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The Observer Program. Expanded

August 10, 2014 National

The US Fishing industry is the most scrutinized industry in the Nation. In another article today regarding the Mount Polley mine tailings pond dam breach, a fishermen’s representative laments, “We have fleets of boats with observers or cameras watching our every move to fish sustainably, and nobody is watching these folks as they destroy our ecosystem,” I would like to expand the conversation regarding oversight of the regulators,,, <Read more here> 19:50

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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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The Observer Program. Expanded

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 Hampshire lobstermen see no shortage of lobsters

Sockeye face ‘catastrophic’ collapse in South Okanagan

“I don’t know what we’ll find here,” Enigmatic eels a focus of concern

The Auction Block closes its doors as hope for sale dwindles

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officers seized 2 tons of illegal Apalachicola oysters

Begich calls farmed fish ‘corncob couch potatoes’ to ‘Hollywood health guru’

Department of Interior’s final plan abandons oil drilling off Atlantic Coast

Lobsterman finds body off Down East coast

Low-Lying Tangier Island to Get $2.3 Million to Safeguard Fuel Oil Supply for Watermen

Live Well Challenge creator starts another fundraiser to support Digby dad battling rare cancer

‘Just Go Fishing’: Florida’s commercial fishermen getting back on the water

OPINION: The desk-bound green groups that dictate fishing policy

Shrimp Trawling Comes With Big Risks

SURETTE: Open-pen fish farming a mess: How the world is passing us by

Talk of the Times: City woman, Frances Ferrante, takes fishery pitch to Obama:

Border-security push is reshaping role of Texas game wardens

Fish tales and tails: Festival celebrates Gloucester Fisheries Heritage

Tanker/Whale Strike Update: ENGO says number of whales killed by ships each year in the 1000s

Appeals court orders state board to reconsider Atlantic City windfarm

Fisheries issues, policies to get a close look – The effort is being spurred by the Federal Fishery Advisory Board

Sausalito restaurateur championing local herring

1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed with FDA – Previously undisclosed documents reveal requests by many companies seeking government approval to grow controversial salmon in U.S.

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 13, 2023

Eco Zealot Oceana to feds: sea lions starving due to overfishing

Diversions, barrier islands discussed at coastal restoration meeting

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