Number 1(May 7, 1997)
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An introduction to NJ FishNet
and the New Jersey commercial fishing industry. |
Number 2(May 26, 1997)
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A discussion of basic questions:
Who owns the fish? What are fish worth? Are the oceans being overfished? |
Number 3(June 10,
1997)
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Trends in commercial fishing
production and descriptions of different types of fishing gear used in the
Mid-Atlantic region. |
Number 4(June 25,
1997)
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Water and seafood quality in
the New York Bight and the national seafood inspection program. |
Number 5(July 9, 1997)
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A comparison of recreational
and commercial fish harvesting in the Mid-Atalantic region and a brief discussion
of difficulties in fisheries management. |
Number 6(July 31,
1997)
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This issue focuses on the positive
effects of the production of the domestic commercial fishing industry on
the U.S. balance of trade. |
Number 7(August 15,
1997)
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This issue responds to erroneous
or misleading points in several "the oceans are doomed by overfishing" articles
that were recently published. |
Number 8(August 27,
1997)
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The question "Is our fisheries
management system heading in the right direction?" is considered in light
of other significant oceanic events. |
Number 9(September
14, 1997)
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This issue considers the trade-offs
between increasing food production in the oceans and keeping the ocean ecosystem
"natural." |
Number 10(September
28, 1997)
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The specious arguments that
anti-commercial fishing, anti-seafood consumer interests have used to gain
exclusive rights to entire fish species are considered. |
Number 11(October
16, 1997)
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The so-called "killer algae"
Pfiesteria and its effects on the Chesapeake region's waterways
are discussed and a number of official information sources are listed. |
Number 12 (November
6, 1997)
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A discussion of
the potential impacts on the productivity of our estuaries of the intensive
level of recreational boating activity they are subjected to. |
Number 13 (December
15, 1997)
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An examination
of the current spate of "the fisheries are doomed" predictions in a somewhat
historical context. |
Number 14 (January
7, 1998)
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"Doom and gloom" in the world's
fisheries or fun with numbers and word games? |
Number 15 (January
25, 1998)
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A consumer boycott that, if
successful, will cause untold economic harm to small fishing and related
businesses while not helping the fish it is supposed to "save." |
Number 16 (February
24, 1998)
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Discussions of "Risk Averse"
management, a growing awareness of the importance of habitat issues in fisheries
management, and legislative excursions into management territory. |
Number 17 (March 15,
1998)
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A report on a recent Federal
Court decision on the NMFS shark management plan and the pro-agency spin
that was applied to the decision's "official" interpretation. |
Number 18 (April 9,
1998)
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The first of two issues on
the future of commercial fishing, the intent is to provide enough background
to put current anti-commercial fishing assaults into the proper context. |
Number 19 (June 12,
1998)
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The second. somewhat delayed
issue on the future of commercial fishing. |
FishNet USA #1 (June
26, 1998)
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An attempt to put bottom trawling
impacts and hook-and-line fishing into a realistic context. |
FishNet USA #2 (August
23, 1998)
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A brief review of the many
contributions of commercial fishing (and an attempt tp put the Natural Resources
Defense Council's Chicken Little approach to fisheries issues in the proper
relative context). |
FishNet USA #3 (October
17, 1998)
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"The Fluke Fiasco" - A discussion
of the current situation in Summer Flounder management in the Mid-Atlantic
region and southern New England and some interesting bits on cruise ship
pollution. |
FishNet USA #4 (November
7, 1998)
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A consideration of the potential
for funding conflicts in the domestic fisheries management system brought
about by the dependence of the management establishment on Wallop Breaux
funding. |
FishNet USA #5 (February
8, 1999)
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1) A brief discussion about
fishing vessel safety occassioned by the tragis sinkings of four commercial
fishing boat and the loss of 10 fishermen, and 2) a comparison of the values
of traditional conservationists with today's "save the fish for us" brand. |
FishNet USA #6 (May
8, 1999)
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A FishNet issue that discusses
the latest anti-commercial fishing campaign and puts the rhetoric being used
to support it into a more familiar context. |
FishNet USA #7 (June
20, 1999)
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An examination of the current
status of dogfish stocks off the Northeast U.S. coast realtive to other
species and a introductory consideration of using fishing pressure as a
management tool (more on this later). |
FishNet USA #8 (July
23, 1999)
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A discussion of fish product
import tariffs, the Saltonstall-Kennedy program funding NMFS, and
an apparent iniquity in fisheries management. |
FishNet USA #9 (Sept.
