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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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Kerry proves lone fed voice on disaster call By Richard Gaines GDT
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Blue Harvest Refitted Codfather Trawlers going into service
Blue Harvest Fisheries this week launched the Carrabassett, the second of three refitted groundfish vessels the company is putting into service this year. The 78-foot trawler Read More » -
Massachusetts fishermen say feds are hypocritical in Gulf of Maine wind energy designation
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The U.S. is not harvesting as many fish as it could, driving up imports
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Peter Shelley -Conservation Law Foundation – Enviro group urges fishery shutdown
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Making a living on the high seas
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Carteret County trawler Lady Barbara sinks at the dock in Oriental Harbor
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Trawl fishing in the age of the coronavirus: First, you make it through quarantine
Hundreds of crew members went through two weeks of shore-side quarantine coupled with testing for the novel coronavirus that did identify a few who, if they Read More » -
Enviro Groups Demand U.S., Canada Act to Save North Atlantic Right Whales
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The Yurok Tribe is Leading a Massive Restoration Project on the Trinity River, and the Fish are Coming Back
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Djúpivogur and the fight for the livelihood in small communities all over the world
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Judge requests additional briefs and memoranda concerning at-sea monitoring lawsuit
The final judgment in New Hampshire fisherman David Goethel’s federal lawsuit against NOAA Fisheries concerning at-sea monitoring will be further delayed after the judge in the Read More » -
NOAA and it’s ENGO “Partner’s” issues report on at-sea monitors
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Fisherman talks shrimping season coming to close
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FF & Wildlife Conservation Commission considers alternatives to closure of St. Joseph Bay scallop harvesting
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A little bit about the gal overseeing our industry – she ain’t real people! Obama’s priorities are not what’s in the public interest.
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F/V Misty Blue: Bodies of missing fishermen found and recovered
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NOAA Fisheries (psuedonym) working to improve fisheries data quality
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Newport Fishermen’s Wives work to show up whenever, or wherever, their community needs them
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With the shortest day of the year over, summer is on its way!
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This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch …. Seven elements to be considered for any catch share plan. That’s up after this –
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