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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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A Rundown of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2014
The T-shirts said it all – “Commercial Fisherman: Proudly Feeding America.” “Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, Together We Persevere.” “Fish Forever.” There was an aura of feistiness Read More » -
Icelands Fishermen’s Strike Began Last Night – All ships not in harbor are on their way to land
A fishermen’s strike began at 11 pm last night when wage negotiations had failed between them and Fisheries Iceland, RÚV reports. This is their first strike Read More » -
This Weekend: Marathon Seafood Festival celebrates locally caught seafood
Those attending can enjoy indigenous offerings like dolphin, Key West pink shrimp, spiny lobster, stone crab claws and crackers piled high with creamy smoked fish dip, Read More » -
Questionable Management of Commercial Fisheries – US Senate candidate R.I. State Rep Bobby Nardolillo
Point Judith: State Representative Bobby Nardolillo, a GOP Candidate for the US Senate in 2018, made a formal statement today on the plight of the Ocean Read More » -
Oyster prices rising as oysters dying in Gulf of Mexico off Florida
CEDAR KEY, FLA. — Officials say an oyster collapse in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida’s Big Bend and Panhandle will just have to run its Read More » -
Sons of fishing family to deliver Stories on Deck in Gloucester
Two brothers, sons of an extended Gloucester Sicilian fishing family, will be the storytellers when Gloucester 400+ presents Stories on Deck this Saturday. Stories on Deck Read More » -
North Uist brothers all at sea with new scallop vessel
Two North Uist-based brothers who founded a scallop fishing business a decade ago have bought a new vessel, thanks to a six-figure funding package. Konrad and Kamil Read More » -
Starting in Maine, tidal energy projects slowly taking hold across nation
In addition to developing its site in Maine, Ocean Renewable also is working in Alaska and with two other companies on developing their sites. Grants from Read More » -
Letter: Scallop regulators threaten fishery by opening Nantucket Lightship – Eddie Welch
A recent controversial decision to open select scallop grounds off the coast of New England to certain select fishing groups undermines , and threatens the future Read More » -
FISH-NL accuses FFAW-Unifor of hypocrisy, preaching ‘fair access’ for inshore harvesters while squeezing them out
The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) accuses the FFAW-Unifor of hypocrisy for preaching “fair access” to adjacent resources for inshore harvesters Read More » -
Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership is organizing a health-care forum next Thursday at 6 p.m. in Gloucester
Angela Sanfillipo – “Because we’re in the fishing community, and fishing affects everyone else in the community, the meeting is a public meeting for anyone who Read More » -
An open invitation to the public – Event to mark the 30th anniversary of northern cod moratorium
An event to mark the 30th anniversary of the announced shutdown of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most iconic fishery is scheduled for next week, with an open Read More » -
Gillnetters critique off-channel plan
Southwest Washington’s regional manager of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife came to Cathlamet Monday to discuss the start of a salmon net pen rearing Read More » -
Tri Marine International not surprised by US withdrawal from Tuna Treaty
Tri Marine International is not surprised by the US Government’s announcement its withdrawing from the South Pacific Tuna Treaty. In a statement issued this afternoon the Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs man near Nantucket, Mass.from F/V Mekong
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a 39-year-old male from the fishing vessel Mekong approximately 10 nautical miles east of Nantucket, Mass., at approximately Read More » -
Michigan Department of Natural Resources prepares for possible Asian carp invasion
Silver and bighead carp, more commonly referred to as species of the infamous Asian Carp, haven’t been found recently in Michigan’s waters, according to the Michigan Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 15, 2015
Click to read Weekly Update for May 15, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here 10:50 Read More » -
The politically unifying potential of salmon
If there is any issue Democrats and Republicans in Washington State should come together on, it’s salmon. Salmon play a major role in our state’s economy, Read More » -
City of Gloucester lands fish processing plant, 225 jobs
An Illinois-based seafood processor and wholesaler is moving into Gloucester to operate a processing plant in the Blackburn Industrial Park — a move that is expected Read More » -
“Oh, here we go, baby!” Watch: Researchers stumble across a whale carcass teeming with marine scavengers
When whales die in the open ocean they sometimes sink to the sandy floor where scavenging fish and other marine creatures tuck into the colossal feast. Read More » -
Viewpoints: 40-year-old Endangered Species Act sets a high standard in forbidding extinction
More than 40 years ago I began studying California’s amazing freshwater fish fauna, made up mostly of species that lived nowhere else. Back then few people Read More » -
Fears that thousands of escaped salmon could ‘pollute’ wild stocks on Newfoundland’s south coast
The escape of thousands of farmed salmon on the south coast of Newfoundland is a significant concern, as is the lack of public notification about the Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 56′ DMR Scalloper/Dragger, 500HP, John Deere
To review specifications, information, and 37 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 10:50 Read More » -
Families of missing six cling to hope as wild weather hampers search
Hope is fading of finding six men alive after their trawler capsized, with police saying the likelihood of finding them alive is “not looking real promising”. On Read More » -
Alaska’s Copper River salmon fly to Seattle
An Alaska Air Cargo plane from Cordova touched down Friday morning and the pilots emerged with a 48-pound king salmon. They carried it down a red Read More »
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