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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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A lobster wholesaler is suing one of its part owners, alleging he embezzled nearly $1.5 million from the business.
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Retired Charlestown fisherman can’t afford to live in his fishing village sets record straight with new book
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Game wardens seized large amounts of shrimp
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North Pacific Council Meeting in Anchorage December 8 -16, 2014 Listen Live with Adobe Connect!
The Agenda and Schedule From This Notice are available by clicking here For Adobe Connect to listen, click here 18:34 Read More » -
Using more scallop parts could create new industry
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Letter: We need to find new markets for lobsters
To the editor, At one time I sold thousands of pounds of live lobsters. I shipped not only in the states but also abroad. Twenty years Read More » -
NOAA Fisheries Announces Common Pool Area Closure for Gulf of Maine Cod
Effective at 4:15 pm on July 27, 2023 – Statistical areas 513 and 514 are closed for the remainder of Trimester 1, through August 31, 2023. Read More » -
Fisherman: New Jersey shark fin ban bill punishes wrong people
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Mary Meaux – Our shrimping industry keeps taking hits with foreign imports
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Fisherman airlifted safely from F/V Newfoundland Pioneer after suspected heart attack
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Video: RNLI Peterhead rescue of fishing boat just seconds away from crashing on to rocks
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Friendship Lobsterman Pleads No Contest to Arson
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Hawaii’s longline fleet about to hit its 3,554-ton bigeye tuna limit, enviro scorned rule will keep them fishing
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Red Lobster Criticized For Decimating Biscuit Populations Along Cheddar Bay
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Congress to consider relief funds for California crab fleet as Brown proposes landing fee hike
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Danish letter shows Charlie McConalogue was ‘hoodwinked’ in mackerel wars, say fishermen
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Five Maine fishermen plead guilty in herring scheme
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 14, 2016
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At Sea on Taiwan’s Last Fire-Fishing Boats
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New England, Mid-Atlantic fishery councils ponder switch to electronic vessel trip reporting
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Lobster Advisory Council opposes limited lobster licenses
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Port Royal will continue shrimp dock operations, explores building new seafood processing facility
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F/V Scandies Rose: NTSB to Hold Meeting to Determine Probable Cause for Sinking
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