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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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Thanks for listening to lobstermen – Jason Day – third-generation lobsterman from Vinalhaven Me.
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The ‘Lobster Trap’, Part II – Protests and Prayers
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Judge rules two-year extension before lobster industry regulation changes
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Revealed: whale-watching boats the greatest collision threat to whales
Whales are more likely to to be hit by whale-watching boats than any other identified vessel type, data from the International Whaling Commission shows. Plenty of charts Read More » -
‘It’s a shocker’ – Fishermen stage demonstration in Whitby to raise awareness of shellfish deaths on Yorkshire and North East coast
On Thursday, February 23, around 100 fishermen, environmental activists, and local business owners gathered in Whitby to raise awareness of thousands of dead crustaceans that have been washing Read More » -
Study links warmer water temperatures to greater levels of mercury in fish
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Protect Shem Creek’s shrimpers
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 63.5′ Steel RSW Offshore Lobster/Crab Boat, 12-V-71, J D – 35 KW Genset, with Traps and Permit
Specifications, information and 38 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:28 Read More » -
UCSC professor explains toxin’s effect on crab
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California Commercial crab season to begin as domoic acid levels drop
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife lifted prohibitions against fishing everywhere south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line after state health officials determined the crabs “no Read More » -
Cod Is Dead—Is Dogfish the Answer?
On a wind-tossed autumn morning off the Cape Cod coast, the aft deck of Doug Feeney’s 36-foot fishing boat, the Noah, is buried beneath a squirming, Read More » -
Whale injuries from drift gillnets off California spark lawsuit against U.S.
Environmentalists on Thursday sued the agency overseeing U.S. fisheries, claiming it had failed to protect endangered humpback whales from entanglement in drift gillnets used in commercial Read More » -
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Recommend Reducing 2017 Catch Limits for Three Species
HONOLULU (21 June 2017) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today concluded the second of its three-day meeting in Honolulu with a recommendation that the Read More » -
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Another Company Refuses to Stock Non MSC Labeled Salmon from Alaska – SODEXO
U.S. Senator Mark Begich is objecting to a decision by a large food contractor to only serve seafood certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. Read More » -
Papahanaumokuakea Review Spurs Tension With Conservation Groups, Fisheries
President Donald Trump’s targeting of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the northwest Hawaiian Islands for national review has revived a lopsided debate between Native Hawaiians, Read More » -
As wind giants set sights on NY, fishermen demand a role
As global wind-energy interests set their sights on more than a dozen offshore U.S. energy area’s, two longtime British fishermen who act as go-betweens to the Read More » -
Imported seafood? Will North Carolina’s commercial fishermen benefit?
Gov. Pat McCrory and N.C. Department of Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker are tone deaf. They took great pleasure in announcing in a press release Friday that Read More » -
“No Industrial Scale Fish Factory in Frenchman Bay” – American Aquafarms reps, critics take sides
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BP oil spill claims adjuster pleads guilty to $257,400 wire fraud
A former BP oil spill claims adjuster pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false claims for people who were not affected by the 2010 disaster. Charlie English III, Read More » -
Scientists say Newfoundland’s cod stocks are coming back. Can we get it right this time?
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Fishing quota carryover reeled in by NOAA
NOAA on Friday issued a final rewriting of fishing quota carryover rules that were thrown out last spring in federal court. Seafood consultant James Kendall, who Read More » -
The public is credited with helping Cape Breton fishermen through Coronavirus impacted lobster season
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NEFMC asking NOAA to increase catch limit for haddock in Gulf of Maine to protect fishermen
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Carlos Rafael returns to work at Carlos Seafood on New Bedford’s waterfront
Local fishing magnate Carlos Rafael, arrested a week ago on federal conspiracy and falsification charges then released from custody Wednesday on a $1 million bond, gave Read More »
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