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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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FWC captain honored by the Southeastern Fisheries Association
At its meeting in June, the Southeastern Fisheries Association presented Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Capt. Rob Beaton with the “Aylesworth Outstanding Government Employee Award.” Read More » -
P.E.I. – Lennox Island First Nation to launch unauthorized treaty lobster fishery
The Lennox Island First Nation says it will be launching a treaty lobster fishery off P.E.I.’s North Shore next week with or without the federal government’s Read More » -
Alaska Arctic Policy Commission Discusses Future of Arctic
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Fishing vessel runs aground in Unalaska, pulled free by F/V Amatuli
A fishing vessel ran aground in Unalaska Saturday morning. It was en route to offload crab at local processing plant Westward Seafoods. The 92-foot F/V Kevleen Read More » -
Canada: Government conflict of interest a threat to fish biodiversity: scientists
Canada has made disappointingly little progress in preserving the variety of life in its oceans largely because of a contradiction in the federal department that’s supposed Read More » -
Fishing Rod-builder Jay Johnstone adds a unique quality to fishing of all kinds
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ASMFC block Northern shrimp harvesting for 3 more years
Citing continuing concerns that further fishing could drive the species to extinction, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted Friday to cancel not only the 2019 Read More » -
New generation keeps Pacific City’s famous dory fleet afloat
In 2003, when Shawn Farstad tracked down the dory boat his father sold in 1988, the boat was rotted and the owner was asking “a fortune.” Read More » -
NOAA Seeks Nominations for Scientific Review Groups under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
NOAA Fisheries will publish a Federal Register Notice on Monday, August 19, 2019, soliciting nominations to three independent marine mammal scientific review groups (SRG). We would Read More » -
Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute Releases Summary of “Incorporating Environmental Change in Assessments and Management” Workshop
The meeting was held May 7-8 at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology. continued Read More » -
PETA protester sheds shell for cause!
A crowd of curious spectators and journalists gathered at the corner of Park and Main Streets Aug. 3 to witness a supporter of PETA (People for Read More » -
Seine season brings ‘bright light’ to struggling fleet
In a year when the fishery was shut down for 16 days, inflicting economic pain on gillnetters, the seine season proved a bright light overall for Read More » -
Sipekne’katik says their livelihood fishery has brought in 100,000 pounds of lobster
Sipekne’katik First Nation said Wednesday they have caught just under 100,000 pounds of lobster since the fishery launched Sept.17, according to their compliance officers. That’s about Read More » -
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New Bedford Mayor Mitchell sends NOAA letter requesting Rafael permits stay in New Bedford
Mayor Jon Mitchell penned a letter to NOAA regarding Carlos Rafael’s permits, (click here to read the letter) a day after Maine’s congressional delegation signed a Read More » -
Deadliest Catch star Sig Hanson survives heart attack
Capt. Sig Hansen, the chain-smoking, coffee-chugging star of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, has survived a brush with his mortality. Hansen’s daughter, Mandy Hansen, shared a Read More » -
Urchin depletion leads to crab abundance, study says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A boom that saw Maine fishermen harvest millions of pounds of sea urchins for the lucrative Japanese market depleted the spiny sea Read More » -
Odoriferous : Trident engineers address odor issues at plant
Residents throughout town have been noticing the smell since early July. “My wife was commenting on it just the other day,” said Jerry Pirtle, a local Read More » -
“day of reckoning”? the fishing community “can’t take its foot off the pedal. This is a fight that has to continue,”
But Bullard was the person who made the official decision to slash quotas to rebuild stocks, and there were many in the crowd who are angry Read More » -
Maine lobsterman catches split lobster that is half-male, half-female
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Subsidizing the effort, Riverhead gets help to avoid repeat of Peconic fish kill
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HUH! So much for a good time! Smuggler’s sailboat packed with pot.
LOS ANGELES – A Coast Guard law enforcement team discovered approximately 80 bales of marijuana aboard a sailboat at around 1 a.m. on Balboa Island, Newport Read More » -
Stonington Blessing of the Fleet a mix of solemn ritual, colorful party
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Did government go overboard in prosecuting fisherman? Justices hear case of John Yates and the missing grouper + 3 other articles
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Giving Back: Wenzel uses net gains to help needy
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