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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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  • Reminder : Your Webinar is on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST NEFMC SSC Meeting

    Join us on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST Agenda: The New England Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will Read More »

  • I like this guy! Stephen Georgouras is selling Shark Fins from legally caught sharks

    Cairns Ocean Products has been selling sun-dried shark fin, caught legally by local commercial fishermen, for the past two months, at $25.50/kg. In Queensland, fishers can Read More »

  • Put rules in writing to fix Maritime elver fishery’s enforcement problem, say businesses

    Representatives of the $45-million Maritime elver fishery are calling on the federal government to implement enforceable regulations for moderate livelihood fishing by Indigenous people. They told Read More »

  • Diversion! EDF and “Partners” Pay For Full Page Add to Squash Fishing Communities in Louisiana

    Andy Nyman, a wetland scientist at LSU, said scientists discussed the need to counter (what they call) misinformation being spread about future sediment diversions. When nonprofit Read More »
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    New York Selects Equinor for Largest US Offshore Wind Award

    “Together, Equinor and the State of New York will create a robust offshore wind supply chain capable of manufacturing, assembling, and staging these projects at scale. Read More »

  • Global demand for lobster surges

    Tom Adams, the founder, owner and CEO of Maine Coast in York, recently honored by Mainebiz as its 2016 medium-size fastest growing company, says exports have Read More »

  • Proposed rules call for more reporting by seafood dealers to help fisheries

    Beaufort County seafood dealers may have to do more paperwork in 2014 due to proposed changes in federal reporting requirements. The biggest change would require dealers Read More »

  • Migrant fishermen permit scheme to be capped at 500

    A new work permit system for non-European migrant workers in the fishing industry is to be capped at 500 individuals. Minister for Agriculture and the Marine Read More »

  • Habitat Hearings over, New England Fishery Management Council tackles options

    Federal regulators are deciding the scope of a management plan for thousands of square miles of fishing grounds off New England that has deeply divided fishermen Read More »

  • “Greater Atlantic” First River Herring Technical Expert Working Group on March 27, 1-4pm.Attend via Webinar

    NOAA Fisheries,NMFS in collaboration with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, has established a technical expert working group (TEWG) for river herring throughout both species’ range Read More »
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    One man band(er) in high demand

    There’s a growing list of South Shore lobster crews in desperate need of John Cooke’s expertise. Just a few days into the season, catches are currently Read More »
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    Obituary: Captain Michael Lee Lindgren of Ketchikan – Commercial Fisherman

    Michael Lee Lindgren, 65, died April 26, 2021, peacefully at home after a short battle with cancer. He was born on Nov. 20, 1955, in Mason Read More »

  • Florida’s gift to veterans for Veterans Day – easier for Florida veterans to enter the commercial fishing industry.

    The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimates the program will open the door to the commercial fishing industry for hundreds of veterans. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/article/281818/4/Floridas-gift-to-veterans-for-Veterans-Day Read More »

  • Fukushima residents cautious after wrecked nuclear plant begins releasing treated wastewater

    Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were mixed amid uncertainty over how seafood consumers will respond to the Read More »
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    Ireland’s fishermen and farmers fight the Brexit fallout

    Ireland’s fishermen and farmers took to Dublin to protest what they feel are unfair regulations. They are not happy with the Irish government either, which they Read More »

  • 22 fishermen rescued as vessel sinks in Tuvalu waters

    The FV Marielle, a purse seine fishing vessel owned by the Caroline Fisheries Corporation in Micronesia, put out a distress signal on Saturday night after one Read More »
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    A day late, $30,000 short: Union blames insurer for denying death benefit to fisherman’s family

    Keith Sullivan wants to make one thing clear — it was never his union’s decision to prevent a dead fisherman’s family from receiving benefits. Denying Calvin Tobin’s Read More »

  • The surprising reason you might be seeing more jellyfish in the sea this summer

    Scientists have discovered that offshore wind farms and oil and gas platforms provide an ideal habitat in which the creatures can thrive. Until now, the rapid Read More »

  • Cape May wants oyster firms to flourish

    LOWER TOWNSHIP – In 1997, Dan Cohen started growing oysters on the Delaware Bay tidal flats using a unique French method that promised to produce the Read More »
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    Fishermen concerned over Pebble employee appointed to Board of Fisheries

    While communities and fishermen in Bristol Bay are facing an immediate challenge in deciding if and how to hold the $300 million salmon fishery in a Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescues 5 fishermen from aground fishing vessel off Moclips Beach, Wash.

    The Coast Guard rescued five fishermen off an aground commercial fishing vessel in the vicinity of Grenville Bay, north of  Moclips Beach early Wednesday morning. The five-man Read More »

  • Welding on George’s Bank

    This image was taken on George’s Bank. We were making repairs to the submersible fish pump that pumps the catch onto the Western Venture. When it Read More »

  • Letter to the Editor: Preserving wildlife in Baffin Bay

    CORPUS CHRISTI — I read the March 5 article “Changes in fish population, algae cause study of Baffin Bay water quality.” It is always disheartening to Read More »

  • Cart Before the Horse – Access and Diversity in Fisheries – NEFMC and Amendment 18

    The council, one of eight  national bodies established in 1976 by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery  Conservation and Management Act, abandoned in 2009 its former Days at  Sea Read More »

  • In pictures: Florida fisherman catches 805lb Mako shark then barbecues and eats it with his friends

    A DETERMINED fisherman caught a record-breaking 805lb Mako shark – and then barbecued and ate it with his friends. Joey Polk, 29, and his two cousins Read More »

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