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Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team deployed to the response effort to remove the sunken F/V Lone Star from the Igushik River near Dillingham, Alaska, Friday.

July 14, 2013 North Pacific

“The Pacific Strike Team is made up of some of the best emergency responders the Coast Guard has to offer,” said Lt. Jason Gangel, chief of response, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage. “The Strike Team’s knowledge and expertise will greatly contribute to the unified effort to remove the Lone Star and restore safety to both the local environment and the mariners who use the waterway.” continued@uscgnews

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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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Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team deployed to the response effort to remove the sunken F/V Lone Star from the Igushik River near Dillingham, Alaska, Friday.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

New Co-Op Allows Fishermen From Four Villages To Participate In Kuskokwim Bay Commercial Fishery

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ Aluminum Dragger with Federal & State Permits

Letter to the Editor: The people at NOAA have jobs, and their jobs are to get rid of ours – Captain/ Owner Paul J. Halloran Gloucester Ma.

Around The World: Fishing For Cordova Salmon

Petition urges NOAA Gloucester shutdown

Virginia Delegates pass bill to reduce menhaden harvest; 25 jobs at risk

Coast Guard battles to reopen Georgia ports after hurricane Matthew

Commercial fisherman turns low-grade fish into healthy, tasty pet treats

Shrimp Trawling Comes With Big Risks

Editorial: NOAA chief’s stand to cut tuna limit must be last straw. Lubchenco has now shown her own disdain for fishery science itself.

Squid status quo? Fishermen discuss future of livelihood

Derelict fishing vessel sinks off Point Whitehorn

American Alliance of Fishermen and their Communities (AAFC) – a formal FOIA Request

Lobstermen may get temporary delay on new right whale restrictions

Food of the future: can ‘Frankenfish’ survive politics?

Officer honored after April rescue effort off Tangier Island

Greenpeace Loses Millions, Blames Rogue Employee, Currency Hedge Gone Wrong

Cod comeback

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Fishing Vessel Skipper medevaced from Ocean Beauty Cannery in Lazy Bay

If you have an opinion on fluke management, now is the time to make it known.

Will SAFMC open oculina coral reef to shrimp trawling? Environmentalists oppose plan

Overwaitea Food Group dropped by sustainable seafood program SeaChoice

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