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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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‘It’s a miracle I am here:’ Fisherman found clinging to buoy meets his rescuers
When David Sigo was dragged off his fishing boat last month and spent an hour in the cold Puget Sound before being rescued,,, The 63-year-old from Suquamish Read More » -
Six-hour purse seine chum fishery to open in Amalga Harbor
Thursday is the opening of the purse seine season at Amalga Harbor in Juneau. Commercial fishermen will be able to catch chum, released from the DIPAC hatchery. Read More » -
Seal overpopulation having ‘significant and damaging impact’ on Canadian fish stocks: report
Canadian parliamentarians are warning that seal populations pose a danger to fish stocks and are upsetting marine ecosystems in the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans. A bipartisan Read More » -
Proposed Modifications revealed to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
Today, we released our proposed modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to further reduce the impacts of entanglement in fishing gear on right whales Read More » -
Video: Coast Guard rescues two fishermen from sinking vessel near Sitka
The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from their sinking vessel, Monday in Islet Passage, near Sitka, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew Read More » -
Barge, diver raise sunken lobster boat
The big winds that pummeled eastern Maine late in November did plenty of damage along the coast, including the sinking of the lobster boat Robin A. Read More » -
Company aims to restore Tasmania’s squid fishing industry to its glory days
A Tasmanian woman has partnered with the Commonwealth Government to resurrect the once booming Tasmanian squid industry. Fishermen call them the weeds of the sea because Read More » -
Coast Guard stops illegal fishing; releases endangered sea turtle and 5 sharks
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An endangered sea turtle and five sharks were released back to the ocean late Sunday night after the Coast Guard spotted Mexicans fishing Read More » -
How Did Gulf of Maine Lobster Get Canceled?
No one confessed to knowing that, just a few weeks before, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, an agenda setting program for sustainability-minded seafood buyers and Read More » -
When Whitburn fishermen plotted to overthrow the king
Today we recall the time when local fishermen begged to get rid of a man who was making their lives a misery. But he wasn’t just Read More » -
Jim Kendall: Little-known effort puts Northeast fishermen at risk under the National Ocean Policy
In my 50-plus years as a member of the New England fishing community, I have witnessed many threats to our survival as a result of regulatory Read More » -
“Mushing to save Bristol Bay” – Set netter with a mission hits the Iditarod Trail
In summer months, Monica Zappa is hard at work with fishing partner Tim Osmar, working his set net site at Kasilof on the Kenai Peninsula for Read More » -
Stonington: Bureaucracy claims another victim – After more than a century, Wilcox Marine closing down
STONINGTON — Jeff Wilcox can remember when there were 50 commercial fishing draggers in Stonington Harbor. Now there are only two, said the owner of Wilcox Read More » -
Southeast Texas shrimpers hope two new bills will help keep imported shrimp from taking away their jobs
The Port Arthur Shrimper’s Association held an informational meeting Wednesday to help stop shrimp dumping. Shrimp dumping is the heavy importing of shrimp from other countries. Read More » -
SMAST professor Brian Rothschild, and the SMAST Team are coming to the rescue! (There is a God!) It ain’t NOAA either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHSkMwUa2i4 I’m willing to bet my sou’wester that the SMAST Team will get some real results that the industry can believe. SMAST plans independent groundfish survey to Read More » -
Prince Edward Island: New fishermen left out of Coronavirus support programs
The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is trying to get federal support programs for fishermen changed so people new to the industry can qualify. The association says these Read More » -
BURT PARKER, CHRIS PETERSON, AND DENNIS RYDMAN: NOAA must change Pacific whiting quotas to benefit small fishermen
The first inconvenient truth is that the allocation was purely political and was made primarily to gain support of those who wanted to retire from the fishery Read More » -
LifeWear Donates Manufacturing “Seconds” to Local Rhode Island Fishing Industry
LifeWear Technologies of North Kingstown, the leading supplier of both branded and private label sports medicine products, has found a unique way to support the local Read More » -
Coast Guard medevacs another injured fisherman. This one near Dutch Harbor
Watchstanders at the 17th District command center in Juneau received a request for assistance from a crewmember aboard the Patricia Lee who reported a 27-year-old fisherman suffered Read More » -
F/V Commander – Overhaul by Platypus Marine Inc.
Commander, 58′ Delta, Was hauled out at Pacific Northwest Shipyard Platypus Marine Inc. during her Dry dock period. Work included but was not limited to, deck Read More » -
A message from Chris Oliver on National-Level Observer Waiver Criteria; Redeployment in Northeast To Begin
To improve transparency in our approach to observer deployment, we have established national-level criteria for vessels to be waived (released) from observer or at-sea monitor coverage. Read More » -
Drakes Bay Oyster Company’s farm flap reverberates far beyond Drake’s Bay
Drakes Bay Oyster Company’s legal bid to continue operating in federally protected waters has broader implications than simply the fate of the Marin County family-owed business Read More » -
The Morgan’s long journey: Five-year restoration has brought ship to the eve of departure
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Gulf of St. Lawrence redfish population in decline even before fishery reopens, report finds
The latest scientific assessment of the redfish population in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has sobering news even as fishing groups in Atlantic Canada and Quebec Read More » -
“Long Time Champion” of offshore wind, tax credit creator, Sen. Markey receives “U.S. Wind Champion Award”
Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has been named a U.S. Wind Champion for the 116th Congress by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) at an event hosted Read More »
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