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David vs. Goliath – How the Truth Triumphed Over Emotion and Saved a Sustainable California Fishery

May 5, 2014 Pacific

eatusseafood On February 20, 2014 California Assembly Member Paul Fong introduced legislation (AB 2019) that would outlaw the use of drift gillnet (DGN) gear in California, which is mainly used to target swordfish and sharks. Oceana and the Turtle Island Restoration Network sponsored AB 2019 while claiming that CA gillnets are “curtains of death.” Read more here 12:56

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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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David vs. Goliath – How the Truth Triumphed Over Emotion and Saved a Sustainable California Fishery

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

Early Chum Bycatch Hampers Pollock Season

Fishing Industry Icon Francis J. O’Hara, Sr., of Camden, Maine, has passed away

Your job is Dangerous. The public health of fishing vessel winches. (Seriously!)

Climate change forcing fish stocks north: study

Lobster season begins on the North Shore and in Cape Breton

N.S. lobster dealer granted bail in buyer intimidation case

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Solid Fiberglass Bruno Lobster/Gillnetter/Tuna

New England: Fisheries research collaborative calls for new regional projects

Congressman Hunter calls for a ban on some American aid tied to South Pacific Tuna Treaty

Oppose Offshore Wind/Industrialization: California, catch the next big energy wave!

Murder charge in Petit-de-Grat fisherman’s death

Oprah debuts new online store with Maine lobster

Ottawa considers dozens more marine protected areas in Maritimes that have not been made public

The Cape Cod Fisherman – About time…

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, June 14, 2015

This guy takes a mean photo and tells a Hell of a story. Chris Miller, Juneau, Alaska

Seafood packers struggle with shrimp shortage – Gulf shrimp proving to be hard to come by this year

Helicopter crew medevacs an injured fisherman from a vessel in the Gulf of Alaska – video

Huffman introduces bill to refinance decade-old fishing industry loan – “Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act”

In Search of Common Ground – An interview with Arthur Bull about the lobster fishery crisis in St. Mary’s Bay

NC Commercial Fishing Stopped At Peak Season, Here’s Why – No Excuse

Yukon River king salmon pour over the Canada border

Save the research vessel John N. Cobb – A part of NW fishing science could be lost

Three Run for Two Seats on Barnegat Light Council

Fukushima’s fishing industry stuck in slow but steady battle to change public perceptions after 3/11

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