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It’s Showtime! Controversial flounder decision on MFC agenda

November 18, 2015 Mid Atlantic

A controversial issue over the future of is back on the agenda for this week’s meeting of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission. After postponing action in August, the commission is scheduled to approve management measures for Supplement A to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 1. The meeting is set for Nov. 18-20 at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, with a public comment period Wednesday night and the business meeting on Thursday and Friday. Read the rest here 09:24

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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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It’s Showtime! Controversial flounder decision on MFC agenda

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Calvert fisherman Laurie Sullivan remembered fondly

Russian fishing vessel Onega capsizes in Barents Sea – Search and rescue operation completed

Fishing Flotilla Protests at Still-Damaged Vineyard Wind Turbine as Debris Continues to Wash Ashore

DFO: ‘tubbing’ can continue for the commercial prawn fishery 2021 season

Coronavirus: Maritime lobster processors call for a minimum two-week delay opening the spring fishery

Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation to Explore Maximizing the Value of Cod

Effort to save Gloucester’s oldest gillnetter sinks

Eight Projects Selected for S-K Funding – Here we go again! Fisherman get the shaft, thanks to NOAA

A new report is a reminder of what many Alaskans already know: seafood is a big industry in the state.

NOAA Announces 2020 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Levels for Groundfish Sector Fishery

Enviros and lobster fishermen are unhappy with proposed federal regulations to protect right whales

Coast Guard medevacs 62-year-old man from vessel near Point Piedras

F/V Mary B II: Coast Guard to investigate capsizing on Yaquina Bay Bar in Newport, Ore.

Brexit: What does the trade deal mean for fisheries? All the Fish related bits in the Brexit deal to read at your leisure: Articles 1-19

Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission votes to extend closing the Gulf of Maine to shrimping

Coast Guard rescues 4 fishermen from the water after boat capsizes near Eastport, Maine

Hartlepool fishermen fear for future after crab deaths

Free survival training for commercial fishermen Friday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sandwich Marina

State of New York finalizes safe harbor rules for commercial fishermen

In the Wake of Hurricane Sally, City won’t pay for removal of boats sunk behind Joe Patti’s

Late breakup means late opening for dip-netters at Chitina – Alaska Department of Fish and Game delayed the opening

Massachusetts lobstermen are pissed off over NOAA’s Fisheries Observer Program, and I don’t blame ’em.

Mandated elver catch reduction to be discussed Jan. 2 in Brewer, Me

Coast Guard urges harvesters to fish safely

Massachusetts Commercial Striped Bass Fishery to Close Wednesday, August 7, 2013

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