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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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    F/V Bunchie towed back to Dillingham Harbor after near sinking Monday

    The fishing vessel Bunchie was overloaded with sockeye on Sunday night when the boat began to list and eventually take on water. The crew aboard were Read More »

  • New Bedford Port Society announces official dedication of the Seamen’s Bethel and Mariners Home

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  • Coastal Villages Region Fund protesting low 2014 halibut quota

     Because of catch limit changes by the International Pacific Halibut Commission, the Coastal Villages Region Fund’s (CVRF’s) allowable catch will be reduced by almost 50 percent. During Read More »

  • Video Presentation – Fishers Forum: Debunking Fishery Myths from the WPRFMC

    Learn what’s fact and fiction in Hawaii’s fisheries: longlines (Jim Cook), lay net (Frank Farm), aquarium fish collecting (Matthew Ross) and SCUBA spearfishing (Makani Christensen). Watch Read More »
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    Escaped Atlantic salmon found 42 miles up Skagit River

    Strong, silvery and feisty, the Atlantic salmon hit the boat deck, thrashing and thumping. It was the sixth one the Upper Skagit Indian fishing crew caught Read More »

  • Is ‘fishermen’ a sexist and exclusionary term?

    Many words in English can come across as exclusionary. But is “fishermen” one of them? And if not, what’s the alternative? A question came to my Read More »

  • Breeding area for endangered species found in Gulf of Maine

    A Halifax university professor is among a consortium of scientists in Canada and the United States who have located the mating ground for the endangered North Read More »

  • Mines minister Bill Bennett to meet Alaska fishermen, natives

    Bill Bennett met with mining representatives in Alaska last November, four months after a tailings dam burst and spilled 24 million cubic metres of waste into Read More »

  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taking a longer look at regulating sea-cucumber take

    On second thought, the state’s proposed limit on taking sea cucumbers has been pushed further down the calendar. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission initially Read More »

  • Navy: Training, testing may kill hundreds of whales, dolphins and injure thousands

    The studies were done ahead of the Navy applying to the National Marine Fisheries Service for permits for its activities. The Navy said that the studies Read More »

  • Fishing chiefs insist the industry is doing all it can to adhere to the discard ban

    The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) insisted fishers were doing “everything possible” to comply with the rules following claims by conservation group WWF the ban is being Read More »

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  • Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel crew retrieves stranded fishing vessel off Nantucket Coast

    The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Sanibel towed an 84-foot commercial fishing vessel Friday with seven people aboard after the vessel became disabled 100 miles off the coast Read More »

  • Florida FWC requests public feedback at workshops around the state

    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting several workshops across the state, including the two in the Florida Keys, to gather input and develop Read More »

  • Marine observer program now in hands of federal judge

    Bycatch accounting in the North Pacific and the costs of the revised marine observer program implemented in 2013 are at the core of a lawsuit now Read More »

  • Elwha River building beaches again: Crab found where it once was too rocky

    Miller, a coastal hazards specialist with Washington Sea Grant, came across a Dungeness crab that had tucked itself into fine-grain sand onto the lowest portion of Read More »

  • Marine experts: Gulf of Maine has become a cod-forsaken place, endangering all fisheries

    “Big fish are ecologically extinct,” Steneck said of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. “They’re not absent … but in terms of an ecological presence, they’re extinct.” The Read More »

  • Alaska dipnetting – Disorderly and unsafe

    The winter meeting of the Alaska Board of Fisheries is months away but already the weirdness has begun.  At a work session in Kenai-Soldotna this week, Read More »

  • Press Release to Fisherynation.com – Salmon Pandemic in Norway! From: Green Warriors of Norway

    From: Green Warriors of Norway <[email protected]> Subject: PRESS RELEASE; SALMON pandemic in NORWAY! Message Body: The environmental rights activist group, the Green Warriors of Norway (Norges Miljøvernforbund), Read More »

  • Ocean City Inlet Dredging Set For This Month, But Long-Term Commitment Still Being Sought

    While the Army Corps of Engineers will return to the resort area later this month for a short-term dredging project to temporarily fix the chronic shoaling Read More »
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    2017 Gulf Shrimp Landings: Louisiana At Historic Lows, Alabama At Historic Highs

    NOAA’s Gulf of Mexico Data Management division released information regarding December shrimp landings in the Gulf of Mexico. In December, the commercial fishing industry landed 6.6 Read More »
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    Sign This Petition – MAKE COMMERCIAL FISHING GREAT AGAIN

    1-Millions of jobs depend on reforming the Magnuson-Stevenson Act by passing HR 200. 2-Repeal Marine Monuments on our fishing grounds. 3-Say NO to wind turbines on Read More »

  • The Noise of EDF – What Has Been Known to Fishermen and Must Become Reality. or. Putting Lipstick on the EDF Pig?

    November 8, 2012 — EDF supports greater involvement of fishermen in the stock assessment process. … Taking steps to engage non-government scientists in the stock assessment Read More »

  • Back Fishing – Former UFC Fighter Cody McKenzie Retires from MMA, Cites Poor Pay and Treatment

    Cody “The AK Kid” McKenzie (15-6) retired from the sport of mixed martial arts Thursday evening.  B/R: Now, just for comparison, can you say how much you Read More »

  • The Supreme Court’s Fish Tale

    Holy mackerel! The biggest Supreme Court shredding case since the justices overturned Arthur Andersen’s conviction for destroying Enron-related records in 2005 turns out to be a Read More »

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