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Commercial fishermen concerned recreational fishing is leading to overfishing

May 13, 2022 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

“There are plenty of fish out here to be caught,” said Captain Matt Sexton for the Small Shellfishing vessel. “Everyone should have equal chance to catch fish out here, but there are a lot of rules and regulations that are going on that are not fair to the commercial fishermen.” Those same concerns were repeated by boat captains readying their boats for their next trip. Fishing captain Casey Streeter also owns Island Seafood Market in Matlacha. He says a big part of the problem isn’t coming from commercial or charter fishing, but rather recreational fishing; and a lack of knowledge about how much fish is actually being removed from the ecosystem. Video, >click to read< 08:42

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Downtime – This year’s Slam’n Salm’n Derby winner is a commercial fisherman who hits Ship Creek on his time off

June 29, 2019 North Pacific

This year’s winner of the Slam’n Salm’n Derby is an Anchorage angler who spends many of his hours off from commercial fishing at Ship Creek. Robert George III won this year’s Anchorage fishing derby with a 30.35-pound king salmon.,,, After the creekside awards ceremony Sunday, George examined a hefty gold nugget included as part of the prize package valued at more than $5,000. George said he commercial long-lines for Pacific cod out of Dutch Harbor.,,, >click to read< 16:42

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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council – No red snapper take in 2015

June 6, 2015 South Atlantic

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council announced Friday, there will not be commercial or recreational season in 2015 because the total number of red snapper removed from the population in 2014 exceeded the allowable level. In other news, the SAFMC also announced that no more recreational harvest of blueline tilefish in South Atlantic waters will be allowed after 12:01 a.m. (local time) Wednesday. The commercial sector for blueline tilefish was closed to harvest on April 7. Read the rest here 13:02

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Gulf reef fish anglers – You wanted it! You got it! Welcome To The Machine.

March 25, 2015 Gulf of Mexico

Attention Gulf reef fish anglers (a little tribute tune!) : You’ve asked for better data and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has listened and taken action. Now the FWC needs your help. Signing up to participate in the Gulf Reef Fish Survey becomes mandatory April 1, so sign up today. The easy, no-cost process will help the FWC paint a clearer picture of how many people are targeting Gulf reef fish, like red snapper and gag grouper, and what anglers are seeing on the water. Read the rest here 10:19

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You Asked For It! New U.S. recreational fisheries policy announced

February 14, 2015 National

~~NOAA Fisheries~~ NMFS Administrator Eileen Sobeck unveiled the policy document at a news conference at the Miami International Boat Show. She said it was crafted with input from fishing and boating communities, conservation organizations and fisheries managers around the nation. “This is going to be a very valuable road map into how we do our business in the future,” Sobeck said at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Read the rest here 08:44

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New England: Fishing regs have widespread impact

December 27, 2014 New England

In mid-December, Les Eastman sent out one of his fishing charter party boat full of tourists who were in the region to fish in New Hampshire’s ocean waters.,, For decades, the increasingly restrictive fishing regulations handed down by Washington, D.C. bureaucrats were primarily a burden to small boat commercial fishermen in the inshore fleets found along coastal New Hampshire, Maine, and parts of Massachusetts. Read the rest here 09:53

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After closing its waters to all fishing for bluefin tuna, Mexico reopened its waters on Sunday

August 11, 2014 Pacific

Ken Franke couldn’t explain it, but inexplicably, just as quick as Mexico closed its waters to bluefin fishing, it reopened them Sunday to recreational fishing. Suspect environmental groups, using the usual junk science,,, <Read more here> 08:00

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The Red Snapper War – Gulf states fight back as feds seek to reel in recreational fishing season

July 8, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

Gulf Coast charter captains say the feds are ruining their businesses by needlessly cutting their fishing season in response to complaints from commercial fishermen, and now their state lawmakers are stepping up to tackle the issue. “Environmental organizations, who have infiltrated our federal government — they are hell-bent on reducing the fleet of fisherman,” Zales said. Read more here 16:58

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NILS STOLPE: Of gumballs, the American Sportfishing Association and fisheries management

May 9, 2014 National

FishNet USA — May 9, 2014 — To equate what a recreational fisherman pays to catch a fish to what a commercial fisherman is paid to catch that same fish is to equate the total cost an equestrian pays to ride her horse for a mile to what Amtrak would charge to move her the same distance on a train. The people at the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) are embarking on the second year of a campaign to convince anyone who will listen that recreational fishing is equally as or more important than commercial fishing and that in their estimation the federal government should not be putting so much emphasis on managing the commercial fisheries. Read more here 19:27

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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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