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 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 |
