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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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Two dozen cited for fishing elver without licenses over first two weeks of season
BANGOR, Maine — For much of the past week, state officials and Passamaquoddy Tribe members have clashed over enforcement of state laws during the recently begun Read More » -
Fishing mogul Carlos Rafael pleads guilty, will be sentenced in June
Carlos Rafael pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying fish quotas, tax evasion and conspiracy in U.S. District Court in Boston Thursday. The U.S. attorney recommended 46 Read More » -
France wants EU to start legal case against UK
Speaking on Friday, Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune told reporters that France had obtained 93% of the post-Brexit fishing licenses it claims the UK should Read More » -
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Clearwater, Florida June 20 – 24, 2016
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Hotel in Clearwater, Florida. Committee meetings will convene Monday at 8:30 am, Read More » -
All Hail the King: Time to get some fresh chinook salmon from the Monterey Bay
Commercial salmon fishing season opened May 1, and for those of us who don’t sport fish or have a good, generous friend who does, that means Read More » -
NPFMC to focus on halibut bycatch, new P-cod fishery during February 2nd – 10th Meeting in Seattle
Halibut and cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutians Islands will be the focus for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council at its upcoming meeting, with Read More » -
MSA – Federal fishery law changes leave fishing communities vulnerable – Darren Platt, Commercial Fisherman, Kodiak
From the article – However, there are issues that both parties should be able to effectively address, despite ideological disparities. One of these is the re-authorization Read More » -
Dead salmon found along muddy Elwha River after hatchery release
Staff at the department’s Elwha Channel hatchery released 196,575 juvenile fish, ranging from 4 inches to 8 inches in length April 5, about 3½ miles from the Read More » -
A S M F C Northern Shrimp Section to decide on closure today in Portland
Federal regulators are set to decide if the fishing season for Gulf of Maine shrimp will be canceled for a second straight season. A report by Read More » -
NOAA has closed Cod, yellowtail fishing areas
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed two areas to fishing. The Eastern U.S./Canada area of Georges Bank has been closed through April 30, 2015 Read More » -
GARFO AA Pentony taking on whale crisis – Lobstermen wary of more environmental regulations
South Shore Lobstermen wary – Traps dropped to the bottom of the ocean by lobstermen are currently connected to a buoy at the surface by a Read More » -
Hampidjan Canada becomes latest CatchCam distributor
SafetyNet Technologies has entered into a strategic partnership with Hampidjan Canada Ltd. As the latest distributor of SafetyNet’s CatchCam underwater camera, Hampidjan is set to bring Read More » -
FISH-NL questions whether complaints against Royal Greenland smokescreen to cover the fact local processors underpaying fishermen
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) questions whether the Dwight Ball government supports inshore harvesters being paid top dollar for their Read More » -
Bay of Fundy Fishermen raise cash for tidal power injunction
Fishermen are building a legal war chest to launch a court fight against tidal power projects being tested this year in the Bay of Fundy. Chris Read More » -
Lobsters at core of a tasty China-US story
Lobsters caught by fishermen on Little Cranberry Island in Maine in the United States in the morning can be had for dinner by Chinese families the Read More » -
Gulf of Alaska catch share proposals move to analysis
Catch shares in the Gulf of Alaska are one step closer after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council asked for analysis of an alternative structure to Read More » -
Marine monument designation of Canyons & Seamounts: Gov. Baker says it undermines Mass. fishermen
“The Baker-Polito Administration is deeply disappointed by the federal government’s unilateral decision to undermine the Commonwealth’s commercial and recreational fishermen with this designation,” Baker spokesman Brendan Read More » -
DRIVE TO DRILL: The growing resistance to Atlantic oil and gas drilling
(The third in a three-part series. To read the first, “Energy lobbyists behind governors’ crusade for Atlantic drilling,” click here. To read the second, “Gov. McCrory Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman 131 miles west of Venice
The Coast Guard medevaced a man with a reported moray eel bite from a fishing vessel 131 miles west of Venice, Florida Sunday. A Coast Guard Read More » -
Fire at Sea – Acute awareness of the possibility of a fire occurring at any time is important for any workboat operator.
That’s because a workboat is “a floating ignition source,” according to Randy Hyde, the senior firefighting instructor at Fremont Maritime Services, a Seattle marine safety and Read More » -
Judge dismisses lobster lawsuit, U.S.-caught crustaceans remain on
A California judge has dismissed a case filed by local lobstermen who called foul after a seafood watch group put the fishery on a” Red List” Read More » -
Snow crab producers compelled to respond to 2022 market challenges
The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), representing the majority of Newfoundland and Labrador based snow crab producers, issued a media release today, saying the industry is Read More » -
Wording puts Canada at odds with UN fish plan – calls for the protection of fishermen “in situations of occupation,”
A United Nations-sponsored proposal to protect and promote small-scale fisheries has run into a problem, with Canada emerging as the lone dissenting voice in a dispute that Read More » -
Petty Harbour Inshore fishery champion Tom Best dead at 74
Tom Best died of cancer Tuesday afternoon at the Miller Centre in St. John’s. Best became a licenced inshore fisherman in Petty Harbour in 1963 after Read More » -
UNE’s Marine Science Center is home to another rare lobster.
The split-colored lobster came to UNE late last week thanks to a donation by Eric Payne from Inland Seafood Corporation, one of the leading packers of Read More »
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