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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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Hoopa Valley Tribe Plans Federal Lawsuit to ‘Protect Salmon on the Brink of Extinction’
The Hoopa Valley Tribe (Tribe) today announced that it will file a lawsuit within 60 days unless federal agencies reduce the numbers of Endangered Species Act Read More » -
Lobster catches taking nose dive in southern Nova Scotia
Ashton Spinney, co-chair of the Lobster Advisory Committee for Lobster Fishing Area 34, says only half as many lobsters as usual are being brought ashore this Read More » -
Richard Gillett Stands Firm, Determined, while FISH-NL executive accuses DFO and FFAW of playing politics in fishery protest
Ryan Cleary says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union are killing Richard Gillett with politics. “This Read More » -
Penzance fishing trawler Algrie which crashed into Plymouth rocks once caught a nuclear attack submarine
The Cornish fishing trawler that crashed into rocks in front of spectators in Plymouth this weekend has run into trouble before – when it caught a Read More » -
Wesley Crowell 72, has fished for more than five decades and always from a small, open skiff. – Season’s not been one of his best
Chronical Herald – The end of the local lobster season Friday comes with hundreds, if not thousands, of personal assessments of how things went financially. There Read More » -
Two companies race to be first in offshore wind that will encroach on our fishing areas. The politicians are just giddy about it!
“Cape Wind and Deepwater Wind are both ‘in the running’ for building America’s first offshore wind farm, we think we will be first and they think Read More » -
Longtime, devoted Galveston shrimper Joseph “Captain Joe,” Grillo dies
Joseph Anthony Grillo, a commercial shrimper for more than 50 years who fought for legislation to protect the island industry, died on Jan. 1 at his Read More » -
Evidence of invasive green crab that could wreak havoc on Alaska fisheries found near Metlakatla
An invasive species that could wreak havoc on commercial and subsistence fisheries has been found in Alaska for the first time. Biologists with Metlakatla Indian Community Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 2, 2018
Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates Click here, for older updates listed as NCFA click here13:19 Read More » -
A Health Care Plan That Fits Your Needs
This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini – Hurry and find a health care plan that works for you. I’ll tell you how after this… @alaskafishradio Read More » -
Habitat debate intensifies ahead of NEFMC vote; Many ask, “Do closures even work?”
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) — December 16, 2013 — Georges Bank is home to some of the most important fishing grounds in New England. But large portions Read More » -
The New Zealand fishing industry is fighting back against claims its newspaper advertising campaign is “spin”
It is true that the seafood industry is in fighting mode, as evidenced by a series of full-page ads we are running in the Dominion Post Read More » -
Kodiak – Coast Guard medevacs ailing F/V Sierra Seas fisherman
The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing 69-year-old man from the 50-foot fishing vessel Sierra Seas near Village Islands off Kodiak, Sunday. An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Read More » -
Maine lobstermen say electronic trackers required by federal regulators violate privacy
Some Maine lobstermen say that new electronic monitoring requirements are violating their constitutional right to privacy. As of Dec. 15, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Read More » -
Elver eel lottery system for permits is a go in Maine
Maine is implementing a new lottery system for licenses to fish for baby eels, which are worth more than $1,000 per pound on the worldwide sushi Read More » -
Cheap at sea, pricey on the plate: The voodoo of lobster economics
To the best of my recollection, Larry the Lobster showed up in one of Lloyd Robicheau’s traps some time between dawn and 8 a.m. on a Read More » -
Cease and Desist – Judge bars boat from dredging for clams
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OLE Undercover: Anchorage man feels the sting! $15,000 dollars worth.
Sidney Bouschor of Anchorage, Alaska, was assessed a $30,300 civil penalty by the NOAA Office of General Counsel’s Enforcement Section on November 26, 2012, for operating Read More » -
Fourth lawsuit filed against California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta plan
Environmental groups say the plan would cause more water to be siphoned from the delta, causing further fish declines. Water contractors say the opposite would be Read More » -
Garden State officials make their case to feds as fluke battle rages on
With New Jersey’s summer flounder fishing industry on the line, Garden State officials made their case to fisheries on Tuesday afternoon. In a hearing with the Read More » -
Stonington fishermen to hold open house on Saturday at Gambardella’s Wholesale Seafood at the Town Dock
The town’s commercial fishermen will hold an open house from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 28, at the Gambardella’s Wholesale Seafood location at the Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Steel Trawler – C-18 CAT Pullmaster Winches, (2) Net Reels, Stainless 21′ Fish Sorting Conveyor
Specifications, information and 23 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:04 Read More » -
Legislation threatens Alaska fishing economy
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NH Lobster gear molester in possession of dead lobsterman Anthony “Tony” Rahn traps – Was Rahm looking for stolen gear?
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Senate Democrats, Greens Seek Climate Mandates In Federal Stimulus Bills
Senate Democrats and environmentalists want to tack climate change mandates onto proposed federal aid to major airlines and cruise lines reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. In Read More »
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