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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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A new fish processor is buoying King Cove’s fishermen. But,,
King Cove has long been a company town. For decades, its fishermen were frustrated by Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc., the private company that runs King Cove’s Read More » -
Massachusetts Commercial Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today to evading taxes on income he earned as a commercial fisherman. According to court documents and statements made in court, Read More » -
Stocks head for weekly loss as economy’s coronavirus pain deepens – Seafood industry hit hard
A federal report says the coronavirus pandemic has taken away about a third of the commercial fishing industry’s revenue. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says Read More » -
Meat from slaughtered sharks off UK coastline ‘could end up on sale at chippies’ – Oh No!
The image, which has sparked outrage, shows the heads and fins of up to 60 of the creatures which were dumped near the coastline of the Read More » -
NOAA Fisheries Announces Closure of Commercial Atlantic Mackerel Fishery
NOAA Fisheries has projected that 80 percent of the Atlantic mackerel domestic annual harvest (DAH) was harvested by November 29, 2024. Therefore, effective 0001 local time Read More » -
Is a soft-shell green crab industry viable in New England? NOAA Fisheries awards Manomet $267,440 to investigate
Manomet has been awarded a grant of $267,440 by the NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program to expand work to develop a lucrative green crab fishery in New Read More » -
Op-Ed: The risks oil lobbyists don’t want you to know
As the Obama Administration nears a final decision about opening the Virginia coast to offshore drilling, outsider oil and gas industry representatives have ramped up their Read More » -
Seafood Billionaire Donates To Trump
In the southwest corner of Alaska, next to a line of islands that point across the Bering Sea, sits Bristol Bay, home to one of the Read More » -
No sanctuary for fishermen
Sanctuaries are designated areas intended to provide a safe haven and protection. But for the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding tributaries, the word Read More » -
Rare orange lobster caught in Bay of Fundy
A rare orange lobster was trapped in the Bay of Fundy on Friday and is now on display in Alma. continued@cbcnews Read More » -
Efforts to remove sunken vessel near Victoria are difficult due to conditions
A small fishing vessel remains underwater two weeks after it sank off the coast of San Juan Island, Washington, and the U.S. Coast Guard says removal Read More » -
Commerce Secretary Wibur Ross’ side project: Make America first on seafood
Wilbur Ross is expected to emerge as the Trump administration’s leading voice on trade after the Senate votes tonight to confirm him as Commerce Department secretary. Read More » -
‘Another punch in the gut’: Gulf Coast shrimpers navigate the coronavirus crisis
Shrimping is a hard business. Gulf Coast shrimpers, who bring in three quarters of the nation’s catch, have been battered with waves of bad luck. Hurricanes. Read More » -
Retired boat builder turns his attention to fiddles, genealogy
Between 1946 and 2003, Ralph Stanley built, rebuilt or co-built 70 wooden boats of various designs, including lobster boats, Friendship sloops, sailboats and dories. In 1999, Read More » -
Nations square off at International Whaling Commission conference
The commission’s 65th meeting kicked off in Slovenia with a vote of 46 to 11, with three abstentions, in favour of Greenland’s proposed 207 kills per Read More » -
Cold winter puts damper on Louisiana seafood – Bad year expected
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Martha’s Vineyard Wind Turbine Globalism
The first offshore wind farm financial fiasco in the United States was launched off the coast of Rhode Island’s Block Island in 2016. The cost of Read More » -
Maryland’s wild oyster harvest doubles from last year
Despite having fewer days to work, Maryland watermen harvested nearly twice as many wild oysters last season as they did the previous year, state officials report. Read More » -
Lobstermen unhappy over proposed changes in legal size of catch
Lobstermen facing new fishing restrictions proposed by the multi-state Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) met March 9 with Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) staff Read More » -
WPRFMC Press Release, September 23, 2014 – Workshop Addresses Issue of Disproportionate Burden in Pacific Island Fisheries
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council sponsored a first of its kind workshop on Sept. 18-20, 2014, at the Council office in Honolulu to discuss Read More » -
Shark Fin Controversy – The Pew Nuts are Cracked!
NOAA is attempting to strengthen an existing federal law against shark finning. While it would be easy to assume that advocates for the protection of sharks Read More » -
Scarborough fisherman Colin Jenkinson celebrates 70 years at sea
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Fightin windmill’s ain’t enough, right? NROC Aquaculture Working Session These discussions are an essential part of the regional ocean planning effort in New England
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Fisheries of the US report – 13 AK ports make Top 50 list; Report includes species, fish prices This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch
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Humboldt commercial crab season to open, but with an exception
Press release from Department of Fish and Wildlife: Except for one area within Humboldt County, the California coast is open for recreational Dungeness crab fishing. The Read More »
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