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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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    RI Delegation Commends Mid on Squid, introduce legislation in House and Senate – The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness Act

    After the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) recently voted 16-4 against a proposed squid buffer zone framework off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts that would have Read More »
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    Longtime, devoted Galveston shrimper Joseph “Captain Joe,” Grillo dies

    Joseph Anthony Grillo, a commercial shrimper for more than 50 years who fought for legislation to protect the island industry, died on Jan. 1 at his Read More »

  • BP oil spill claims adjuster pleads guilty to $257,400 wire fraud

    A former BP oil spill claims adjuster pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false claims for people who were not affected by the 2010 disaster. Charlie English III, Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman from F/V Atlantic Warrior 60 miles off Ocean City, NJ

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 42-year-old man from a fishing vessel approximately 60 miles southeast of Ocean City Saturday. Personnel aboard the fishing vessel Read More »
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    Lobstermen tell regulators: Give us fewer buoy lines, but let us fish them how we want

    Brian Tripp, a Sedgwick lobsterman, urged Maine to adopt a buoy line tagging system to help reduce the number of lines that link a fisherman’s buoys Read More »

  • International Pacific Halibut Commission to revisit minimum size limit

    The International Pacific Halibut Commission, which regulates halibut fisheries in U.S. and Canadian waters, is set to take a fresh look at the minimum size limit Read More »
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    A fish tag that knows it’s been eaten is helping endangered Atlantic salmon

    New tracking devices inserted into Atlantic salmon reveal that up to 48 per cent of the critically endangered fish are being eaten while leaving Nova Scotia’s Read More »

  • Sole survivor of fishing boat tragedy reveals how he swam to shore in only a pair of tracksuit bottoms and a faulty life jacket

    He was the sole survivor of a fishing boat tragedy that claimed the lives of his three crew-mates. Now Lachlann Armstrong has revealed for the first Read More »

  • The promotion of Maine lobster got a $2 million-a-year boost from a law establishing a new marketing effort for the fishery.

    Gov. Paul LePage has signed off on L.D. 486, a long-debated legislative proposal creating the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative to replace the Lobster Promotion Council. [email protected] Read More »
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    Australia: Seafood industry calls for Senate inquiry into seismic testing

    Members of the Australian seafood industry are persisting in their calls for an inquiry into seismic testing, despite the Senate having twice rejected the idea. Seismic Read More »

  • EPA agrees to pesticide buffers to protect salmon

    The settlement agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides was published Friday in the Federal Register. Read more Read More »

  • California Fisheries in Crisis: impact of drought and illegal marijuana grows

    “In our fourth year of this historic drought, we have to find ways to protect our fisheries from the impacts of the driest years on record, Read More »

  • David Bayes: Major bycatch reduction essential to halibut fishery

    In recent seasons, halibut users across the state have been tightening their belts. Biologists tell us that, though the total number of halibut in Alaska’s waters Read More »
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    Northeast Seafood Coalition – Gov. Charlie Baker confirmed, attending annual fundraiser

    When fishermen and supporters gather for the Northeast Seafood Coalition’s annual fundraiser Thursday night, they will be joined by one of their highest-profile backers. Gov. Charlie Read More »

  • Nearby vessel rescues 6-member crew after boat fire off Burin Peninsula

    One of the six people onboard a fishing vessel that caught fire Thursday morning off the Burin Peninsula says they’re “all very lucky” and credits a Read More »

  • White spot threat: is fishing finished in Queensland?

    The Logan River white spot epidemic could destroy all mainland fishing in Queensland, including a big slice of the Cooloola Coast seafood and tourism economy, industry Read More »

  • SAFMC Summer 2013 Newsletter – Red snapper update; Overview of Public Hearings

    Read the newsletter here. Read More »
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    PFMC Recommends Commercial Chinook Fishery Closure in Northern California

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council has recommended closing the commercial chinook fishery between the Oregon border and the Fort Bragg area due to low fall salmon Read More »
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    Drayton Harbor Maritime calls for assistance in effort to restore historic Columbia River salmon boat

    Under the watchful eye of the US Coast Guard (USCG), members of Drayton Harbor Maritime (DHM) are continuing a years-long effort to restore a historic sailboat Read More »
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    Mark the Date: August 20th, Labour Relations Board Hearing – FISH-NL hires province’s top labour lawyer

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) wishes to inform inshore harvesters and the public at large that Aug. 20th has been Read More »

  • Actor Rhys Ifans brands seal hunt ‘inhumane’

    The Amazing Spider-Man  branded the killing of the marine mammals for their skins as “an off-season cash grab” for the Canadian fishing industry in a letter Read More »

  • What can ecosystem models add to the stock assessment process? May 14, 2014 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern

    Dr. Cameron Ainsworth (Assistant Professor, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida) will provide a presentation on what ecosystem models can add to the stock Read More »

  • Seafood exporters hope EU tariff deal will provide much needed boost

    OTTAWA — As a major free trade deal with Europe looms, seafood exports to the continent are reported to have plummeted in recent years. Annual Canadian Read More »

  • NMFS Announces Control Date of December 14, 2015 for Mid Atlantic Blueline Tilefish Catch Share Fishery

    NMFS, announces December 14, 2015 as the control date for commercial and for-hire fishermen regarding future entry ( catch shares)  into a blueline tilefish fishery managed by Read More »
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    French Trawler Brings Up WWII-Era German Mine off Normandy

    At about 1340 hours Sunday, the Regional Operational Center for Surveillance and Rescue (CROSS) Jobourg received word that the fishing boat Stenaca II had accidentally caught Read More »

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