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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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F/V “Miss Laurie” Commercial Fishing Boat Catches Fire On Housatonic – Details are sketchy
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“We’re next” – NOAA observers worry lobstermen – informational meeting tonight at 6 at NOAA’s Gloucester facility
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Dead menhaden wash up on Eastern Shore after fish spill from Omega Protein boat
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New Zealand fishing crew pleads guilty to violent Falkland Islands pub assault – Face two years in prison
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Thai fishing industry criticised for forced labour and violence – Why is our government allowing Thailand seafood to compete with ours?
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County authorizes tourism grant of $300,000 to dredge Oregon Inlet
Dare County commissioners voted Monday morning to authorize providing local money for dredging Oregon Inlet. The Dare County Tourism Board approved a grant of $300,000 last Read More » -
A “Golden Opportunity” Don’t take NOAA for an answer – Video
What we have here is a golden opportunity. This report ( National Academy of Sciences report) about how NOAA manages fish has been percolating for what, three or Read More » -
Bucking rumors of a dying industry, young Lowcountry shrimpers take to the sea.
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Ship Strikes: Thousands of whales are being killed by passing ships. Can we save them?
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First two days of capelin fishery around Twillingate proving successful
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Federal Conservatives under fire after ‘blind luck’ keeps drifting ship afloat
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Family fined $70,000 over black market rock lobster sales
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Fukushima crisis new blow to Japanese fishermen’s hopes
Fumio Suzuki, a third-generation fisherman, sets out into the Pacific Ocean every seven weeks. Not to catch fish that he can sell but to catch fish that Read More » -
Northern cod plan kept from harvesters, FISH-NL’s Ryan Cleary says, FFAW Fires Back
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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting June 9-13 – Listen Live!
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Meeting Agenda Click Here Webinar Registration: Watch the meeting LIVE as it happens Click here to register 13:09 Read More » -
Mass Governor Elect Baker wants broader input on cod regulations
Questioning the federal estimates used to essentially ban commercial cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine, Governor-elect Charlie Baker said it is time for other scientists Read More » -
This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Diving for dollars. Hear more after this . . .
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 78′ Steel Shrimp Dragger, 45,000 lb. freezer hold
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Coast Guard medevacs ailing crewmember north of Cold Bay, Alaska
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Lawmakers support new fees on Louisiana seafood dealers who import foreign catch
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Alaska – National Marine Fisheries Service rejects Center for Biological Diversity petition to list cold-water corals
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For New England lobstermen, resilience in ‘a season of uncertainty’
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Swordfish Find Squid Delicious; Suffer Consequences
science2.0 – From a certain perspective, it’s really weird that we manage fisheries in these discrete little units based on species. There are swordfish permits, swordfish Read More »
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