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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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  • 52-year-old Fisherman medevaced from F/V Katie Ann in Bering Sea – reportedly suffering from symptoms of intestinal bleeding

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman reportedly suffering from symptoms of intestinal bleeding more than 110 miles Read More »

  • New York State DEC Adopts Regulations for the Atlantic Ocean Surfclam Fishery

    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the adoption of regulations for the Atlantic Ocean surfclam fishery to ensure consistency Read More »

  • North Carolina: Commercial drum season reopens

    While commercial fishermen said they saw a large abundance of red drum in the local waters and deny implications of hurting the resource, concerns have been Read More »
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    New England: Fishing Industry and offshore windfarmers no closer to finding solutions

    The National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, had refused to endorse BOEM’s draft EIS for Vineyard, complaining that fishing concerns were Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing boat in Pamlico Sound, NC

    Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received a call via VHF-FM radio from the operator of the 70-foot fishing boat Capt Ryan at Read More »

  • Mount Polley mine: sediment near spill may harm fish – B.C. tailings dam breach sent millions of cubic metres of wastewater and silt spilling into lakes and rivers

    “All the raw data from the tests has been shared with First Nations and Interior Health,” said Polak. “The results were tested at an independent lab Read More »

  • A Retrospective Trip on the F/V Arctic Hunter – Gone, but not forgotten.

    F/V Arctic Hunter went on the hard in November, 2013. I ran a few stories about her, and ironically, the last one in July, because a Read More »

  • Coast Guard Suspends Search For Timothy Lybrand Who Jumped Off F/V Paloma

    Coast Guard officials suspended their search off Ocean Beach for a man they believe may have died at sea after a distress call early Monday morning, Read More »
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    Lobsterman shares video of ‘tickling’ a skate, but animal rights people react with outrage

    Jeffrey Dader was at work on Cape Cod Bay last week when he caught the skate in one of his lobster pots. He later posted a Read More »
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    On and Off Meeting at NOAA office last week

    I received an email from the NOAA office last week concerning SKG money that is in their hands to decide on those who applied for the Read More »

  • Crossing the bar – Dennis J. “Bones” Huntley, August 13, 1955 – September 9, 2015

    Dennis J. Huntley “Bones”,60, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Born in Wakefield, he was the son of the late Richard and Gertrude (Pelchat) Huntley. Read More »

  • Nova Scotia to unveil new aquaculture regulations, attempt to ‘restore public confidence’ after recent fish health scares

    Nova Scotia will unveil much tougher rules Monday to oversee the aquaculture industry in a bid to “restore public confidence.” Regulations governing the industry will go from two pages Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 25 , 2019

    On October 15th, Congressman Joe Cunningham who represents South Carolina’s First District which makes up the state’s coastal region, introduced HR-4679, CLIMATE READY FISHERIES ACT of Read More »
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    Lawmakers kill SB948 bill threatening watermen’s oyster licenses

    A bill that recently prompted hundreds of watermen to descend on the Maryland State House to protest threats to their ability to harvest oysters has been Read More »
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    Fishery Disaster Assistance Soon to Be Available to Georgia Shrimpers

    The Southern Shrimp Alliance is pleased to inform the Georgia shrimp industry that $1.062m in financial assistance has been made available to address the 2013 Georgia Read More »
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    Massachusetts: Lobster bill survives budget deal

    The legislation to allow the in-state sale, transport and processing of unfrozen, shell-on lobster parts — a persistent, years-long campaign by state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Read More »
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    Friends and family raise nearly $100,000 for F/V Emmy Rose fishermen lost at sea – Please donate if you can.

    A campaign to help the families of four fishermen lost at sea last week was approaching $100,000 Sunday night. The fundraising effort on the for-profit crowd Read More »

  • MV Leviathan II tragedy: Official rescue role for First Nations urged

    A marine safety expert says coastal First Nations should be given an official role in the province’s search and rescue services. Advocates say the capsizing of Read More »

  • OffshoreMW enlists New Bedford’s Jim Kendall as fishing industry rep

    An offshore wind developer hired a longtime local fisherman as its fisheries representative Friday, and another developer’s survey boat could arrive at the Marine Commerce Terminal Read More »

  • Big groundfish harvest boosts Alaska seafood employment

    Employment in Alaska’s commercial fishing sector grew last year, boosted by a  swell in groundfish harvests, state labor economists reported today. Driven by large catches of pollock Read More »

  • COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN CHARGED WITH WITNESS TAMPERING RELATED TO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ILLEGAL HARVESTING OF STRIPED BASS

    Baltimore, Maryland – Michael D. Hayden, Jr., age 41, of Tilghman Island, Maryland, was arrested yesterday on charges of witness tampering and retaliation in connection with Read More »

  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Division of Law Enforcement busy with a series of commercial fishing violations.

    Officer Allen was on water patrol on the Apalachicola River when he observed a vessel operating without navigational lights pull into some sawgrass in an attempt Read More »

  • Charges filed in Oregon commercial fisheries probe – (but it was sport caught)

    The News Guard – Several people face charges following an commercial fisheries investigation by the , according to a release issued by OSP. continued Read More »
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    Dungeness Crab season is going strong on Oregon Coast

    The commercial Dungeness crab season has been underway for about four months. About 11 million pounds of crab have been off-loaded so far. The Dungeness Crab Read More »

  • “Hot doggin’ lobsterman.” Small boat capsizes off Cape Elizabeth

    CAPE ELIZABETH (WGME) — A small lobster boat capsized off the coast of Cape Elizabeth early Thursday afternoon. The boat broke into pieces, but at the Read More »

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