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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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Peter Shelley throws down at the hearing: The Magnuson-Stevens Act is Working in New England
Good morning, Senator Begich, Senator Warren, Senator Markey, Congressman Tierney, Congressman Keating, and other members of the panel. My name is Peter Shelley. I am Senior Read More » -
Fishermen have Rights. Human Rights. The International Bill of Human Rights.
There’s always been quabbles with how fish resources are managed. Well now some folks are saying that process could raise human rights issues. We’ll find out Read More » -
Covid-19 Transmission and Mandatory On-Board Observers
You have two Senators and one Member of Congress representing you in Washington. If you are concerned with the recent NOAA/NMFS decision to once again require Read More » -
Cornwall family put boat up for sale after 300 years at sea
A family that has been fishing off the coast of Cornwall for 14 generations said they have quit the industry due to new government regulations. The Read More » -
High fuel prices have Texas shrimping industry at virtual standstill
The price of diesel is so high right now that many Texas shrimpers are struggling, not making money, fearing that they’ll lose their crews if they’re Read More » -
How does the Chesapeake Bay spell antacid relief? O-Y-S-T-E-R-S!
Like ocean waters around the world, the Chesapeake has become more and more acidic as a result of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Read More » -
Hey Charlie Baker! If You’re Going to be the Fishermen’s Governor, Recognize Who has Fought NOAA for Them
Charlie Baker, the Massachusetts Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for governor, recently waded into the debate over lobster fishing regulations Read the article,,,, Its deeper than that, Read More » -
Commercial Dungeness in Northern California on hold indefinitely – fishermen and wholesaler’s haggle over prices.
While local commercial crab fishermen were given the green light to start fishing Dec. 1, they won’t start until wholesale buyers agree to lock into a Read More » -
Council For Sustainable Fishing – Urgent — there are looming threats to fishing in 2014!
We always hope for the best for a new year, but unfortunately commercial and recreational fishing interests face the looming threats in 2014 of more no-fishing Read More » -
Coast Guard, partner agency rescue 2 from boat fire east of Skyway Bridge
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a mayday call via VHF Channel 16 from the vessel owner stating his vessel’s engines were in flames, and Read More » -
“I’m going to be part of this new union. I guarantee you that,” Hundreds attend FISHNL meeting in Clarenville
Those leading a fight to establish a new union exclusively for fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador say the movement is receiving phenomenal support, and is Read More » -
Tales a tree tells: Murray Harbour’s Christmas monument remembers fishermen lost at sea
On a stormy afternoon in August of 1940, three fishermen were returning to the harbour when their boat capsized about a mile off of Beach Point. Read More » -
Scientists Eye New Threat to Gulf of Maine Ecosystem: Microplastics.. New?
An estimated 280 million tons of plastic is produced globally every year. Most of it is not recycled, which means it ends up either in landfills Read More » -
Naval service detains Spanish trawler off the south-west coast
A German-registered Spanish vessel which was involved in a confrontation off the Scottish coast over two years ago German-registered Spanish vessel has been detained by the Read More » -
UPDATED- Search Underway. Breaking: 1 body found, 3 still missing in search for commercial fishermen near St. Lawrence
The Canadian Coast Guard has recovered the body of a fisherman off the coast of St. Lawrence, and crews are still searching for three other missing Read More » -
A reminder of Conor Shea
PLEASANT VIEW — It’s fishing-ready but this is one lobster trap that won’t be going back in the water. Lobster fisherman Mike Shea found this reminder Read More » -
Good catch: Fishermen clean ocean of lost crabbing gear
“The most exciting thing about this project is that the fishermen themselves are taking the lead,” said Kirsten Gilardi, director of the California Lost Fishing Gear Read More » -
Battery-Electric Fishing Vessel Marks a Sea Change for Small Commercial Fishers
On a brisk morning this fall, a 46-foot commercial fishing boat will cruise into the cold waters of Sitka, Alaska, and cut the diesel engine. In Read More » -
Saving Seafood Analysis: Sylvia Earle Alliance Misleads Public on Habitat Closed Area Changes
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) March 18, 2013 – After nearly 20 years, there is little evidence that the habitat area closures off the New England coast benefit Read More » -
The final show of Deadliest Catch, and guess who’s in the news?!! Cornilia Marie saves four from capsized F/V Auriga
The Coast Guard responded to four mariners aboard the capsized 40-foot fishing vessel Auriga near Valdez, Monday. The mariners climbed aboard the vessel’s skiff and were Read More » -
Video: Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman 70 miles off Barnegat Light, NJ
The Coast Guard medevaced a 49-year-old man Wednesday 70 miles east of Barnegat Light, New Jersey. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia received Read More » -
Stone Crabbers Strike against Joe’s Stone Crab. Say they low balled the Wholesale price.
Joe’s defended the price as appropriate for the start of the seven-month season for stone crabs, saying it has never set wholesale rates this high on Read More » -
10 times more fish in the sea? Context matters.
Earlier this year, a research team from Spain released a surprising new estimate of mesopelagic fish biomass that is 10 times greater than previous estimates. This Read More » -
Meanwhile, in Tasmania – Drag fish farm regulation into 21st century
Sea based fish farms dump tonnes of faeces into the water. Think of them as a large toilet that does not flush. I cannot think of an Read More » -
Tasmanian fishermen fed up with seal relocation into other fishing grounds
The relocation of problem seals from fish farms to the state’s North-West is causing anger among commercial fishers, who say their nets are being plundered by Read More »
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