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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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Hurricane Ian remains lingering threat to SWFL’s commercial fishing industry
Florida’s Gulf Coast has experienced many hurricanes, but Ian wasn’t like anything local commercial fishermen had seen before. “I don’t think any of these storms in Read More » -
TSB report into deaths of 3 fishermen in Tabusintac released
Weeks after a small lobster boat grounded on a sandbar in Tabusintac Bay last year and sunk, killing all three people on board, five additional green Read More » -
Gloucester featured in fishing documentary in the works – “Fish & Men”
The filmmakers estimate they have interviewed more than 45 people, including many familiar Gloucester players like NOAA Regional Administrator John K. Bullard, Angela Sanfilippo of the Read More » -
Changes loom for Maine elver fishery – catch limits – swipe-card monitoring of elver sales – welfare fraud prevention project
Maine’s lucrative elver fishery is facing some big changes, including smaller catch quotas and a new swipe-card monitoring system that state officials hope will help manage Read More » -
Antarctic Crabs May Be Native, Evidence Suggests
July 4, 2013 — A new study has cast doubt on the claim that crabs may have disappeared from Antarctica only to return due to warming Read More » -
Coast Guard Plucks Fisherman from F/V St. Philip near Crystal River, Fla.
A crewmember aboard the St. Philip contacted Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders at 10:12 a.m., via VHF-FM channel 16 radio reporting he was suffering from chest Read More » -
Lobsterman’s body found in river – Man identified as Anthony Rahn of Portsmouth
Authorities on Friday launched a massive search effort along the Piscataqua River to find a lobsterman who reportedly went missing while diving in the area of Read More » -
Is ‘fishermen’ a sexist and exclusionary term?
Many words in English can come across as exclusionary. But is “fishermen” one of them? And if not, what’s the alternative? A question came to my Read More » -
ASMI All-Hands Meeting Information
UFA members and friends, UFA is headed to Sitka for our semi-annual Board meeting which runs from October 23rd to 25th at Centennial Hall (http://www.ufa-fish.org/ ). For those Read More » -
Pyrosomes: The Borg of the ocean, clogging fishing and research gear
A strange organism has taken over the ocean waters off Oregon this spring, clogging fishing and research gear and confounding beachcombers and biologists. Fishermen compare them Read More » -
And then they came for the lobstermen… Phil Shannon
Originally posted September 1, 2012 According to the “NOAA Fisheries Implementation Plan of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries” 2012 document, the New England Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 22 , 2019
Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More » -
Drakes Bay Oyster Company fighting for the survival – federal agencies purposefully manipulated and misrepresented scientific data
townhall.com – Despite the President’s pledge, the government officials involved in the decision to close the doors of DBOC were persuaded by science that was manipulated Read More » -
U.S. Coast Guard hands off massive Bering Sea search to South Korea
The U.S. Coast Guard has transferred search duties in the Bering Sea sinking of a fishing vessel to South Korea’s navy, with more than two dozen Read More » -
Nova Scotia to Cooke Aquaculture: Pay up on $18m loan
The provincial government is calling in Cooke Aquaculture’s $18-million loan. The money comes from a major loan announced by the former NDP government in 2012. The Read More » -
More black sea bass added to quota
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board last week approved increases to the 2016 black sea bass Read More » -
91st annual Blessing of the Fleet, Sunday, March 17th, Fishermen’s Terminal, Seattle
The 91st annual Blessing of the Fleet has been scheduled for Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Fishermen’s Memorial site at Fishermen’s Terminal Read More » -
Slow crawl for crab: Seasonal delays stifle coastal economy
Price strikes, delays and poor weather have plagued the 2017-18 Dungeness crab season from the start. Roughly four weeks into the season, landings for the non-tribal Read More » -
Community pitches in to help get shrimp boat back out to sea
Five days and still no change. Shrimp boat Big Earl has been stuck on Holden Beach since last week is still there. Captain Virgil Coleman was Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 49ft.x27ft. Crab/Lobster vessel, 6 Cylinder Cat C-18
Specifications, information and 30 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:05 Read More » -
Upping their groundfish game – ADFG opens experimental pollock fishery in Cook Inlet
Nelson’s net hangs at about 180 feet deep and fishes at about 150. It isn’t deep enough to go out in the middle of the bay, Read More » -
Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished?
How much of the world’s oceans are affected by fishing? In February, a team of scientists led by David Kroodsma from the Global Fishing Watch published Read More » -
Live Broadcast, Saturday, 2/16/13. Join Chris McCaffity and his guests on the freefish7 radio show
Please tune in at noon est on Saturday, 2/16/13 for a live Q&A episode of the freefish7 radio show. I will also have some good news Read More » -
Eyak Salvaged, Back In Sitka
The Eyak is back in Sitka. Ten days after the 80-foot tender and mail boat ran aground and sank just north of the Goddard hot springs, it’s back afloat — Read More » -
Remembering the Milford Knight crew
This week in TRM “Old Trawler Corner” is the Milford Knight M127 (see photo) built in Selby in 1950, a steel-sided, diesel, crabber class trawler, that Read More »
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