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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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The NEFMC/ENGO Edsel – Editorial: Time to put brakes on bogus ocean ‘habitat’ measure
The federal Habitat Omnibus Amendment, already a confounding six years in the works, has a nice ring to it. more@GDT The Edsel is most notorious for Read More » -
Conservationists want emergency order to save killer whales off B.C. coast
Several conservation groups say the federal government’s failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead of fishing and Read More » -
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 » -
Updated: The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank this morning – Video
BOSTON – The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank Thursday, about 40 miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island. Coast Read More » -
An East Coast Perspective on Coronavirus Impacts
This was initially to be about how the New Jersey commercial fishing industry was coping with the coronavirus crisis. However, there is a seemingly infinite number Read More » -
Pew threatens to get Pacific bluefin tuna banned from international trading
An international body that monitors fisheries in most of the Pacific Ocean ended a meeting in Japan on Thursday without agreement on fresh measures to protect Read More » -
Northern Shrimp are on the ASFMC agenda, Will YOU be allowed to fish under Amendment 3?
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section will meet Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Portland to consider approval of the Public Information Document (PID) for Read More » -
We do a lousy job of informing our fellow citizens about fishery issues. Read the Comments!
Message from Alaska: Our disaster relief isn’t ‘pork’ It’s unlikely that many Americans in the Lower 48 know about it, but the Alaskan salmon industry — Read More » -
Lack of Trust muddies the water in UK fishing industry, (it muddies all waters, not just in the UK)
A survey of UK fishermen has revealed low levels of trust in key government organisations and scientists. The authors of the study say it is an Read More » -
Fishermen cited for trespassing at Amagansett’s Truck Beach
Fourteen East Hampton Town fishermen were cited for trespassing on an Amagansett beach on Sunday during an act of civil disobedience they hope will serve as Read More » -
Coast Guard finds serious defect in popular survival suits
Scott Wilwert is the commercial fishing vessel safety program manager for the Coast Guard in Alaska. He says the problem was discovered during a routine inspection Read More » -
Rules around fishing licences, cabinet ministers ‘frustrating’ for PC MLA
PC MLA Sidney MacEwen said he watched nine of his colleagues sworn in as cabinet ministers in Georgetown yesterday with mixed emotions. MacEwen believes he and Read More » -
Pioneer Boatworks owners moving on after 35 years in Ucluelet
A revered local couple is voyaging into the relaxing and well-deserved waters of retirement. Bonnie Gurney and Eric Caswell have sold their iconic Pioneer Boatworks shipyard Read More » -
Blue Float Energy’s offshore wind farm opposed by Port Macdonnell community due to fishing, tourism concerns
A small coastal community in regional South Australia is ramping up its opposition to a proposed offshore wind farm off the state’s south-east coast. Renewable energy Read More » -
Commerce IG Releases Catch Share Investigation Report, Announces Observer Program Audit
Attached please find the final report of our review of NOAAs management of Catch Share programs. This is the third report in a multiple-phase review of Read More » -
Really? Gloucester officials unaware of fishery disaster funding role
Gloucester city officials, caught unaware of the city’s expected role in distributing federal fishery disaster funds to eligible local shore-side businesses, were scrambling today to determine Read More » -
Canadian firm hopes to save salmon by spiking ocean with fertilizer, but even Greenpeace condemns ‘rogue science’
Two men stand in a small art gallery in Squamish, B.C., and make their case for a plan to create more fish simply by spiking the Read More » -
Effective fishing regulations benefit all Floridians by Edward Gaw, president, HI-LINER Fishing Gear Inc.,
I often read Bob McNally’s outdoors columns and am frequently informed and entertained. However, a recent piece, “Why are Spotted Seatrout not Gamefish?,” left me scratching my Read More » -
Deadly White Spot Syndrome in Louisiana crawfish farms could imperil $300 million industry
The crawfish industry in south Louisiana is growing concerned by a deadly virus that threatens the crop. White spot syndrome virus was first discovered in farmed Read More » -
Thankful fisherman kept faith after vessel capsized
Even when he was dressed in a survival suit and kneeling on the hull of a sinking ship, veteran fisherman Lee d’Entremont said he was never Read More » -
WCPFC must urgently address bigeye tuna mortality
Newly released stock assessment that shows bigeye tuna is being overfished underlines why the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) must take decisive action at Read More » -
Seals ‘brought TB to the Americas before Europeans’
BLAME the marine mammals. Seals and sea lions may have brought a form of tuberculosis to the Americas, centuries before the Spanish did so. Read more Read More » -
The impact of the New England Fisherman in Crisis hits Charley Baker, In Mass Governor race, hard
Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker answered questions about when they had last cried. Right away Baker got emotional, describing what a fisherman told him about his Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 10, 2019
>Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<11:58 Read More » -
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries: Dealers will no longer need permit for pound-netted flounder
The state’s marine fisheries division has rescinded a regulation requiring seafood dealers to hold a special permit to buy flounder from pound net fishermen and to Read More »
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