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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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President Trump! About our great Fishermen, our great Farmers and tariffs
President Trump, as we sit here listening to your arena chat with another strong crowd of support tonight (9-16-2019) in New Mexico, you once again brought Read More » -
“You never know the mind of a squid” – The squid’s short lifespan makes it hard to study
Late this summer, squid showed up in abundance in many bays in the province, a sight not seen in several harbours, including Holyrood, for decades. Why Read More » -
Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Making Hoax Distress Call
On December 3, 2020, while at the Spruce Head Fisherman’s Co-op, Nathan Libby, 31, communicated a false distress call for a vessel and crew reportedly taking Read More » -
Derelict sunken fishing boat hauled from the bottom of Morro Bay Harbor
Morro Bay now has one less boat in its waters after a sunken commercial fishing boat was pulled onto land Thursday afternoon. The 1970s-era wooden boat Read More » -
Crabs to crawfish! – Longview Washington fisherman catching a different crustacean
TDN.com – Outside of Michael Furford’s mobile home next to the skiff boat he’s repairing, wire crawfish pots stack the wall, almost reaching the roof. Furford said Read More » -
Mass AG Coakley’s Fish suit picks up new steam – Rhode Island Attorney General has not ruled out the possibility of joining.
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Harsh Reaction to Atlantic City Move to Stop Boat Businesses
We “blew the whistle” this past Saturday, April 1, 2023 that the various boat businesses at Atlantic City, New Jersey’s Gardner’s Basin will not be able Read More » -
Maine women welcome a sea of opportunities
A blue lobster caught off Pine Point last month grabbed headlines for being a one in 2 million find. But the breed that appeared nearly as Read More » -
Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting April 9-16 in Rohnert Park, California
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet April 9-16, 2019 in Rohnert Park, California, at DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma, One Doubletree Read More » -
Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for May 26, 2015
Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More » -
Perpetrators Who Caused the Death of 69 People Were Convicted in the Wreck of a Trawler in the Sea of Okhotsk
Figures of the criminal case on the death of 69 people as a result of the crash of the Far East trawler in 2015 in the Read More » -
South Carolina: The 35th annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival returns
It’s oh-fish-ial! The 35th annual Blessing of the Fleet and Seafood Festival is returning this weekend. The festival has one purpose: To celebrate Mount Pleasant’s local fishing and shrimping industry. Held Read More » -
Video: Coast Guard, Seattle-based F/V Aleutian Beauty Rescue 5 Fishermen From Life Raft in Bering Sea, Alaska
Good Samaritans aboard the 98-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Aleutian Beauty, responding to a Coast Guard issued urgent marine information broadcast, rescue five uninjured fishermen from a Read More » -
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission could increase menhaden catch
New Jersey commercial bait fishermen want to see the coastwide catch of menhaden increased nearly 80,000 metric tons. “We’re focused on the science. If the science supports an Read More » -
Maine fisheries chief moves to suspend license of accused lobsterman
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Crab Boat Sinks – Coast Guard Rescues Distressed Fishermen
A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed this evening. that members of the agency “rescued three fisherman” this afternoon near Patricks Point State Park north Read More » -
Fisherman seeking to challenge FFAW-Unifor’s election surpasses fundraising goal
Bay Bulls fisherman Jason Sullivan passed his fundraising goal of $25,000 for a legal challenge to the process that led to the FFAW-Unifor’s election of a Read More » -
TUNAVILLE – Point Loma’s proud Portuguese past, and present
The Point Loma boundaries of Lowell to Talbot streets, and as high up the peninsula as Willow Street, by the 1930s, had earned the moniker “Tunaville.” Read More » -
A Christmas Miracle – Cruise Ship Rescues Fishermen Lost at Sea for Three Weeks
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F/V Aleutian Isle: Equipment on site, recovery will take 10 days once started
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Spiny lobster season kicks off amid an unexplained population drop
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Shanghai customs finds over 1 ton of cocaine hidden inside shipment of frozen mackerel
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HUGE CATCH off the coast of Gloucester!
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DFO says south coast cod numbers down – ‘This new assessment model is overly pessimistic,’ Atlantic Groundfish Council
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Trials set to begin for western Alaska subsistence fishermen – Alaska Native subsistence fishermen
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