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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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CHOW CHOW CHOW! LIVE from Capitol Hill Ocean Week
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Coast Guard urges EPIRB education to save taxpayer dollars, lives
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Minister Shea announces that Canadian seafood exports continued to grow in 2013
March 16, 2014 – Boston, Massachussets The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today released the 2013 trade figures for Canada’s exports of fish Read More » -
Fisherman who lost four pals in trawler tragedy returns to water as lifeboatman
A fisherman left devastated when four colleagues died in a trawler tragedy is returning to the sea as a lifeboatman. Tam Fyall, 59, is now deputy Read More » -
Coast Guard search suspended for missing boat fire victim near Carlsbad
The Coast Guard crews suspended their search efforts Friday for a missing Carlsbad boat fire victim at approximately 8 a.m. Missing is the owner and resident Read More » -
Stories of Honor – Guy Cravath: A predecessor to aviation survival
Sixty-nine-year-old Orcutt resident Guy Cravath was part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s search-and-rescue program before his profession became the domain of the highly-elite. That was when Read More » -
US Coast Guard continues search for overboard fisherman off the coast of Massachusetts
The search for a fisherman who went overboard off the coast of Massachusetts continues. The United States Coast Guard Northeast shared an update on Twitter around 9:20 Read More » -
Halibut-tracking test hopes to prove quota increase needed
Michael MacDonald with the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association says they’re trying to make a case to Fisheries and Oceans Canada that fishermen should be allowed Read More » -
Pacific fishing nations warn more price rises ahead
Pacific nations have warned foreign fishing countries, including the United States, to expect more price hikes to the cost of fishing in their territorial waters. The Read More » -
Cook Inlet: As we welcome the new year, the fisheries debate continues
We’re going to usher out the old year just as we welcomed it — discussing the salmon management situation in Cook Inlet. A lot of the Read More » -
New Bedford meeting brings wind, fishing industries together
Jim Kendall painted the city’s streets with snow when he articulated how fishermen may feel about offshore wind during a meeting Wednesday that brought both sides Read More » -
Northern Fishermen in Norway Want to Go It Alone
Last week, the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association, Division North (NFA North) decided to exit from the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association. The proposal to leave was approved with only Read More » -
Call for ‘full investigation’ into alleged bluefin tuna fishing breach
Tensions with France increased again last week after a French vessel was accused of catching about 1.2 tonnes of bluefin tuna off the west coast. There Read More » -
Fishermen and farmers fight over water in California
Farmers are preparing for state-ordered cuts in water use to take effect this week. They are expected to affect agriculture and people in the watershed of Read More » -
Belford Seafood Co-op struggles to stay afloat following damaging fire
The general manager of the Belford Seafood Co-op says the business is doing all that it can to stay open following a fire that destroyed the Read More » -
Commercial Dungeness fishery opens Wednesday in Southeast Alaska
The summer commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast opens Wednesday at 8 a.m. After a record season two years ago, and an average catch in last Read More » -
Cape Wastewater cleanup costs a problem
BUZZARDS BAY — The bottom line is often the line in the sand for taxpayers reluctant to pay for expensive projects to reduce the flow of Read More » -
Council to reconsider red king crab closure options
Regulators are inching closer to closing areas of Bristol Bay to commercial groundfish fishing in an attempt to help conserve the depleted red king crab there. Read More » -
Louisiana’s 2017 inshore spring shrimp season set by commission
Louisiana’s inshore brown-shrimp season will have a staggered opening, beginning May 8 at 6 a.m. in Zone 2 and a week later, May 15 at 6 Read More » -
F/V Scandies Rose: Family of missing fishermen mourn but pledge to keep fishing
Fishing runs deep in the DNA of the Cobban family so they know as well as anyone how dangerous the profession can be. Four generations of Read More » -
MSA – Federal fishery law changes leave fishing communities vulnerable – Darren Platt, Commercial Fisherman, Kodiak
From the article – However, there are issues that both parties should be able to effectively address, despite ideological disparities. One of these is the re-authorization Read More » -
‘An extreme crisis for our sacred salmon’: B.C. rockslide threatens First Nations’ food security
Several First Nations leaders say a “state of emergency” could arise from the blocked salmon situation necessitating immediate action on the part of other governments. The Read More » -
‘Wicked Tuna’ Star Paul Hebert gets 4 years of probation for defrauding the government
A man whose fishing job was featured on the reality television show “Wicked Tuna” while he was receiving government disability benefits was sentenced on Wednesday to Read More » -
Coast Guard seizes two lanchas illegally fishing in U.S. waters
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — Law enforcement crews from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island intercepted two Mexican lanchas fishing illegally in U.S. waters, Friday. Read Read More » -
Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 90′ Raised Foc’sle Trawler, 720HP, CAT D-348 Diesel
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