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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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Coast Guard crew seizes lancha, 297 illegally caught fish, and detained Los Cuatro Ladrones de Pescado
20:37:41CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Brant seized a lancha and detained Mexican nationals caught illegally fishing in U.S. waters, Wednesday, in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. Read More » -
California’s commercial Dungeness crab season delayed yet again
California’s commercial Dungeness crab season has once again been delayed, officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. Delays in the crabbing season have Read More » -
N.C. Wildlife Federation’s Sound Solutions Campaign targets gear
The federation, a statewide conservation organization advocating for the state’s wildlife and habitat, held a press conference Tuesday at the Crystal Coast Civic Center, releasing what Read More » -
Just Now!! The water boat in New Bedford, Massachusetts pulls up to deliver some much needed water
Capable of pumping 7000 gallons of water in 40 minutes the water boat is crucial to the vessels that utilize the port during the freezing weather Read More » -
NOAA NMFS tightens halibut bycatch limits for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries
NOAA Fisheries is implementing a plan to tighten limits on the amount of halibut bycatch that could be caught in the commercial groundfish fisheries in the Read More » -
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to hold meeting on gill net restrictions
CAPE CARTERET — New gill net restrictions will take effect this month to help resolve an ongoing conflict between Cape Carteret residents and fishermen over nighttime Read More » -
Fishermen can catch more butterfish; Rhode Island lands half of the catch + video
Federal fishing regulators say fishermen can catch more butterfish in 2015 because the condition of the fish stock is improving. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration officials say Read More » -
HONOLULU: 25,000 fish killed in Matson Molasses Spill
Keith Kawaoka, Chief of the State Health Department’s Hazards Evaluation and Emergency Response said today, “Just to give you an indication of what the fish kill Read More » -
RCMP are seeking the public’s help in solving a canned clam caper in Le Goulet, N.B. (at least they left the canned seal meat behind) whew!
Police say 360 cans of Sea Watch brand clams were stolen from a warehouse on Basile-Roussel Road. more@cbcnews! 16:14 Read More » -
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Public Listening Session: Clean Ocean Zone Initiative
October 2, 2012 — The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 16 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and will be held Read More » -
Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Sacramento, California March 8-14, 2016 Listen Live
The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet June 10-16, 2015 in Spokane, Washington, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento. Download the June 2015 Read More » -
Nils Stolpe: Atlantic herring – lots of smoke but where’s the fire? – Click Here
Peter Shelley is a lawyer who works for the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). Apparently among his duties is providing entries to the CLF website “Talking Fish.” Read More » -
One scandal of the National Marine Fishery Service, unknown but for Richard Gaines
Who in the Hell is Richard Gaines?!! Richard Gaines, Staff Writer, Gloucester Daily Times. Read it here with two video interviews by GMG’s JoeyC Read More » -
John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service to hold Constituent Call on Draft Resources Document for Groundfish Industry
On Monday, June 24th, from 3:00 – 5:00 PM, NOAA Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard will be hosting a public conference call Read More » -
Fishing Fuel Costs at Tipping Point
Many fishing vessels are facing a cruel choice between tying-up or going to sea to make a loss. NFFO members are providing landings information that illustrate Read More » -
Rape allegation against division manager reveals ‘highly sexualized’ culture at state agency
An inappropriate sexual culture festered for more than a year within the upper ranks of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife until a rape allegation Read More » -
Maryland slashes oyster restoration acreage goal in Eastern Shore sanctuary
Maryland has decided to reduce the large-scale oyster restoration project goal in the Little Choptank River after boaters ran aground at another sanctuary and some of Read More » -
Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for May 2020 Has Arrived!
Contact our sales team today! To review the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – “The only thing we treat our fish with, is Read More » -
Letter: Fishing and farming communities need solutions
Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s draft report on the lower Snake River dams raises important questions about the future of our region’s salmon runs, energy and infrastructure. Read More » -
Ventless trap survey seeks industry participants
The Maine Department of Marine Resources, in cooperation with the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, is seeking industry participants for the Regional Ventless Trap Program through Read More » -
A day fishing for crabs in the Outer Banks
Trim with weather-beaten skin, Mitchum, 52, wears khakis, a white tee, and a black visor pulled low on his brow. He reflects a shift in the Read More » -
Senate MSA reauthorization a step back for fishing communities
In July, the House passed H.R. 200 the “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act,” a much needed update of federal fisheries law Read More » -
Walmart Back Peddles on it’s MSC Issue. I’m calling it Corporate MSC Blue Washing. Let’s Keel Haul ’em.
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1 fatality, 2 survive sinking of a commercial fishing boat in Nushagak Bay
Alaska State Troopers said one person is dead after a commercial fishing vessel sank toward the south side of Nushagak Bay on Thursday morning. Two additional Read More » -
Sitka man in an “aggravated and confrontational state”, charged with ‘terroristic threatening’ in harbor disturbance
Sitka police received a 9-1-1 call at about 8:15 P.M. that an intoxicated man was on a vessel, brandishing a knife and making threatening statements toward Read More »
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