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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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  • Different states with different rules sting SouthCoast fluke fishermen

    POINT JUDITH, R.I. — April 9 was a good day for Tony Borges, captain of the Sao Paulo. He only had to throw 100 pounds of Read More »
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    Cod fishery plummets to least valuable year since 1960s

    Maine’s cod fishery, once one of the most lucrative in the Northeast, has declined to the point that it had its least valuable year in more Read More »

  • Rubio Introduces Legislation To Improve Florida Fisheries

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, today introduced a bill that outlines Read More »

  • Emerging Fishery: Asian Carp nuisance seen as growth industry

    “The best way to control anything is to eat it up,” said Luu at her company in Ledbetter, on the outskirts of Paducah. “This is the Read More »
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    Fishers of men? Here’s the catch

    When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.,, From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom Read More »

  • From Iceland to New Bedford: Waste not, want not for fisheries

    The materials in question — cod heads, livers, skin and intestines — are as about as raw as it gets but they are nothing to sniff at, and Read More »
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    New Zealand – New digital fishing rules could cost thousands

    All commercial fishing operators will have to invest thousands to install cameras and tracking devices on their boats, under new rules announced by the Ministry for Read More »
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    Start of stone crab season in Cortez is worst in recent memory

    Theories abound but one thing is for sure: The current stone crab season is off to one of its worst starts in recent memory for the Read More »
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    Tribute – Wake held for skipper who mysteriously disappeared at sea

    A wake has given closure to friends of a Coast fisherman who is believed dead after his fishing trawler disappeared off the Fraser Coast late last Read More »

  • 2 arrested in assault of ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Jake Harris

    Authorities in Washington state said Tuesday that two people accused of beating one of the stars of the TV series “Deadliest Catch” over the weekend were Read More »

  • Around and around we go, Where the Rogue NMFS Asset Forfeiture Fund Money goes, nobody knows! It’ll cost ya to find out!

    On, or about, Sept. 15th, 2014 I inquired from the same FOIA office the following information: ‘Please forward information on all monetary disbursements from the  (NMFS) Read More »

  • Pollock as halibut bait shows mixed results, Good in the GOA! This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch

    Pollock has been tested as a halibut bait to replace pricier chum salmon.  Each year halibut researchers use over 300-thousand pounds of chums in their stock Read More »
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    NPFMC closing Cook Inlet federal waters to commercial salmon fishing

    Council action on incorporating the federal waters of Cook Inlet into a federal Fishery Management Plan was necessitated by a lawsuit brought against federal managers by Read More »

  • With lobsters in mind, legislator proposes ban on methoprene and resmethrin

    According to a press release from the House Democrats, the two pesticides were found in the tissue of dead lobsters that turned up in Long Island Read More »

  • We have not published anything by a non-scientist… until today! A fisherman responds to George Burgess

    Recently on CFOOD we started a new series where we talk to fishery biologists and let them steer the conversation. We (try to) post one per week and Read More »
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    Fishing industry grapples with fallout from coronavirus response

    Like almost all industries and institutions across Alaska, the novel coronavirus pandemic is shaking up the fishing industry. With restrictions changing almost daily and cases spreading Read More »
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    Newfoundland town fears for safety of seals swarming its streets

    Seals have been swarming the streets of a northern Newfoundland town, with residents fearing for the animals’ safety but being warned to stay away. Brendon Fitzpatrick Read More »
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    Corps of Engineers to complete New White River fish trap, the biggest facility of its kind in North America

    At the insistence of tribes and federal fisheries managers, the Army Corps of Engineers will soon complete the biggest facility of its kind in North America, Read More »

  • Nils Stolpe: MPA’s – ENGOs and Foundations next attempt to halt fishing – Déjà vu all over again

    Back in 2002, when various groups and people had figured out that the creation of things called marine protected areas (MPAs) could be sold politically as Read More »
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    Skipper of grounded trawler faces charges

    The skipper of a fishing boat that ran aground off Lake Ellesmere has been charged with failing to keep a proper look-out and breaching work safety Read More »

  • New rules for commercial spiny lobster bully-netting get final vote

    If given final approval by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, bully-netting would become a more regulated sector within the state season on spiny lobster Read More »

  • Earle McCurdy pledges restoration of commercial cod fishery

    The provincial New Democrats have announced plans to re-establish a viable commercial cod fishery. At a campaign stop in Petty Harbour on Saturday, NDP Leader Earle McCurdy Read More »

  • Transportation Safety Board: Culture shift needed to make Canadian fishing industry less deadly

    The fishing industry has cost more than 30 Canadian lives since 2000 and must improve its culture of safety, the Transportation Safety Board said as it released Read More »

  • Tribal fisherman harvest Pacific lamprey from the Willamette Falls (photos) Nice photos at that!

    Tribal fisherman from Pendleton motor to the Willamette Falls to harvest lamprey, Sat., Jun. 29, 2013, in Oregon City. The fish hang out in pools below Read More »

  • Tilghman Island Man Sentenced in Fish Poaching Case – conspiring to violate the Lacey Act

    U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced William J. Lednum, age 41, of Tilghman Island, today to a year and a day in prison, followed by Read More »

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