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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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    Please Contribute to Chief William Saulis Families Fund

    Charles “Hot Dog” Roberts, Leonard “Layback Lenny” Gabriel, Aaron Cogswell, Eugene “Geno” Francis, Dan Forbes, Mike Drake. These six men were tragically lost while returning to Read More »

  • 80k acres off Long Island coast dedicated (HIJACKED) for wind energy

    Federal officials on Wednesday dedicated hijacked more than 125 square miles in the waters off the coast of Long Island for the development of commercial wind Read More »

  • Anxiety and Threats on the Kuskokwim as First Salmon Gillnet Openings Near

    Four weeks into salmon fishing restrictions, the atmosphere along the Kuskokwim River is tense. At a meeting Tuesday the stress the closures are causing was obvious, Read More »
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    Über-Fish: The Amazing Tunas

    Tunas are part of the family Scombridae, which also includes mackerels, large and small. But there are tunas, and then there are, well, “true tunas.” Two Read More »

  • Scallop conservation measures announced for Cobscook Bay region

    Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher announced short-term scallop management measures Thursday for the Cobscook Bay area that will allow fishermen to continue harvesting Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council seeks voice in marine monument review

    New England fishery regulators might seek to reclaim some of the authority they lost when President Barack Obama virtually walled off thousands of square miles of Read More »
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    RCMP seek public’s help in arson and mischief investigation

    Yarmouth RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying two persons of interest in relation to an arson and mischief,, Just after 1 a.m. on Read More »

  • F/V Michael & Kristen, crew rides out storm on 11-day Georges trip

    The Michael & Kristen, a 78-foot offshore lobster boat, arrived back in its home port of Gloucester Monday morning — 11 days after launching a trip Read More »

  • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Atlantic Beach NC December 5 – 9, 2016

    The public is invited to attend the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to be held in Atlantic Beach NC at the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlantic Beach Oceanfront. Read More »
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    FISH-NL to hold news conference Monday on membership drive

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Aug. 9th, 2019, The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has scheduled a news conference for Monday, Aug. Read More »

  • Port Clyde lobsterman recounts how he rescued fellow fishermen

    A Port Clyde fisherman is being credited with saving the lives of two fellow lobstermen after their boat caught fire four miles south of Port Clyde. Gerry Read More »
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    Fishermen of Newport to Honor Ronnie Fatulli this Thursday

    On Thursday, June 21, 2018, the Newport Lobster Shack and Fishermen of Newport will honor Ronnie Fatulli for his lifelong commitment to the commercial fishing industry Read More »

  • Green crab pathogen research raises concern for Nova Scotia lobster industry

    New research is raising more concerns about the potential transfer of diseases from the invasive green crab to lobster in Nova Scotia waters. “Our worry is Read More »

  • Good News for Fishermen in the Northeast Atlantic!

    Today, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) delivered an overview of the status of a host of fish and shellfish stocks across Read More »

  • The Poacher and the Dirty Dealer Caper – Cape Cod Oyster theft case unveiled

    A West Yarmouth man has been indicted in the theft of more than $40,000 worth of oysters and equipment from beds off Dennis and Barnstable last Read More »
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    Coronavirus: export fish price crash – Newlyn boat lands huge trip in debt!

    By weight, pollack, which is mainly exported to France and Spain was the most plentiful fish on the market this morning in Newlyn where over 8,000kg Read More »

  • The facts on library consolidation at Fisheries and Oceans – The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

    Serious misinformation was spread recently about the consolidation of Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries. Let me correct the record. DFO owns one of the world’s Read More »
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    Fishing lobster aboard the Jaxton Brock in the Northumberland Strait

    The piercing sound of a winch shattered the predawn ocean calm as a yellow trap was hauled up from the Northumberland Strait’s pitch-black waters onto the Read More »

  • Earthjustice files Oceana Lawsuit Against Federal Government to Save Dusky Sharks in Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic

    In the lawsuit filed today, Oceana claims the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the primary law governing federal fisheries, by failing to end Read More »
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    Term limits bumping four members from NEFMC

    The New England Fishery Management Council will assume a decidedly different composition later this year when four councilors with almost 40 years combined tenure exit because Read More »
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    Oregon Crabber: ‘We’ll wait for a better price instead of going out fishing for less of a price’

    Local crabbers are once again bracing for a problem they know all too well. The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season is being delayed until Read More »
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    Crabber caught poaching, hiding crab in trash cans under water before season opened

    A crabber suspected of poaching a large amount of crab before the season began has been busted by wildlife officials. Officers with the stgarbage can full Read More »

  • Offshore drilling is not the right move for Maine

    Gov. LePage has been clear that Maine’s energy future should be fueled with natural gas.,, Now he has joined Southern governors in a campaign to increase Read More »

  • Morro Bay officials oppose Dynegy wave parks – “they just ignored everything the fishermen said,”

    Morro Bay city councilmembers voiced unanimous opposition to two proposed wave-power-generation facilities off the coast.  “It looks to me, in the proposal … that they just Read More »

  • An assortment of today’s offshore energy article’s, titles, and links – Are you losing your grounds?

    New York – A Commitment To Wind Energy – Click here  Martha’s Vineyard – DONG Energy meets and greets Islanders – Click here  New Jersey – Fishermen’s Energy Read More »

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