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Fight looming over New England fishing territory

December 26, 2014 New England

Scientists awaiting a long-anticipated fishery management plan in New England waters are concerned federal regulators won’t take aggressive enough steps to protect the habitat. The New England Fishery Management Council has been working for several years on a for federal waters from Maine to Rhode Island and is considering a host of options to balance conservation with commercial fishing interests. Read the rest here 11:31

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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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Fight looming over New England fishing territory

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

Deckboss – PROTEST ALERT: Alaska Fishermen Protest at Anchorage Walmart – 10:00AM (AKDT), Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Feds wasting too much taxpayer money on public relations efforts

Bait Relief! Maine Pogy fishery reopens with strict new rules

A.F. Theriault delivers new dragger – F/V Nanny Bessie built for W.M. Schrader Fisheries of Larry’s River

Stop Wall Street Fisheries and Protect Main Street Fishermen – Please sign this Petition

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Steel RSW Lobster/Crabber, Cat 3406

Environmental group Oceana Inc. sues’ National Marine Fisheries Service for inadequate monitor coverage

U.S. International Trade Commission votes in favor of antidumping, countervailing duties on shrimp imports

An optimistic outlook for fall lobster fishery in LFA 25

Fishy Business? Commercial Fisherman Accuses Duane Morris and Former Partner of Malpractice, Fraud

Underwater footage of US dog diving for live lobster

A special exhibition opened in memory of one of the founders of the Scottish Fisheries Museum

Big step for Oregon wave demo of hydrokinetic energy test project

Certified salmon: Park Service director endorses Alaska fish without the MSC label. He does NOT go far enough.

Cluney Pardy’s family owned fishing vessel is listing at a 45-degree angle in Musgrave Harbour

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How a Supreme Court case involving herring fishermen affects the Little Sisters of the Poor

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Lessons to be learned – Protect your ocean food source from hungry wildlife

Dead plankton, stunned fish: the harms of man-made ocean noise

Lyon County Judge Executive Pushing To Expand Local Asian Carp Fishing

Clyde River, Nunavut to hunt first bowhead whale in a century, “We are all getting excited as the harvest time is getting closer,”

Man died cleaning tanks onboard boat at Fraserbugh Harbour amid ‘poison fumes’ alert

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