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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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The Adventurous life of commercial fishing
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Coast Guard tows disabled 38-foot fishing vessel with 2 people, 1 dog to safety in Juneau, Alaska
Coast Guard Station Juneau crewmembers towed a disabled vessel with two people and one dog aboard to Juneau, Alaska, Sunday. A Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Meduim Read More » -
Halibut fisherman encounters freak storm on trip back from Togiak
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Video Release: Coast Guard conducts long-range medevac 230 miles northwest of St. Paul, Alaska
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N.C. boat captains put on a show for “Wicked Tuna”
Reality? For the most part, say three Outer Banks fishing captains who participated on “Wicked Tuna: North vs. South.” “Let’s just say it wasn’t a documentary,” Read More » -
New trawling technology – Precision Seafood Harvesting – the future of commercial fishing – video
New trawling technology – billed as “the future of sustainable fishing” – has been unveiled to the New Zealand seafood industry at its annual conference in Read More » -
Maine fishermen resist eel harvest quotas
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 7, 2020
Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 26, 2021
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Adrift in Canadian waters
With Alaskan waters bordering Canada in both the north and south, it’s no surprise that the U.S. and Canadian coast guards work hand-in-hand, training together annually Read More » -
BC: Fishing-boat captain from Courtenay presumed drowned near Kelsey Bay
RCMP and a coast guard crew are looking for the body of a 48-year-old Courtenay man believed to have drowned after his commercial fishing vessel overturned Read More » -
“If it comes in the bay, we’ve had it,” Port O’Connor Tx. Fishing community worries about oil spill (w/video)
It was late in the day, and nearly everyone had left Clark’s Shrimp House except Craig Lambright and the rest of the three-man shrimper crew. The Read More » -
Number of West Coast whales caught in fishing line higher than previous years
A 40-foot humpback whale first spotted last week off the coast of Newport Beach became entangled in hundreds of feet of fishing line. Since January, the Read More » -
2014 Alaska groundfish catches set for release
The numbers for next year’s groundfish catch quotas are scheduled to be posted today/Tuesday by federal overseers. This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – A Read More » -
Hey. It had to happen. The state’s 400 licensed eel fishermen are being filmed for a show called ‘Eel of Fortune.’
Maine’s eel fishing season has the potential to be packed with drama. Made-for-TV drama, apparently. Crews from a proposed Animal Planet network show called “Eel of Read More » -
Montague Bay Foods to open lobster plant soon, looking to diversify
A refurbished processing plant that will open shortly to process lobster intends to become a year-round operation. That’s the hope for Montague Bay Foods, which is Read More » -
Did crab pot lines cause the Lady Cecelia’s sinking? Coast Guard Formal Board of Investigation starts second round hearings
The vessel was in good condition,” said Ward, adding that it was very strange to have a cluster of crab pot buoys underwater. Lt. Anthony Read More » -
Valley Shrimping Industry Struggles While Waiting for Visas
A Brownsville shrimp boat owner said he’s losing thousands of dollars every day in the industry. Carlton Reyes is in his 48th shrimping season. Every year, Read More » -
Commercial Gulf Shrimp season reopens Saturday
The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on Saturday, July 15, 2023. “The annual mid-May Read More » -
Newfoundland: Equinor, Exxon given environmental go-ahead for exploratory drilling offshore
Equinor and ExxonMobil have been given the green light from Canada’s Environmental Assessment Agency to drill exploratory oil wells in the Flemish Pass and Jeanne d’Arc Read More » -
Letter to Mads Nipper, CEO, Ørsted
Dear Mr. Nipper, We write as concerned citizens and residents of the State of New Jersey, U.S.A. Our groups total tens of thousands of volunteer citizen Read More » -
So. You wanna be a “Wicked Tuna” Fisherman, eh? Stranded in Mattapoisett
Anthony Rhodes has had a rough week. The 22-year-old West Virginian was left stranded in Mattapoisett with $60 to his name, a skateboard and a 31-foot Read More » -
Turf War: Cooler heads need to prevail in Lobster disputes
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Cape Wind considers R.I. for staging area
Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island has met with officials of the Cape Wind offshore wind project planned for Massachusetts about possibly using Rhode,,,,,,,,There’s plenty of time. Read More » -
NMFS – Gulf of Mexico rule opens the door for seafood farming in the open ocean
Plenty of feel good NOAA propaganda! – NOAA filed a final rule today implementing the nation’s first comprehensive regulatory program for aquaculture in federal waters. The Read More »
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