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Update: No Fukushima Contamination Detected in Pacific Salmon Off North American Coast

June 23, 2015 Canada, National

The Integrated Fukushima Ocean Radionuclide Monitoring (InFORM) project is a network involving academic, governmental, and non-governmental organizations, as well as citizen scientists. InFORM is acquiring data to support a thorough radiological impact assessment for Canada’s west coast stemming from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (FD-NPP) accident, and to effectively communicate these results to the public. Read the rest here 16:00

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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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Update: No Fukushima Contamination Detected in Pacific Salmon Off North American Coast

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Northeast fishermen call for outside review of fish stock assessments

Mi’kmaq woman to challenge lobster fishing rules

Whale Protection Rules: Maine Lobstermen Divided Over Whether to Sue – Wait’ll the Cod Protection Rules Kick In!

P.E.I. fisheries sector gets $3.1M in government funding

Volunteer force in search for fisherman expected to grow over weekend

Maine: 1,300 fishermen wanted first new scallop licenses since 2009. Only four got them.

Carlos Rafael returns to work at Carlos Seafood on New Bedford’s waterfront

Overview of California DFW’s Annual Marine Fisheries Report – April 2014

Port of Coos Bay: Annual Blessing of the Fleet Memorial Service canceled

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43′ Fiberglass Lobster/Crab/Gillnet – 300HP, John Deere 6081

Training future AK seafood processing pros – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, April 6, 2014

“Doing this job isn’t to get rich. It’s a quality of life.” Waterman John VanAlstine – Soaking up the wisdom of the watermen

The Alaska Wilderness Prepared Me For Coronavirus

F/V Aleutian Isle lying on starboard side 200 feet down, TFR extended to Oct. 15

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ X 16.5′ David MacDonald Lobster Boat, 500HP Volvo

Elroy Johnson: Man of the people

“I believe BP is winning.” – How a Gulf Settlement That BP Once Hailed Became Its Target

U.S. lobster exports to China rebounded in 2020

Squid washing ashore by the hundreds ‘live fast and die young’

Monster Tuna Capsizes Hawaiian Fisherman’s Boat [VIDEO]

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 87.7 Steel Shrimper/Longliner/Scalloper Cat 3412

Greenland killer whale butchering in photo posted on Facebook

One Month Later: Clearing, rebuilding start at Vaca Key Marina following devastating fire

Search suspended for missing fisherman off Nantucket coast

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