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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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ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section and Advisory Panel meeting in Portland, Me. June 12, 2015
Interstate fishery regulators will meet in Portland, Maine, this week to identify management options for the shuttered Northern shrimp fishery. Regulators are working on an amendment Read More » -
Pacific Ocean perch stock declared rebuilt
An important, though overfished groundfish stock has been declared rebuilt, the Pacific fishery Management Council announced Monday. Pacific Ocean perch has been an overfished stock since Read More » -
Protesters call for end to Chinook salmon fishing to save endangered orcas
Demonstrators concerned about the fate of the endangered southern resident killer whale population are calling for an end to all commercial fishing of Chinook salmon. There Read More » -
Today – July 1 – is the last day to comment on the plans to build the Pebble Mine near Bristol Bay. It takes only minutes to do so.
The link below is from Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay and provides a suggested comment: Please take a minute to send the Army Corps the message Read More » -
Controversial bycatch monitoring program coming to Maritime lobster industry
Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is rolling out a controversial bycatch monitoring program in three lobster fishing areas in Nova Scotia, but it won’t say Read More » -
Louisiana: First catches of shrimp season ‘not too good’
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Gulf of Mexico shrimp landings low, prices up
Shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico are running lower than usual, but prices are up, according to the latest data issued by the National Oceanographic Read More » -
Lobster season in eastern Cape Breton launches today
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NH delegation requests Hampton Harbor emergency dredging while Depoe Bay Mayor ready to do jail time for dredging
The congressional delegation from New Hampshire is requesting that emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor be included in the Army Corps of Engineers’ work plan for the Read More » -
Covid-19 Transmission and Mandatory On-Board Observers
You have two Senators and one Member of Congress representing you in Washington. If you are concerned with the recent NOAA/NMFS decision to once again require Read More » -
Grand Manan Fisherman’s Association welcomes $4.9 million to expand the Fundy Marine Service Centre
After about a decade of lobbying the New Brunswick government, fishermen in Grand Manan celebrated an investment announcement yesterday of $4.9 million to expand the Fundy Marine Read More » -
Process underway now to plan ahead for upcoming lobster seasons
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Scientists don’t need to do a better job of explaining themselves to fishermen — they need to do a better job of listening to them.
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Transport Canada report raises alarm over aging Coast Guard fleet
The comprehensive analysis of the nation’s transportation network was part of a statutory review submitted to the Trudeau government last December, but not tabled until the Read More » -
A welcome goodbye to a bleak stone-crab season – Florida Keys commercial fleet.
KeyNet.comBut we never had a winter,” he said. “It went from fall to summer. The first cold front didn’t hit until March.” For unknown reasons, it Read More » -
AIS Inc. Wins Northeast Fisheries Five-year, $50 Million Dollar Observer Contract
AIS Inc., a scientific services company headquartered in Marion, Mass., has been awarded a five-year, $50 million contract to provide fisheries observers for federal monitoring programs Read More » -
Commercial Fisherman & Coast Guard Reserve Veteran, Harold A. Loftes, Jr., Dies
Harold A. Loftes, Jr., 78, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. He was the husband of Mary (Littlefield) Loftes and the son of the late Read More » -
Fishermen: Let charterboats sell excess dolphin
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A close encounter with an albatross
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Bristol Bay Fishermen Donate Salmon To Yukon River Villages responding to lack of subsistence salmon fishing
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Governor Sean Parnell today nominated Simon Kinneen for NPFMC
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Dwayne Samson, captain in ‘murder for lobster’ case, gets full parole
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Cooke Aquaculture to pay $490,000 after illegal pesticides kill lobsters in Canada
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In Favor of the Little People: Mashpee oyster farmer scores SJC victory
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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Approves Increases for Black Sea Bass Annual Catch Limits
In a compromise vote, the Council approved an increase from the current limit of 847,000 pounds (all measures in whole weight) to 1,814,000 pounds. . continued Read More »
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