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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 27 most captivating photos of the US Coast Guard in 2017

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    BP Canada’s offshore exploration bid progressing

    The public comment period on the draft Environmental Assessment Report for exploratory drilling in the Scotian Basin closed at the end of the day on Friday. Read More »

  • Live! SalmonWatch – Sockeye Salmon in Steep Creek, Juneau, Alaska

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 23, 2018

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates Click here, for older updates listed as NCFA click here 08:23 Related Read More »

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  • New Bedford: Officials promise to continue to fight for fishermen at annual blessing ceremony

    The trials and tribulations fishermen face every day — from the perilous journeys to their limited benefits — were highlighted in speeches aboard the stately schooner Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Cold Bay, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew forward deployed in Cold Bay, medevaced a man from the fishing vessel American Dynasty approximately Read More »

  • Letter: We’ve seen the future, and it’s land-based – John McCarthy

    I write in response to a letter written by Leon Fiander from Marystown on Oct. 18, “Will Placentia Bay aquaculture affect native salmon?” Our group, Salmon Read More »

  • North Coast seasonal crab haul above average

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  • Auction scheduled for lease rights for wind farm, Fishermen seeking to block

    The lease rights to develop a wind-energy farm on 79,350 acres of ocean 11.5 miles from Jones Beach could be granted by federal regulators this week. Read More »

  • New England: Handicapping our fishermen

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  • PETA protester sheds shell for cause!

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    Coast Guard, NOAA OLE increase efforts to protect North Atlantic right whale

    Northeast Coast Guard units and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement personnel are increasing focus this year on the enforcement of the Read More »

  • How does the government count the fish? Questions of Validity

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    Don Cuddy: Stokesbury’s science continues to yield scallops for SouthCoast

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  • Fisheries Crime

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  • Indonesian fishermen fighting for $2.6m unpaid wages

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  • The enigma behind America’s freak, 20-year lobster boom

    Even as biologists puzzle over Maine’s strange serendipity, a more ominous mystery is emerging. A scientist who tracks baby lobsters reports that in the last few Read More »

  • Maine officials consider seasonal adjustments to minimum lobster size, tiered licenses

    About 50 people, most of them fishermen, met at the Alamo theater with Maine Department of Marine Resources officials on Wednesday. The meeting was one of Read More »

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    Charter fisherman catches kilo of cocaine off Miami coast

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