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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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  • Council to consider directed Pacific cod fishery in the Aleutians – Community Quota Entities given additional purchase opportunities

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council took quick action this morning to  request a discussion paper about splitting the Pacific cod fishery in the Bering  Sea Read More »
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    Savannah scientists continue study of black gill in shrimp

    As the Research Vessel Savannah moved slowly along Georgia’s coast in early October, Wynn Gale calmly arranged about a dozen shrimp on a table inside one Read More »
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    Foreign ownership of British fishing fleet investigated

    Foreign ownership of the British fishing fleet is being investigated by a government agency, ITV News has learned. There has long been a loophole that allows Read More »

  • NEFMC Council Meeting November 17-20, 2015 in Newport, RI. – Live Stream informatio​n via Webinar

    Meeting Materials: Please consult the Council’s website by clicking on November 17-20, 2014 Council Meeting. You will find an agenda and copies of the materials to Read More »
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    NOAA – Their mission

    Back in the sixties when I was fishing with my dad we would fish about a one hundred miles east of New Bedford for whiting in Read More »
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    As tensions rose during N.S. fisheries dispute, province balked at paying for extra RCMP

    The Mounties have faced scrutiny for their handling of the tensions that followed the launch in September of Sipekne’katik First Nation’s self regulated fishery in St. Read More »

  • NOAA and Mr.Bullard have too much power over our industry – Sam Parisi, Gloucester

    As a former fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts, I have never seen our industry in such bad shape as it is today. I feel NOAA and Mr.Bullard have Read More »

  • Tootoo urged to promote TPP and billions in seafood exports, briefings show

    Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Hunter Tootoo is being urged by his department in a new briefing documents to help it rebuild its scientific capacity after Read More »
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    Premiering Saturday – ‘Dead in the Water’ showing in Rockport to benefit Fisherman’s Fund

    When he embarked on his documentary “Dead in the Water” in 2013 as a cinematic army of one, David Wittkower operated with the sense that he Read More »
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    Canada, U.S. researchers gathering virtually to report on right whales

    Researchers from Canada and the U.S. are gathering virtually this week for an annual conference that focuses on an endangered whale species. The North Atlantic Right Read More »
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    Save the Gulf of Maine – The Maine Reset Part 2, Fait Accompli?

    First, we look at a basic chronology of the interplay between the State of Maine, the University of Maine, and private entities RWE Renewables and Diamond Read More »

  • Greater Atlantic Region fisheries to receive $36 million in disaster relief funds – (post- tropical cyclone Sandy?)

    As part of the Fiscal Year 2014 federal budget, Congress approved $75 million in fishery disaster relief funds. Today, NOAA NMFS announced that the New England groundfish Read More »
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    You gotta read this! Congress considers extensive appropriations for environment, fisheries

    A congressional committee recently proposed billions of dollars in environment, and fisheries related appropriations, which may help protect and restore the North Carolina coast and its Read More »

  • Baker | The double standard of natural resources

    Imagine for a moment if France moved in and started mining ore on the Southern Shore, based on their previous settlement history. Or if England moved Read More »
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    Deepwater pulls back, wind farm on hold

    The wind turbine project planned off the coast of Montauk is dead in the water, at least for now. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management confirmed Read More »
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    Innovative Monkfish Catcher Vessel Built in Brazil

    High-quality monkfish in southern of Brazil is is driving a local fishing company to build the very first fishing vessel in the country for this fishery. Read More »

  • Review and Comments on “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act”.

    in 2014, Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives  To read CSF’s comments, please click here  08:01 Read More »

  • Report: Newfoundland cod stocks on rebound, but still at critically low levels

    A new federal report says northern cod stocks off eastern Newfoundland continue to grow 25 years after a sweeping moratorium, but warns they remain in the Read More »

  • Long List of Factors Stressing Out (poisoning) Narragansett Bay

    The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program has developed a draft report on the status of Narragansett Bay entitled “State of the Bay and its Watershed.”  Numerous factors, Read More »

  • Feds charge second seafood plant employee for covering up emission violations

    Federal prosecutors in Alaska have charged a previously unnamed Dutch Harbor seafood plant employee with a Clean Air Act violation, stemming from allegations he falsified emissions Read More »

  • Bodega Bay honors fishing tradition at annual event

    The annual Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival is 41 years old this year, though its centerpiece — the Blessing of the Fleet — goes back 56 years, Read More »

  • American Samoa: F/V Jackson T kicked out – The vessel which is based in Hawaii is here to pick up a fishing crew

    A US fishing vessel was ordered to leave port yesterday because it did not give prior notice of its arrival as required. [email protected] Read More »

  • VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues 2 from F/V Lauren Dorothy taking on water 40 miles of Va.

    Crewmembers aboard the Lauren Dorothy, a 53-foot fishing boat, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday requesting assistance after Read More »

  • Lobster War in the “Gray Zone” – High prices fuel border feud

    There have been death threats on both sides of the watery divide between the United States and Canada, as lobstermen accuse each other of sabotaging lines, Read More »
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    New Hampshire: Watch Dead In The Water, showing in Portsmouth tomorrow night

    DITW film in New Hampshire this Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm at the 3SArtspace in Portsmouth, NH. Admission is $15 there will be a Q&A afterwards Read More »

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