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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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  • International sympoium on Sturgeon, Nanaimo, BC, Canada July 21-25, 2013

    The upcoming 7th International Symposia on Sturgeons (ISS) is taking place from July 21- 25, 2013, co-hosted by Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the City of Nanaimo, Read More »

  • Early signs iffy for shrimp harvest in Charleston area

    The Post and Courier – Shrimp — those tasty native Lowcountry crustaceans — are looking slim so far for the spring and the summer. But commercial Read More »

  • Georgia’s commercial fishing fleet is hoping for a better season this year, and they just might get it

    Following a year many regard as one of the worst shrimp harvests in recent times, those in the seafood industry say the 2014 catch is already Read More »

  • Nunavut shrimp interests hurt by Thailand slave-labour stock that ‘taints’ entire industry

    Slave workers in factories are reportedly behind Thailand’s shrimp industry, yet many restaurants and grocery stores in Canada carry this shrimp stock instead of the shrimp Read More »

  • New England’s Lobstermen face growing bait shortage

    The state of Maine has implemented further restrictions on the amount of herring caught off its coast as New England faces a growing shortage of the Read More »
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    Feds will keep only two of Carol Rafael’s seized vessels

    More than a year after a judge ordered Carlos Rafael to forfeit four fishing vessels, the government will retain only two, according court documents obtained by Read More »

  • Busy readying boats at Digby wharf

    LFA 35 lobster season opens Wednesday in upper Bay of Fundy Area lobster fishermen are busy at Digby’s wharf today, loading traps in preparation for the Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 17, 2015

    The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – FFAW Calls for Immediate Halt to Northern Shrimp Fishery in Area 6

    St. John’s – The Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW-Unifor) is calling for an immediate halt to all northern shrimp fishing activity in Shrimp Fishing Area Read More »

  • Rally on Thursday, June 4, Corner Brook – Newfoundland and Labrador standing up for fair fisheries management

    “These continued attacks by the federal Conservative government on rural Newfoundland and Labrador are shameful,” said FFAW-Unifor President Keith Sullivan. “The federal government seems to be Read More »

  • Md. Seafood Industry Wonders How to Fix Crab Problem

    She says watermen and the state need to look at other states like the Carolinas and see how they run their fishery, and apply those lessons Read More »

  • An Ocean Champion in the White House – hee hee hee yeah ok!

    It should come as no surprise that a president who grew up in Hawaii and has been known to enjoy the occasional vacation on Martha’s Vineyard Read More »

  • Great Lakes Commercial fishing decline hits economies, communities

    LANSING – As the number of active state-licensed commercial fishing operations dwindles on the Great Lakes, their downward spiral signals a change in culture as well Read More »
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    Maine’s lobster marketing group is facing existential opposition from an unlikely source: the lobster industry.

    With lobster prices down, both at the dock and the dealer’s office, some who make their living off the state’s signature crustacean are reluctant to approve Read More »

  • Fishing Partnership Support Services – No-cost safety training for commericial fishermen April 9 and 10 in Plymouth

    Fishing Partnership Support Services will offer safety and survival training for commercial fishermen at no cost on Thursday, April 9, and drill conductor training on Friday, Read More »
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  • North Carolina – New rules set for gill-net fishing

    Gill-net fishermen have new requirements designed to protect an addition to the endangered species list. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently signed an agreement with Read More »
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    Justice Department fines 2 Hawaii commercial fishing companies over illegal discharge

    Two Honolulu-based commercial fishing companies have been ordered to pay civil fines after they discharged oily bilge waste into the Pacific Ocean. Under a settlement reached Read More »
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    NOAA Sector ban suffocating shoreside industry in New Bedford

    The hits keep coming from NOAA’s groundfishing ban with financial losses spreading to business that support New Bedford’s fishing fleet. “No one ever really paid attention Read More »
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    Feds must end push for ocean aquaculture

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  • Fighting Over Herring – the Little Fish That Feeds Multitudes

    But for the second straight year, the Canadian government has ignited a skirmish in British Columbia by moving to let fishing nets scoop up spawning herring, Read More »
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    Twenty-One Bad Things About Wind Energy — and Three Reasons Why

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    Happy Thanksgiving

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  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 12, 2013

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • Canneries look for a list of concessions from American Samoa

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