11, 1999)
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The many inaccuracies in a
recent anti-scallop dredging op-ed piece focusing on the fishery ion formerly
Closed Area II from the New Bedford Standard-Times. |
FishNet USA #10 (Nov.
7, 1999)
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A discussion of a misleading
overfishing definition, its misuse by anti-fishing groups and what management
should really entail. |
FishNet USA #11 (Jan.
16, 2000)
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The Sustainable Fisheries Act,
MSY and a consideration of ecological realities as they should (but don't)
apply to fisheries management. |
FishNet USA #12 (Feb
26, 2000)
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Wetlands and estuaries; their
value and their relevance to fisheries and the threats they face in the
U.S. and worldwide. |
FishNet USA #13 (June
11,2000)
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A look at two of the greatest
contrived "causes" of the anti-fishing groups - overfishing and bycatch
- and their actual impacts on the fisheries. |
FishNet USA #14 (Sept
8, 2000)
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Examines the ongoing controversy
regarding harvesting the highly migratory species and contrasts the fishing
capacity of the offshore sportfishing and longlining fleet. |
FishNet USA #15 (Dec
7, 2000)
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A further discussion of the
impact of recreational angling and Catch and Release of fish stocks and of
the existing management system's ability to effectively control them. |
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FishNet USA #16 (April
, 2001)
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The first of two personal opinion
columns originally printed in Commercial Fisheries News examining the impact
of millions of dollars of funding provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts on
national fisheries policy. |
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FishNet USA #17 (May
7, 2001)
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The second column from Commercial
Fisheries News on the impact of the Pew Charitable Trusts on domestic fisheries.
This column focuses on Marine Protected Areas and longlining. |
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FishNet USA #18 (May
7, 2001)
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A critique of an article published
in the journal Science which attempts to place the blame on degraded coastal
ecosystems on "overfishing" which took place in the past. |
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FishNet USA #19
(Nov 17, 2001)
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An examination of the growth
of misinformation used by anti-fishing groups and individuals with an example
provided by a New Jersey legislative office. |
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FishNet USA #20
(Feb 9, 2002)
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The current situation in the
New England groundfish fishery: rebuilding stocks, a surviving fishing industry,
"environmetalists" not satisfied with the situation and another flood of
foundation money to wreak more havoc in the fishing communities. |
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FishNet USA #21
(March 15, 2002)
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As part of their campaign to
force the creation of no-take zones in waters which have been open to commercial
and recreational fishermen for generations, "conservationist" organizations
commissioned a survey to tell coastal residents how they felt about them. |
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FishNet USA #22
(Sep 30, 2002)
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An examination some recent
fishing and non-fishing examples of the "sky is falling" alarmism that envirorgs
are using to attract media attention and contributions. |
FishNet USA #23
(February 7, 2003)
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A discussion of the Pew Oceans
Commission, the "research" underlying its reports, and its usefulness (or
lack thereof) as a basis for a national oceans policy |
FishNet USA #24
(September 19, 2003)
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The New England
groundfish "crisis" and the expensive solutions which are being forced by
the so-called conservation community with negligible gains to the
fish and devastating losses to the fishing communities.
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FishNet USA #25
(March 22, 2005)
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A "mugging"
of the commercial fishing industry by a recreational fishing columnist
in a Daytona Beach newspaper, and a counter to said columnist's
many specious claims.
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FishNet USA #26
(April 16, 2005)
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Who, us? A comparison of
recreational and commercial harvesting levels and the changes in
each sector.
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FishNet USA #27
(July 28, 2005)
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An examination
of reported significant declines in recreational fishing participation,
and their significance to the fisheries management establishment.
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FishNet USA #28
(September 27, 2005)
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The impact of
"catch and release" fishing on the stocks of marlin in
the Atlantic and some surprising figures on fuel consumption by
sport fishing vessels.
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