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U.S. House Passes HR 1335 Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization with Bipartisan Support

June 1, 2015 National

This evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1335, the “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act,” legislation reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the primary law governing fisheries resource management in offshore federal waters. The legislation passed by a bipartisan vote of 225-152. Read the rest here 21:20

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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U.S. House Passes HR 1335 Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization with Bipartisan Support

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Fisherman’s head was lodged between boat, pier

Are North Atlantic Right Whales Becoming Extinct? Experts Warn About Declining Fertility

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UPDATED: 23:00 Hurricane Irma a Potentially Devastating Category 4 Strike on South Florida Sunday After Raking Through the Bahamas

First offshore wind farm on West Coast is one step closer

No friend of the fishing industry, Sally Jewell at a different kind of summit: Head of the Department of the Interior

Blame Game Excuses – “You know what it’s like down here right now,” Warren on fisheries aid bill – SBA loans Better ‘n Nuthin’!

Plan details NY state’s vision for offshore wind energy

Contorting The Approval Process’: Biden Waived Taxpayer Safeguards To Get Wind Farm Built

Controlling Agreement? Labrador fisherman Kirby Elson is ending his legal challenge filed with the Federal Court

Blessing of the Fleet honors those in local fishing industry

D.B. Pleschner: Pacific Sardines are not collapsing, may be in recovery

‘He cared about everyone’: John ‘Gus’ Foote, advocate for veterans, fishermen, seniors, dies at 87

Dredge opponents fear Penobscot River pollution

Indefinite ban on prawn imports after outbreak of white spot disease in Queensland

Seismic testing off NJ coast close to start despite opposition

New fishermen’s alliance seeks to fight back against Biden admin’s ‘hostile’ attacks

Memorial Day – May 31, 2021

Pacific Seafood Group sues National Marine Fisheries Service – calling fishery quota restrictions illegal

National ocean policy sparks partisan fight National ocean policy sparks partisan fight. Wrong, Juliet. It’s non partisan.

Obama, Clinton only impede private industry

Filey RNLI officially launch new lifeboat paid for entirely by supporter who left money in her will

Puget Sound salmon do drugs, which may hurt their survival

Global shrimp prices jump

F/V Demi Lynn, sinks at her Warren Town Wharf berth

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