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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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  • Seafood exporters hope EU tariff deal will provide much needed boost

    OTTAWA — As a major free trade deal with Europe looms, seafood exports to the continent are reported to have plummeted in recent years. Annual Canadian Read More »

  • Maine Governor LePage allows alewives bill to become law

    Eighteen years ago, the Legislature approved a blockade that prevented alewives from running up the St. Croix River. In this June 4, 2005 file photo, alewives congregate in Read More »
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    New England’s founding fish, may be returning to local waters

    Atlantic cod, once a mainstay of the region’s economy, is being fished at historically low levels, but a research scientist whose past findings opened up a Read More »

  • Economic relief needed for fishermen – US Senator Jeanne Shaheen

    In recent years, New Hampshire fishermen have seen their incomes decline as federal regulations designed to end overfishing have limited the amount of fish they can Read More »

  • Morro Bay group makes move to help mend fisheries

    The Nature Conservancy has transferred its Central Coast commercial fishing quotas to a Morro Bay nonprofit group. The Morro Bay Community Quota Fund will now manage Read More »

  • Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq vie for licence in lucrative Arctic surf clam fishery

    Thirteen Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq bands have announced they are partnering with Clearwater Seafoods to seek a licence in the lucrative Arctic surf clam fishery, following a Read More »

  • READER’S CORNER: Dal tainted by fish-farm grant

    A well-known operator of open-pen fish farms has been convicted on two counts of using illegal pesticides. Some of these pesticides are lethal to lobsters, and Read More »
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    Trawler Damaged – Two suffer minor injuries in large fire in downtown Hampton

    Hampton firefighters battled blazes at a seafood packaging warehouse and commercial fishing boat in the 100 block of King Street in downtown Sunday morning. Two people Read More »

  • Stock Assessment Review Committee Meeting To Review the Gulf of Maine Haddock and the Sea Scallop

    The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee Meeting will be held from July 15 through July 17, 2014.. The meeting will be held in Read More »

  • New system eases lamprey passage

    Pacific lamprey will now be able to more easily swim past the McNary Lock and Dam on the Columbia River. Dam managers have installed a new Read More »

  • Kenai man named ‘Fisherman of the Year’

    It was hard to hear the announcement over the din of the 150 people who attended 40th Anniversary banquet for the United Fishermen of Alaska — Read More »

  • The Bernstein family and Island Trust Agreement Development redevelopment prompts concerns for commercial fishing there

    One of Stock Island’s largest landowners intends to keep commercial fishing part of a plan to redevelop a large portion of Safe Harbor, the owners said. Read More »
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    Election / Candidates share their views on the fishing and aquaculture sector

    Shetland News contacted each of the candidates for the Shetland by-election for their views on the fishing and aquaculture sectors and their prospects in a post-Brexit Read More »
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    New restrictions seek to save Long Island Sound lobsters

    A multistate fisheries commission is poised to slap more restrictions on Long Island Sound lobster fishing in another effort to stabilize the numbers of crustaceans. An Read More »

  • Climate Change Forces Reevaluation of Fishery Management. (Isn’t that right, John?)

    Scientists now think that altered zooplankton populations may be one reason cod stocks haven’t rebounded as quickly as expected. In addition, water temperatures in southern New Read More »

  • 2 cited for commercial fishing without a license in Charlotte County, Florida

    Two Englewood men were caught fishing with an expired commercial license Tuesday off Boca Grande.Both men told deputies they were fishing with the intent to sell Read More »

  • 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 »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update DECEMBER 22, 2013

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • Gulf of Alaska – Time to get a handle on bycatch numbers – By Dave Kubiak – peninsulaclarion.com

    For years fishery managers and those concerned about bycatch have been plagued by a lack of real numbers on how many king salmon, crab and halibut Read More »

  • An open letter to NOAA, Sam Frontiero, Gloucester

    Well, John Bullard, you have put the final nail in the fisherman’s coffin and you must be proud. You have taken away the livelihood of the Read More »

  • Elver fishermen reach half of quota with three weeks left in season

    There’s less than three weeks to go in Maine’s big-money elver fishing season. And while fishermen are having luck atching eels, even the Maine Marine Patrol Read More »

  • Shell fisheries chairman charged with firing gun during argument

    Leonard H. Voss Jr., 61, of Smyrna, was charged by Delaware State Police with possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, aggravated menacing, terroristic Read More »
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    Edward Scissorhands has a new home!

    Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto has been making a habit out of rescuing lobsters lately, and their most recent rescue isn’t just a rare cool colour: he actually has three Read More »

  • Marin Voice: Science is on the side of open and transparent Inquiry

    WHY WOULD Dominique Richard (Marin Voice, May 18) or anyone, oppose an open, bipartisan review of the science surrounding the Drakes Bay oyster farm? [email protected] Read More »
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    Biden – Harris Admin announces major offshore wind farm plan, fantasize about job creation numbers

    To help meet that target, the administration said it would accelerate permitting of projects off the Atlantic Coast and prepare to open up waters near New Read More »

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