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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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Banff and Buchan MP criticises Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP for ‘disowning fishing industry’
Banff and Buchan MP David Duguid has criticised Karen Adam for “disowning the fishing industry” and putting “political games ahead of constituents” after she voted against Read More » -
Two Massachusetts men arrested in Portland for illegal elver possession
Joshua P. Medeiros, 30, of South Dartmouth, Mass., and Andrew P. Cournoyer, 43, of West Wareham, Mass., both were charged with possession of elvers without a Read More » -
Samoa buoy used by fishermen set to be redeployed in mid-August
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is expecting to redeploy by mid-August a buoy that many local commercial and recreational fishermen depend on for specific and Read More » -
Dick Grachek writes, ” They are stealing our ocean environment right out from under us.” He’s right!
A lease area of 22 Square Miles which is 12 miles offshore of the Maine coast? Mainers, better get your activist hats on, that’s on some Read More » -
Comment by Monday 8/26 on Halibut Catch Sharing Plan
Information is here! https://fisherynation.com/public-notices 21:12 Read More » -
Alabama: Shrimpers having tough spring season
The COVID-19 global pandemic has caused the price of shrimp paid to fishermen to plummet, causing many to stay home. Those who are on the water Read More » -
Louisiana Native Sues Fishing Captain Following Maritime Injury
A Louisiana man is suing a Texas fishing captain following injuries suffered while working on the captain’s vessel. David Robling, the plaintiff, was working aboard the Read More » -
Huffman – NOAA – “It is the best available science” – Question Science Behind Fish Quotas
Mid-Atlantic fishermen and their advocates told four members of Congress on Monday that inaccurate stock assessments needlessly limit their catch and endanger their livelihood as the Read More » -
Whale death confusion abounds, and some is deliberate
Press coverage of the tragic whale deaths is a supreme study in confusion, especially the foolish attempts to somehow exonerate offshore wind development. Here are some Read More » -
Something different today: Why commodity markets are in for a rude awakening
Hedge funds and large commodity traders have reportedly been stockpiling copper in China since 2004-2005. The purpose, according to a Dow Jones exposé published in mid-2008, was Read More » -
About that shrimp boat that struck the Matanzas Pass Bridge twice
Chris Gala had a plan for the new shrimp boat her crew picked up from Texas last week. While bringing it to dock through Matanzas Pass Read More » -
New Disaster Assistance Announced for Apalachicola Bay
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today welcomed the announcement made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to disburse $6,310,216 of new disaster assistance funding Read More » -
The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong
From the early 1900’s: outlaw over-fishing : We’ve all heard the concerns about the dangers of over-fishing. In fact, there was a petition to the House Read More » -
“Fish Wars” or a Regime Shift in Ocean Governance? Nils E. Stolpe
The reasons for Big Oil’s (now more accurately Big Energy’s) focus on fisheries – and on demonizing fishing and fishermen – has been fairly obvious since Read More » -
SMAST meeting brings fishing, offshore wind in the same room
Offshore wind developers spent the majority of a 3-hour meeting Monday attempting to win over the local commercial fishing industry. For much of he meeting, the Read More » -
Small time fishermen fight for their survival
BREWSTER —Just as big eat the little fish in the sea, Cape Cod’s fishing fleet is being swallowed by larger pockets that are buying the available quota Read More » -
Twin-rigging yields results
Brim’s fresher trawler F/V Akurey is fishing now on the Hali grounds and according to skipper Jón Frímann Eiríksson, they were a few days into the Read More » -
Cape May wants oyster firms to flourish
LOWER TOWNSHIP – In 1997, Dan Cohen started growing oysters on the Delaware Bay tidal flats using a unique French method that promised to produce the Read More » -
What happened to the crab pots in Wrightsville Beach NC?
WECT6 – David Inscore said he and his fellow fishermen found one missing pot after another Wednesday morning around Wrightsville Beach. Inscore lost almost 20, but some of his Read More » -
Scam Alert: Claims Offshore Wind Will Soon Power The World Are Pure Bunkum
Built on lies and fuelled by subsidies, the wind industry is the biggest government mandated scam in history. Around the world, governments have thrown trillions of Read More » -
Should Japan Hang up the Harpoons? The author refers to them as a sort of “Buddha-of-the-deep”
Few environmental conflicts are as fraught and intractable as whaling. Frank Zelko is an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont and the Read More » -
Soaring crab prices leave Newfoundland and Labrador harvesters out in the cold
On July 3, Ocean Choice International frozen snow crab sold at Sam’s Club in Orlando, Fla., for $16.60/lb US, or $20.41 CAD. That works out to Read More » -
Husky spill consisted of two fluid releases, investigation reveals
Husky Energy’s investigation into the massive fuel spill at the SeaRose vessel last month has revealed there were actually two fluid releases containing a mix of Read More » -
The 100% Fish Project: More Than Just a Filet of Fish
Dave Naftzger found out about the 100% Fish Project entirely by accident. He was headed to Europe on a business trip, but first had a long layover Read More » -
Virginia abided by menhaden catch limit for 2013
In late 2012, Virginia and other Atlantic states adopted the first coast-wide catch limit for menhaden in a historic effort to save the “most important fish Read More »
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