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FISH-NL calls on candidates in federal by-election to take a stand on fishery issues. All responses will be made public.

December 1, 2017 Canada

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on candidates in the upcoming federal byelection of Bonavista-Burin-Trinity to spell out where they stand on five major fishery issues in the riding: Do you agree with the federal government’s decision to open the south coast (fishing zone 3Ps) cod fishery to offshore draggers? Do you agree the offshore sector should be removed from the 3Ps cod fishery when the quota falls below 10,000 tonnes? Do you agree with the decision of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans,,, click here to read the press release 15:21

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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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FISH-NL calls on candidates in federal by-election to take a stand on fishery issues. All responses will be made public.

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

European Union backs off North American lobster ban

Will Trump’s win end Morro Bay offshore wind energy projects?

‘It’s really scary’: The existential crisis of a Bay Area crabber

Kodiak officials prepare for ‘disaster’: An 80 percent decline in Gulf cod catches in 2018

Funding announced today by the provincial government will support ongoing research into the characteristics of cod, crab and lobster populations.

Japanese fishermen angered by gov’t decision on Fukushima plant water release

More seals, and more seals, and,,,,,Seal numbers soar around Cape Cod

Louisiana: Shrimp Season To Close in Portions of State Inside and Outside Waters

John Bullard’s Right whale challenge angers lobstermen

In New England, “The resource keeps diminishing.” Clammers Dig Through The Pandemic For Fewer Shellfish

Slow Start to F/V Lone Star Salvage Ops in the Igushik River

Fishing Vessel Owners Marine Ways incorporates on March 28, 1919.

First, the lights flickered. Then the internet disappeared – 400,000 without power as deadly Nor’easter slams New England

Lack of crab ripples through Pillar Point Harbor

RCMP investigating Mi’kmaq lobster boat tie-up line slashing allegation

Coast Guard, federal agencies responding to offshore oil spill in the Gulf

Lobster thieves are back at work in Nova Scotia — two fishing boats were hit a week apart.

NH port director Geno Marconi indicted a day after his wife, a NH Supreme Court justice

Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for December 2nd 2015

Linda Greenlaw Casts Claim That Deadliest Catch Is More Scripted Than You Think

Philip Boudreau ‘murder for lobster trial’ resumes with key witness “He’s going to get a scare this time.”

Captain William “Barnacle Bill” Louwsma of Everglades City, a commercial fisherman, has passed away

Harper Government is committed to improving small craft harbours in New Brunswick

Another push for catch shares – Nils E. Stolpe, FishNet-USA

Key West charter Captain files change of plea in illegal sale of finfish and lobster case

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