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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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  • Wabash River commercial fisherman arrested – harvesting shovelnose sturgeon from the Wabash River and selling the sturgeon eggs

    Illinois conservation police officers arrested Aaron Taylor, 34, at his home Thursday in Darwin, Ill., located on the Wabash River. The investigation revealed that Taylor had Read More »

  • BREAKING—-John Bullard comes through for Gulf of Maine and New England Gill Netters!

    John Bullard, the new regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, decides in favor of fishermen, justifiably so! A pending  closure for an area of ocean Read More »

  • Nova Scotia Lobster season off to rough start, weather delays – Prices up!

    Nova Scotia fishermen who take part in the world’s biggest lobster season have been delayed by wind and hampered by storms. “Somebody has to speak with Read More »

  • Tarr files seafood marketing program bill to protect groundfish industry

    The bill, which calls for the establishment of a Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program within the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), has drawn the support of 23 Read More »
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    The facts about pinnipeds

    Recent studies estimate the harbour seal population to be 80,000 in Lower Mainland waters. Harbour seals eat 10-18 pounds of food each day. At an average Read More »

  • Proposal to Protect Antarctic Waters Is Scaled Back – The Russians care diddly about Pew and your playmates, Andrea!

    A proposal by the United States and New Zealand to create a huge ocean reserve in Antarctic waters has been sharply reduced in scale after opposition Read More »
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    Can dogfish save Cape Cod fisheries?

    Cape Cod has nearly lost its namesake fish, due to overfishing and climate change. So fishermen have switched to dogfish, skates, and other more plentiful options. Read More »

  • 5 Houma residents cited for oyster refrigeration regulation violations

    Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents cited Houma residents Leonardo F. Vega, 36, Jose Cardenas-Arrendondo, 32, Antonio C. Aguado, 59, Antonio C. Aguado Jr., 32, and Read More »

  • The Court and Overcriminalization: Bond v. United States and Yates v. United States

    In both Bond v. United States and Yates v. United States,  the Supreme Court reversed federal criminal convictions. Neither defendant’s conduct was constitutionally protected; there were Read More »

  • Supertrawler fishing ban comes to an end amid demands for permanent stop

    The Stop the Trawler Alliance said Prime Minister Tony Abbott should make good on his promise in March that: “The supertrawler was banned from Australian waters…It Read More »

  • Crustacean invasion: Museum to feature 3rd annual Core Sound Shrimp-Off

    Saturday, March 19, is a day dedicated to shrimp at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island. The reason behind the crustacean Read More »

  • Work on fishing safety needed

    It’s been well documented that commercial fishing can be deadly. In the past five years, more than 30 fishermen have died on the job in this Read More »

  • INVITATION: RI Seafood Strategy Meeting

    YOU ARE INVITED! RI Food Strategy: Fisheries & Seafood Session  Thursday, March 23rd, 2-3PM Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation Commercial Fisheries Center, Building #61B URI East Farm Campus, Read More »

  • Lobstering lures multiple generations of women

    Everyone has heard of the “glass ceiling” impeding the progress of some women in corporate America. Some maintain there is a “glass gangway” for women on Read More »
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    Halibut trial verdict: Gudgell brothers convicted of 18 fishing violations

    After about three hours of deliberation, a six-person jury on Feb. 28 convicted charter boat operators Robert and David Gudgell of a total of 18 of Read More »
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    Commercial Fishing Assistance Offered – Hurricane Florence Commercial Fishing Assistance Program

    Some North Carolina commercial fishermen can receive financial help from the Hurricane Florence Commercial Fishing Assistance Program. The state Division of Marine Fisheries was to mail Read More »

  • Mainer Mary Beth Nickell-Tooley’s vote disallowed on NEFMC, What about John Pappalardo’s?

    Mary Beth Nickell-Tooley, an at-large member from Maine since 2008, was informed Wednesday by NOAA Attorney Adviser Mitch MacDonald she “may not vote during the Council’s Read More »

  • Update: Lubchenco leaving NOAA, says she ‘returned fishing to profitability’

    Her departure from the Obama administration will end a four-year regimen that promised revitalization of the fisheries via a new economic system based on privatization known Read More »

  • Wa wa wa WILD ALASKAN Floating strip club navigates regulatory trouble

    Alaska – A new attraction on Alaska’s Kodiak Island features exotic dancers who entertain fishermen on a converted Bering Sea crabbing boat dubbed the “Wild Alaskan” Read More »

  • If Trump Doesn’t Revoke ‘Illegal’ National Monument Created By Obama, The Courts Might

    Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommended President Donald Trump change the boundaries or management of 10 national monuments, including ocean monuments created by the Obama Read More »

  • MSA: Renewal of fisheries law brings back debate over managing stocks

    As a Star Wars movie, the title might be: Return of the Anglers, Net Fishermen Fight Back.Catching fish and saving fish are real-life pursuits, however, not Read More »

  • Cape Cod – Seal control measures suggested – 200,000 or more of them sitting on our shores

    With many fishermen complaining about the scourge of seals for decades and the recent phenomenon of great white sharks arriving to nosh on the blubbery – Read More »

  • Mid-Atlantic Council Votes to Reduce Spiny Dogfish Quota for 2016

    At last week’s meeting in Philadelphia, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council recommended a substantial cut in the spiny dogfish commercial quota for next year. Following a Read More »

  • Commercial fishers ‘gutted’ by govt reforms

    Commercial fishers gathered in Coffs Harbour from across the state in protest against fisheries reforms. More than 80 fishermen from Hawkesbury River to as far north Read More »
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    Russian war ships cause stir for US fishing fleet off Alaska

    “We were notified by multiple fishing vessels that were operating out the Bering Sea that they had come across these vessels and were concerned, so they Read More »

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