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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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50-year commercial fisherman Mike Lane has passed away
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Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an injured fisherman from F/V Jerilyn 92 miles southeast of Sitka,
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NOAA Argues to Allow Makah Tribe to Hunt Gray Whales off Washington Again
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NEFSC Conducting Protected Species Program Review April 13-16 in Woods Hole, MA
Science programs at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center that support protected species conservation and management in the Northeast will be peer reviewed at the Center’s facility Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Duffy Scalloper with limited access – part time small dredge
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Former Snopac Products Owner Greg Blakey Passes Away in Mexico
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Newlyn Fish Festival 2017 was the plaice to be in Cornwall today
Glorious sunshine shone down this Bank Holiday Monday as Newlyn Fish Festival capped off an eventful and memorable weekend in west Cornwall in style. The adored Read More » -
Labour Relations Board Hearing Tuesday into release of FFAW membership list
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) welcomes a hearing called by the Labour Relations Board over the FFAW’s failure to release Read More » -
US imports record amount of seafood in 2017
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The New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival…September 29 & 30, 2012 Free Admission – Free Parking
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Menhaden Harvest Increase Approved as Anglers Petition to Close Bay Fishery
East Coast fishery managers have approved increasing commercial harvests of Atlantic menhaden from Maine to Florida. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which regulates near-shore Read More » -
“It’s nothing short of a miracle,” – Captain: ‘I Wasn’t Coming Home Without Him’
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Commercial fishers’ plight needs more attention – the plight of our neighbors
I’ve lived in northeastern North Carolina for almost two decades now, and I am ashamed I know very little about the fishing industry. Why am I ashamed? Read More » -
Sad news – North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Chairman Paul Rose of Moyock dies suddenly
Paul Rose, the chairman of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. The Moyock resident was a commercial crabber, pound Read More » -
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting at Bar Harbor, Maine October 24th-27th – Listen Live
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Maine Lobsterman Ronald C. Weeks Jr., 45, of Friendship, has passed away
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Stonington Blessing of the Fleet a mix of solemn ritual, colorful party
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Green Insanity: Offshore Wind Project Cost Mind-Boggling $10K Per KW
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PFMC: Ocean salmon fishing options unveiled
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Canadian Lobster industry sense more regulations coming for Chinese exports
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Five F/V Falling Star fishermen have died at sea
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Dan Bacher: 2010 article warned: MLPA Initiative will do nothing to stop a big oil spill
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National Marine Fisheries Service proposal targets near-shore habitats
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