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Hundreds Prince Edward Island Lobstermen gather for lobster price protest – Video

May 9, 2013 Canada

Close to 800 fishermen gathered at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans office in Charlottetown Thursday, demanding a higher price for lobster. “Here we are making a stand,” said McGeoghegan. “We are going to win this fight. I guarantee it.” Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley also attended the gathering. continued

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Prince Edward Island Lobster price protest could spread

May 8, 2013 Canada

CBCNews – Most P.E.I. lobster fishermen remained tied up today in protest over low lobster prices, and the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association says the protest could spread across the Maritimes. P.E.I.F.A. executive director Ian MacPherson said this morning most fishermen are not on the water. A few sailed out of North Rustico Harbour, Savage Harbour, and a couple of ports in West Prince. continued

Lobster prices come in about $3: government continued P.E.I. fishermen tie up boats in lobster price protest continued

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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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