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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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    Currently, the council is considering a rationalization program for trawlers targeting pollock, Pacific cod, and several other target and secondary species in the central Gulf of Read More »
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    Icebreaker dispatched to Gulf of St. Lawrence to hasten crab season — and save whales

    A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker has been called in to smash through pack ice off the northeast coast of New Brunswick in an unusual bid to Read More »
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    F/V CAPT. EDDIE Goes Down in Storm, Crewman is Missing

    Capt. Eddie Potter, brother of Pamlico County commercial fisherman and NCFA Board member Wesley Potter, has been rescued after his 75ft St. Augustine trawler, the Capt. Read More »

  • Whale advocates seek commercial fishing gear ban

    Environmental activists want voters to ban commercial fishing nets and gear in state waters to prevent entanglements of whales and turtles, but fishermen and even some Read More »
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    Op-Ed: Kitzhaber salmon policy failed to meet its goals – Ryan Rogers, owner of the Fisherman’s Market

    Not all Oregonians are financially or physically able to take time away from work and family to catch their own Columbia River salmon. That’s where I Read More »

  • Florida Lobster poachers busted for exceeding limit – FWC has a sustainable resource of thieves!

    FWC officers have been busy apprehending lobster poachers in South Florida! Here are two cases from the first week of lobster season: [email protected] Related Read More »
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    Maine’s rebuilt scallop fishery looks to year of more growth

    Maine is known for producing scallops that are somewhat bigger than other East Coast states, and some are plucked from the icy waters by hand during Read More »

  • Greenpeace seeks to protect Alaska underwater canyons-Commercial fishermen are watching closely.

    Bay Area conservationists are back from a dramatic deep sea expedition to research and protect huge underwater canyons in Alaska. The area is the heart of the Read More »

  • Commercial longline seasons to open March 11th, on time

    Commercial longliners in Alaska can go fishing on March 11 after all. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Friday. March 3 that March 11th will be Read More »

  • Fisheries experts (Pew) caution against raising western bluefin tuna quota – latest science indicates the stock “has grown substantially”

    Member nations agreed to hold the shared quota at 1,750 tonnes for the last several years, with Canada drawing fire two years ago for being the Read More »

  • New hearing date for indicted “Codfather” Carlos Rafael, sheriff’s deputy

    The next scheduled court date for indicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael is a June 22 status conference in Boston, and a trial would have to begin Read More »

  • P.E.I. – Only five tuna have been landed so far this season

    Michael McInnis’s tuna season is over before most members of the Island’s fleet even toss a baited hook over the sides of their boats. The Island’s Read More »

  • Grand Isle commercial fisherman high on drugs, sentenced to 20 years for his sixth DUI conviction

    44-year-old Rockey Burnham, 44, was convicted as charged of his second fourth-offense DUI on April 20. Fourth-offense DUI is the most serious offense available to prosecutors under Louisiana Read More »

  • “Be bold. Think big.”- N.S. cousins prepare to launch schooner they built in Stewiacke

    Two cousins in Stewiacke, N.S. have built a 24-metre wooden schooner, just like their great-great-grandfather once did. Evan Densmore was only 22-years-old when he started designing the schooner Read More »

  • If you like fish video’s, check out 2014 ComFishFilmFest | Hopefuls

    Published on Jan 17, 2014  –  The Commercial Fishing Film Festival really shines in this category! We get to see fishermen in their element, doing various Read More »

  • Big Green Bureaucracy – Commercial fishermen fight to fish near NASA

    George Sweetman must follow the crabs. This year, they lure him to the shallows surrounding NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where the beginnings of a blue crab Read More »

  • Rare North Pacific Right Whale Sighted Off British Columbia Coast

    For the first time in over 60 years, a North Pacific right whale has been spotted in British Columbia waters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist James Read More »

  • Pew gears up for Blue Fin Tuna fight with ICCAT over Catch Quota’s with working group meeting in Montreal, June 26 to 28

    This week, fisheries managers and scientists from around the world will meet in Canada and shape the fate of the western Atlantic bluefin tuna, signaling whether Read More »
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    Local leaders encouraged by water wars arguments in U.S. Supreme Court hearing

    Florida lawyers fared well in last week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the “water wars” between the state and Georgia, officials who sat through the hearing Read More »

  • Lobster buyer charged

    A lobster buyer based out of Seal Cove is facing a year’s suspension of his license and a fine for allegedly violating Department of Marine Resources Read More »

  • Just now!! The War Cry Has Been Silenced.

    A dredge named, “War Cry,” sits on the back deck of a New Bedford scallop vessel idled by a lack of fishing days. With so few Read More »

  • The EU is making poor countries poorer

    The EU likes to present itself as a global force for good, fostering aid and development in the world’s poorest societies. It boasts of its £12 Read More »

  • Earle McCurdy, president of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers: CETA good for fishery. Is it?

    McCurdy says minimum processing requirements will be phased out as a result of CETA. These are rules that require some species of fish caught here be Read More »
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    You should have seen the ones that got away…

    TWO French fishermen working off the south-west coast of Jersey got a surprise – when they caught 44 bluefin tuna. The fish, which are rarely seen in Read More »

  • New Federal Research Plan Highlights NOAA’s Critical Role in the Future of Aquaculture

    A Message from , Head of NOAA Fisheries  National Marine Fisheries Service I am pleased to announce that the White Houses’ Office of Science and Technology Read More »

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