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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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Cortez fisherman’s case to Supreme Court next month
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Voices of the exterminators and the exterminated .The New England Ground Fish Fleet
Just three years ago, the industry was told that the Gulf of Maine cod stock was rebounding and was expected to be fully rebuilt by 2014. Read More » -
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr Questions NOAA Official on Fisheries Management: Challenges Administration on Its Data Collection Program and Economic Impacts on Fishing Communities
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New England cod decline similar to N.L. cod crash: scientist
Rose noted that while some people are jumping on fisheries management as being inept, it is . “The same people often don’t mention that the haddock Read More » -
Do Sharks Know When Hurricanes Are Coming?
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A day in the life of a Georgia shrimper
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Skates, bait for lobsters, unloaded at Town Dock in Stonington
Geal Roderick, of Mystic, captain of the lobster boat Pocahontas, unloads skates that he had just purchased at the Stonington Town Dock on Thursday. The skates, Read More » -
“If it comes in the bay, we’ve had it,” Port O’Connor Tx. Fishing community worries about oil spill (w/video)
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Federal fisheries minister called meeting with experts in Moncton to find way to protect right whales
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Coast Guard, local agencies searching for 2 fisherman near Nantucket from 4 man crew
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Vineyard Wind seeks help in protecting right whales! Really??? Let me help. Don’t build it!
Are you really that concerned about the whales, wind farmers? Don’t build it, and vacate the “project”. I suspect some disgusting politicians are making noise about Read More » -
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When a retired Southeast Alaska fisherman found himself adrift after his boat suddenly sank in a storm, he didn’t expect to be rescued. But a gadget Read More » -
New Bedford Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues with Of the Sea: Fishermen, Seafood & Sustainability
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Center for Sustainable Fisheries Files Amicus Brief in Support of Mass, NH, in alleged NOAA National Standards Violations
The Center for Sustainable Fisheries (“CSF”) has filed an Amicus Brief in support of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire in the Read More » -
Dear Senator Warren
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The United Nations Is Considering Banning High-Seas Fishing
Far offshore are the high seas—waters beyond any country’s jurisdiction and the focus of a contentious debate. The high seas, which cover nearly two-thirds of the Read More » -
‘Cod is Dead’ uses New Bedford to highlight hurdles affecting fishermen
One of the first scenes in “Rotten: Cod is Dead” opens at night in the Port of New Bedford. Spotlights atop the fishing vessels light the Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Februay 13, 2017
Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 22:51 Read More » -
Senators Murkowski and King Renew Call to Ratify Law of the Sea Treaty to Help Chart Future of the Arctic
Two key senators have renewed a more than 30-year-old United States call to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty in order to have a seat Read More » -
Facebook posts lead to first book deal for author, 68
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the outsourcing of US domestic fisheries
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Dartmouth fisherman remembered 40 years on
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Bycatch – From problem to opportunity. Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet USA
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DFO needs to make science a priority in decision making, geography prof says
Following the recent protests at DFO, a geography professor at Memorial University is speaking out. Rodolphe Devillers, who specializes in marine conservation, says the Department of Read More »
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