013, Fiberglass, John Deere, Onan 13.5 Kw genset

Green Party responds to FISH-NL questionnaire

Maine Lobster Industry Transitions As Lobster Harvesting Continues to Surge

Cordova residents voice concerns over Navy training in Gulf of Alaska

Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 14 miles southwest of Cape Lookout, NC

A dwindling North Fork fishing community urge emergency measures to keep black sea bass season open

Election alters fishing’s landscape GDT.- Barney’s Gone. Scott’s Gone. Huge Ramification’s, and they ain’t good.

SEA-NL questions results of fish pricing review when skippers weren’t involved; study wasn’t broad enough

Missing Digby County man found dead in Sissiboo River

Old Port Royal shrimp boat is sunk off Hilton Head Island. It’s now being put to good use

Gulf of Maine Shrimp season may be a non-starter

Bureaucracy: New federal task force to deal with climate change’s effects on fisheries

HUH! So much for a good time! Smuggler’s sailboat packed with pot.

Bodies confirmed as missing fishermen of the Fishing Vessel Jubilee

From Nils Stolpe – Remember the fishing-induced “plague of jellyfish” that was threatening the oceans…? Remembering the “Worm” hook! Refuted

Mississippi to start voluntary snapper reporting program – (It should be mandatory)

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 27, 2013

Father questions late start to trawler Returner search

DC Power Couple Threatens Maine Lobster

Big Problems Ahead For Irish Fishermen

Patrick C. Keliher Elected ASMFC Chair

Reader has concerns about offshore wind turbines

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