Tag Archives: Senate Bill 830
Oregon Fishing bill heads to Governor
A bill aimed at enhancing fisheries and strengthening a lower Columbia River Fish Management and Reform plan is on its way to becoming law. [email protected]
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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Recent Posts
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Maine fishery officials are shutting out commercial divers
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FISH-NL Launches fundraiser to help fund the conclusion of the breakaway union’s drive for certification
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Our water quality problems are a tangled mess, but they can be fixed
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Coronavirus: The country is shutting down. Shutdown NOAA’s Fisheries Observer Program, nationally. Right Now.
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F/V Aleutian Isle: Equipment on site, recovery will take 10 days once started
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Sport groups pressure Oregon governor to stop changes in Columbia River net plan
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Consultation lacking on decision to reactivate licenses for Indigenous communities
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Coast Guard, port partners conducting rescue operation for 4 aboard disabled, on fire vessel in St. Simons Sound
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Banner Scallop Year in Aquinnah Comes to Close
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Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment – Plan to change New England ocean stewardship up for debate
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Oregon wants to untangle whales from crab fishery
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Historic lighthouse featured on Maine state quarter suffers extensive damage in storm
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Information Update: The Make Commercial Fishing Great Again Flotilla 2017
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Lobster boat crew accused of catching 116 undersized lobsters
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Mid-Atlantic Council Meeting in Baltimore December 8 – 11, 2014 Listen live with Adobe Connect
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Early ice growth means busy icebreaking season for coast guard vessels, officials in St. John’s say
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On the Northwest’s Snake River, the Case for Dam Removal Grows
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On This Day April 8,1950: Eight fishermen drown in sight of Lightship Pollock Rip
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After the sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose, an aftermath of anguish
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Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory, 1100 AM AST Fri Aug 30 2019
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No fish Left in the Ocean by 2048!!! – Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper. By Dr Bik
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CLOSURE WITHOUT CAUSE: Unprecedented Levels of Mackerel Call into Question Minister’s Decision to Close Fishery
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Moving Forward – FISH-NL Vows to keep fighting despite certification rejection
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Billionaire Penny Pritzker, daughter of the co-founder of the Hyatt hotel chain and a real estate investor, pick for Commerce Secretary.
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Save our way of life
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