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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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  • The EDF road to catch shares for charter and headboats

    The road to “catch shares” for charter and headboat operators is being paved with an Environmental Defense Fund-backed pilot program approved by NOAA Fisheries this year Read More »
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    More ropeless fishing “experiments” happening on Eastern seaboard as industry leaders meet.

    Sean Brillant, who works for the Canadian Wildlife Federation and is chair of the Ropeless Consortium, said they are approaching roughly 1,000 trials across the Eastern Read More »
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    Maine awarded a $2.2M grant to develop a roadmap establishing an offshore wind power industry

    The grant, to the Governor’s Energy Office in Augusta, is being made by the Economic Development Administration within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The money will Read More »
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    Will Brexit really bring victory for small scale fishermen or big business?

    During the pre-referendum canvassing, Britain’s fishermen were held up by Leave advocates as an example of a ‘homegrown’ industry decimated by what they saw as ‘draconian’ Read More »
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    The Boat at the Bottom of the Sea

    Captain William Prout was up early. Or was it late? During crabbing season it was sometimes hard to tell the difference. The day before, Friday, February Read More »
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    A Maine lobsterman brings up a serious issue. What to do with expired marine distress flares

    After a lobsterman called her attention to unsafe and environmentally hazardous practices, a state representative is proposing a formal system for disposal of expired marine distress Read More »

  • Two dozen cited for fishing elver without licenses over first two weeks of season

    BANGOR, Maine — For much of the past week, state officials and Passamaquoddy Tribe members have clashed over enforcement of state laws during the recently begun Read More »
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    FISH-NL calls on Ottawa to release 2018 caplin management plan for the Gulf; roll over last year’s quota

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the Government of Canada to release the 2018 caplin management plan for Read More »
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    On This Day: Dec. 11, 1975 – Attack on British vessels heightens Cod War

    An Icelandic gunboat has opened fire on unarmed British fishery support vessels in the North Atlantic Sea, it is reported. The violent clash left the Icelandic Read More »
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    Zinke promises to ‘partner’ with oil industry, as offshore drilling opponents push back

    Opponents of the Trump administration’s offshore drilling proposals pressed their case as a first 60-day public comment period drew to a close this week. Meanwhile Interior Read More »

  • Opening day: Island baymen continue an Island tradition

    Monday, was opening day to take bay scallops in New York State waters, an annual and important ritual for the handful of Shelter Island baymen. Long Read More »

  • Editorial: Englund Marine is a community asset

    Businesses like Englund Marine are a boon to a small town. Englund Marine’s health is directly related to the health of the coastwide fishing industry. When Read More »
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    Coast Guard assists 17 fishermen off Pacific Northwest Coast since Sunday

    Coast Guard crews along the Oregon and Washington coasts assisted 17 fisherman in five responses since Sunday. Response efforts included crews from Coast Guard Station Yaquina Read More »

  • Crab fishermen have negotiated a $3 per pound for wholesale crab to start West Coast Dungeness Season

    The kickoff at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning occurred amid choppy waves and windy weather, making it the first of many safety dilemmas to come for fishermen. Read More »

  • Katherine the great white shark swimming off Grand Banks

    A great white shark named Katherine spent most of the holiday season swimming near the Grand Banks off the south coast of Newfoundland. Marine research group Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 63′ Steel Clammer, twin 3406 Cats, Isuzu 30 KW Generator

    To review specifications, information and 20 photos, >click here< , in 2018/2019 major projects were completed by the owners, are listed. To see all the boats Read More »

  • FREEPORT, Maine – Invasive green crabs creep back into Casco Bay

    Despite cautious optimism earlier this year that midcoast mudflats would be spared, invasive European green crabs were apparently only waiting for warmer water to scurry back Read More »

  • NOAA reviews new management measues aimed at allowing young scallops to mature

    The move — which reduces quotas by a third — is something local fishermen are on board with, although they hope the cuts prove to be Read More »

  • Think you’re eating tuna? Think again – Food experts surprised at lack of concern over mislabelled fish in Canada

    While controversy over horsemeat in the European beef and pork supply has captivated people around the world, food experts say Canadian consumers are blasé about mislabelled Read More »

  • The mysterious elver, from Sargasso Sea to sushi

    MACHIAS, Maine — Lost in the rhetorical fog of the ongoing economic, political and cultural controversies surrounding the netting of glass eels along Maine’s rugged shoreline Read More »
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    Tensions running high on the water over First Nations lobster fishery

    Strong westerly winds kept the four Cape Islanders behind the Pictou Landing wharf’s breakwater on Tuesday. “We’re not trying to hide anything,” said Zack Nicholas, who Read More »

  • Family finds closure in remains from sunken boat, the Seattle-based F/V Arctic Rose

    Six days before Christmas, the doorbell rang at Kathy and David Meincke’s home. Two women were at the door, FBI agents, who pulled out their badges Read More »

  • EU pressure on illegal fishing threatens more than 8,000 Thai fishing boats

    More than 8,000 trawlers in 22 provinces are likely to lose their commercial fishing licences after checks revealed the registration numbers did not match the vessels, Read More »
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    BP, Equinor Partner to Develop Offshore Wind Farms off New York, and Massachusetts

    Two of Europe’s largest oil companies will develop offshore wind projects jointly in the U.S. in yet another example of energy giants migrating towards the development Read More »

  • It’s expensive for fishermen to participate in BOF meets

    After 18-plus years of holding Alaska Board of Fisheries meetings involving mostly Kenai and Kasilof River salmon fishing issues anywhere but near the Kenai and Kasilof Read More »

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