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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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Massachusetts wind farm dodges lawsuits over environmental, fishing concerns
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Fishing chief says No Deal only way to exit the EU on time – and save dying UK industry
Campaign group Fishing for Leave (FFL) is fighting to take back control of British waters and the fishing industry connected to it. FFL slammed the Yellowhammer Read More » -
BP deep water well off Nova Scotia lacks commercial quantities of oil
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Video: Coast Guard medevacs injured man from F/V America’s Finest near Dutch Harbor, Alaska
The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fish processing vessel approximately 92 miles northwest of Dutch Harbor Thursday. A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew Read More » -
Cod Is Dead—Is Dogfish the Answer?
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Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 104′ RSW Offshore Lobster/Crabber,1980, Crab,Lobster Steel, CAT
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Fishermen accused of poaching in a Marine Reserve using gear stolen from fellow crabbers
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Keep ‘catch shares’ out of Gulf of Alaska fisheries
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Governor’s task force releases draft plan to save southern resident orcas
Draft recommendations from the governor’s southern resident killer whale task force were released Monday, shedding light on a plan to help save the endangered orcas. The Read More » -
2015 a half-billion dollar lobsterpalooza for Maine fishermen
The Department of Marine Resources released its preliminary 2015 commercial fisheries landings Thursday night and the news was astonishing. According to DMR, the value of Maine’s Read More » -
From pencil to computer: Lobstermen adapting to digital data collection
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ASMFC Spring Meeting – May 2-5, 2016, Alexandria, Virginia
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If loggerheads are coming back, are more protections needed? How much does a species have to rebound before being taken off the endangered list?
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Fishermen stand together in a show of solidarity against low prices
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Bluefin tuna sighted early in season off Outer Banks
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 17, 2018
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