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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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Louisiana Oystermen claim the state-mandated vessel monitoring systems installed on their boats are illegal and should be removed.
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State invests in Puget Sound salmon habitat
More than $45 million in grants were awarded to communities throughout Puget Sound to support salmon habitat restoration projects — including more than $333,000 to San Read More » -
As Canada probes Haida Gwaii ocean fertilizing, new project proposed in Chile
The federal government is still investigating an experiment off the West Coast almost four years ago aimed at boosting salmon stocks that sparked an international outcry. Read More » -
Record Prices For Stone Crab Claws Amid Scarcity
Florida Keys-based tells The Key West Citizen that fish houses paid $25 to $30 a pound for jumbo-sized claws, $18 to $21 a pound for large Read More » -
“The big boats are taking over and they’re killing the little guys off,” Small fishermen’s plight discussed at forum in city
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 4 , 2019
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 21, 2020
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How this family-run seafood business banded together to stay afloat for the next generation
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East Hampton fishing for stiffer laws against ‘organized crab crime ring’ stealing bushels of shellfish
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There’s No Crying on a Fishing Boat by Stephanie Boudreau.
My father likes to joke that he comes from a place where “the men are men, and the women are men too”. While my folks moved Read More » -
Cape Cod environmentalists plan to wreck their lobster Industry to save the whales
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Santa Rosa: McGuire and Wood to host hearing on crab season delay
State Sen. Mike McGuire, chairman of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Assemblyman Jim Wood, committee vice-chair, are hosting a hearing focused on the Read More » -
Time to save the Right Whale from the Green-Left
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Coast Guard conducts medevac near Cold Bay, Alaska
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Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 90′ Raised Foc’sle Trawler, 720HP, CAT D-348 Diesel
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47’x15′ Novi Lobster Boat, Rebuilt, and Updated
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Canada signal’s intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters
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Fishing Company of Alaska is sold, ending a turbulent run in North Pacific harvests
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Federal fisheries enforcement and the 2012 election – a purposeful cover-up? By Nils Stolpe
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ODFW Commission extends Columbia River reform plan by one year
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Cape Breton man taken into custody after protesting on roof of CTV Atlantic
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