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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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  • Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Melissa Pandika calls herself a journalist? Heh heh yeeeah OK!

    Why you should care– Within our lifetimes, the world’s supply of fish could collapse entirely. That’s right: no more sushi, no more pet goldfish and moreover, Read More »

  • Crew member on F/V Odin dies of unknown causes

    A crew member on the fishing vessel Odin was found dead Saturday morning. Wrangell Search and Rescue responded to the scene after the Coast Guard was Read More »

  • Lobster Fishermen Reminded of Safety as Season Starts

    Lobster fishermen in southwest Nova Scotia are reminded to stay safe as they launch the start of their season Monday, Nov. 30. “Fishermen have led the Read More »

  • Experience unique seal hunting on Åland

    Seal hunting demands much from the hunter, both before and after the hunt. In the outer archipelago of Åland there is a great population of grey Read More »

  • Lobster season log, day 1

    The first Wednesday in October marks the opening day of the commercial lobster season in California. In the weeks and months prior, permit holders are busy Read More »
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    Congressmen Ask Feds To Investigate Hawaii Tuna Money

    Four members of Congress are requesting a federal investigation into a murky fund that’s connected to commercial tuna fishermen in Hawaii and three U.S. Pacific island Read More »

  • Sunday Read: Two Fishing Industry articles written by the late Jim O’Malley show how far we have not come.

    Jim O’Malley, (whom has since passed away) member of the New England Fisheries Management Council and Executive Director of the East Coast Fisheries Federation, has been Read More »
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    Plansea casts off; Marilyn J to be painted

    Two old boats are being upgraded and improved to provide many more years’ worth of service. Craftsmen United at the Port of Port Townsend boatyard is Read More »

  • Press Release: WPRFMC – Tuna Commission 2014-2017 Measures Are Driven by Allocation, Not Conservation

    Despite being unjustly cast as the villain in the negotiating process, the United States ceded longline catch and purse-seine fishing effort limits. By contrast, despite being Read More »

  • Japan to halve tuna catch in Northern Pacific

    Japan plans to slash by half the amount of juvenile bluefin tuna taken from the Northern Pacific starting in 2015, compared to the 2002-2004 average, reports Read More »

  • Catch Shares: NSW fishermen face difficult decisions as deadline looms for reform package

    Friday is a big day for New South Wales fishermen. Those that want to leave the industry and take advantage of a government buyback have to Read More »

  • Shut up, and Pay up. BP gets slick in trying to undermine gulf oil spill settlement

    It would be perfectly proper for BP, the giant British oil company, to feel a sense of corporate remorse. “Buyer’s remorse,” however? That’s a different story. Read More »
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    A shifting wreck off SC has become a serious threat, sinking and damaging unaware boaters

    The Miss Anne hit something in open seas off Hilton Head Island recently and began to founder. It was the second ship to be damaged in Read More »
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    PFMC plans transition for non-Indian commercial Area 2A halibut fishery; new season-setting process begins

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council is requesting public comment on structuring the West Coast Area 2A non-Indian directed commercial halibut fishery for the upcoming year. The Read More »

  • Ocean conditions appear improving for salmon

    Warm water temperatures in the north Pacific Ocean are starting to cool after three years, but their effect on Northwest salmon will persist for another year Read More »
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    Facing the Wind – A fisherman’s take on offshore wind

    Local fishermen are on the verge of forever losing local fishing grounds to wind power as California trades one renewable resource (seafood) for another (electricity). The Read More »

  • Haaay. This is GREAT News.The level of cancer causing pollutants left in the waters of the Gulf by BP was greater than reported by NOAA, who said they were safe!

    That report questions whether some waters should have been opened to fishermen during the three-month spill, citing the unsafe levels of toxic chemicals to which fish Read More »
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    Entrepreneur, Inventor, Lobster Industry Innovator Byron Andrew Crowe

    Byron Andrew Crowe, 87, died peacefully in his summer home at Spruce Head on Nov. 19, 2019. He was born in Mt.Vernon, N.Y. and grew up Read More »
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    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 For the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – We are Read More »

  • Scientist says expanding Hawaii monument is abuse of law

    United States President Barack Obama announced a series of measures in 2014 to protect parts of the world’s oceans which include expanding Hawaii’s Papahanaumokuakea monument under Read More »

  • Judge blocks closure of southern flounder fishing. Will it be appealed?

    A Wake County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction preventing the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission from closing the entire southern flounder fishery from October 16 Read More »

  • What This Canadian Village Lacks in Size, it Makes Up With Heart and Lobster

    “Whether the boats come in at one in the morning or one in the afternoon, you have to make a schedule to have everything lined up Read More »
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    Fisherman who sued feds thrilled about funding for at-sea monitoring

    A commercial fisherman who sued the federal government over at-sea monitoring costs was thrilled Thursday when it was announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would Read More »
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    East Coast Fishermen File Lawsuit Over At-Sea Monitoring Mandate

    WASHINGTON – Today, Cause of Action is announcing that its clients, David Goethel, owner and operator of F/V Ellen Diane, a 44-foot fishing trawler based in Read More »
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    History — and crabbing — run deep in the Chesapeake Bay town of Hampton

    It’s well before dawn and I’m driving through the darkness down a rutted dirt lane toward a small commercial boat marina on the outskirts of Hampton, Read More »

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