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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  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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    The state fishery directors from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, in partnership with NOAA, today announced a proposed framework for the Read More »
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    Fish pie – Everyone wants a piece

    Representatives of the haves and have-nots of American ocean fisheries gathered in a packed college classroom here on Wednesday to offer Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, their Read More »

  • Commercial Fishing, conference center on the City of Monterey council agenda

    The council will hear the results of a 2012 grant-financed study on the sustainability of commercial fishing in Monterey. The city and Morro Bay were awarded Read More »

  • NEFMC Approve Some Habitat Changes – blocks no-fishing zone for scientific research on Stellwagen Bank

    Federal fishery regulators say they will keep much-debated protections for Cashes Ledge in the in place as part of a broad effort to alter the scope Read More »

  • Nova Scotia young lobster population shows no sign of decline

    Federal fisheries scientists say their most recent sampling of juvenile lobster in southwest Nova Scotia indicate a decade-long trend of abundant populations is holding steady. “It’s Read More »
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    Coast Guard searches for fisherman overboard 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana

    The Coast Guard is searching for a 55 year-old man who reportedly fell overboard approximately 100 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, Monday morning. Coast Guard Sector Read More »

  • State of Alaska Backs Feds in Lawsuit over Fisheries Management – Video

    A group of fish processors, permit holders and crew members are suing the federal government over a measure giving the Department of Commerce broad authority to Read More »

  • Kodiak shipyard losing money, higher rates likely

    KODIAK, Alaska — Higher rates appear likely for users of Kodiak’s city-owned shipyard because it continues to lose money. The 3-year-old shipyard lost more than $300,000 Read More »
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    Maine Lobstermen reject big changes in harvester reporting rules

    Ask any lobsterman about the details of where and how he catches his bugs — what kind of bait he uses, how deep he sets his Read More »

  • Proposed Rule; Request For Comments; Proposed 2013-2015 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Specifications

    E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2013-0044 via the Federal eRulemaking Portal  Read more Related Read More »

  • Can they save the fish? Environmentalists push back against bills

    “We think that the conservation requirements are working and more can — and should — be done to actually improve fishery management from a comprehensive point Read More »

  • Farage to resign as UKIP leader after ‘Brexit’ vote

    Nigel Farage announced Monday that he will step down as the leader of the UK Independence Party, saying, “I’ve done my bit” to get Britain out Read More »

  • Symposium offers clues to how lobsters adapt to climate change

    While he’s the first to admit predicting the impact of climate change on the lobster population is far from an exact science, Dr. Remy Rochette says Read More »

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  • Milford waterman charged with more than 200 commercial shellfish violations

    A commercial waterman from Milford was arrested on Nov. 1 and charged with 224 commercial shellfish violations following an investigation by DNREC’s Division of Fish and Read More »
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    No commercial opener for Copper River salmon fishery

    Faced with a sonar count that is the ninth lowest on record since 1978, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the Copper River district Read More »

  • Floating gear a go for now in offshore Provincetown-Truro shellfish grants

    Fishermen who already hold grants in the Aquaculture Development Area in Provincetown and Truro may be as happy as clams with a recent decision by a Read More »

  • Zone C members discuss federal rule-making – Of particular interest is the amount of cod bycatch in lobster traps

    Sarah Cotnoir, Resource Coordinator for the Maine Department of Marine Resources, alerted the Zone C Council to a New England Fisheries Management Council draft amendment to Read More »

  • Maine House won’t overturn fines for lobsters bycaught by ground fishermen

    AUGUSTA — Maine-based groundfishing boats that catch lobsters in federally regulated waters probably will continue to face the threat fines as large as $50,000, with the defeat Read More »

  • Jellyfish: It’s What’s For Dinner

    The recent jellyfish pulse might thus be a snapshot within a long series of natural cycles,” Laura Poppick writes for the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. A Read More »

  • Pushing the PFD message with fishermen

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  • President Obama Signs Water Bill With Big Ag ‘Poison Pill’ Rider

    In a slap in the face to fishermen, Tribes, environmental justice advocates, conservationists and family farmers, President Obama on December 16 signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements Read More »
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    China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts

    The research, led by scientists at Global Fishing Watch, a research organization that uses satellite data to track fishing activity, examined some 22 billion ship-location data Read More »

  • Changing food source bodes ill for whales, cod

    Friedland believes this connection might help explain why Atlantic cod still remains at low population levels despite nearly 20 years of increasingly harsh fishing regulations. [email protected]  Read More »

  • Methane Is Discovered Seeping From Seafloor Off East Coast, Scientists Say

    The methane is emanating from at least 570 locations, called seeps, from near Cape Hatteras, N.C., to the Georges Bank southeast of Nantucket, Mass. While the Read More »

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