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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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California Offshore National Marine Monuments Proposal Would Ban Commercial Fishing of SRB’s
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Job Opening: Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
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DEVELOPING STORY: Peter Pan Seafoods announces base price for Bristol Bay sockeye
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Coast Guard boat crew, Ketchikan EMS medevac injured fisherman in Revillagigedo Channel, Alaska
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Washington man gets prison for overharvesting sea cucumbers, must pay $1.5M
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Southeast’s 2022 commercial salmon harvest was half as large last year’s, but worth millions more
Commercial fisherman in Southeast hauled in just over 29 million fish across the five salmon species during the 2022 season – 17.5 million pink salmon, 9.3 Read More » -
Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Spokane, Washington June 7‐14, 2017
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet June 7‐14, 2017 in Spokane, Washington to address issues related to groundfish, coastal pelagic Read More » -
Commercial Fisherman Gregory Allan Bray of Perryville, R.I., has passed away
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The Next “Big Thing”? Researchers Propose Ecuador-Costa Rica Swimway To Protect Marine Life
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Asian carp could threaten La. fishery
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F/V Villa de Pitanxo: Manuel Navarro to his sister, “Don’t tell dad, this is hell, a very big storm”
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Fishery disaster aid and nearly $500 million worth of Alaska projects included in omnibus budget bill
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We’re not ‘sinister’: Menhaden fish processers want lawsuit dismissed
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Whale scholars, lobstermen, conservationists and government officials converge in Halifax – Right whale deaths called ‘apocalyptic’
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina: February 14-16, 2017
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Smooth sailing not expected during lobster season off southwestern Nova Scotia
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National Marine Fisheries Service – Californian swordfish drift gillnet permit refused
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F/V Winona J: Catching up with ‘Deadliest Catch Dungeon Cove’ crew
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Positive trends highlighted in fall sockeye market analysis
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That sky keeps on falling. Apparently the anti-fishing foundation funding doesn’t follow suit.
Nils Stolpe FishNet-USA – “New research shows that industrial fisheries are responsible for dumping nearly 10 million tons of perfectly good fish back into the ocean Read More » -
Coronavirus: Unalaska fish processing plant reopens after outbreak forces monthlong shutdown
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Drawing The Line – Full Documentary – 2014
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Lobster season opens in southeastern P.E.I. on cold but ‘beautiful’ day
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 1, 2019
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Seafood vendors in China selling ‘sewer shrimp and fish’
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