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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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  • Sounding off on Magnuson

    GLOUCESTER — The final word fell to Gloucester fisherman Paul Vitale, the last speaker of the day at the fisheries listening session,, “How many businesses could Read More »
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    Regrets of a Salmon Farmer – Swimming in Circles: Aquaculture and the End of Wild Oceans

    Salmon farming is huge business, dominated by a single company in the U.S. The fish are fed toxic feed, laced with multiple troubling chemicals. Under these Read More »

  • Yukon First Nations want Alaska salmon fishing closed

    Yukon First Nations have repeated their call for Alaskans to stop fishing Chinook salmon until stocks can recover in the Yukon River. Teslin Tlingit Chief Carl Read More »
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    Trollers call for Murkowski’s aid with treaty

    “You take our fish, you take our lives!” This is the fourth time salmon trollers have taken to the streets during the 2018 season to protest Read More »

  • Operation Jolly Roger: inside the secret world of Scotland’s fishermen pirates

    An underground intelligence network aimed at helping hundreds of fishermen avoid getting caught fishing illegally around Scotland’s coast has been condemned as “blatant piracy”. Fishermen intent Read More »
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    Seattle memorial held for crew member lost in sinking of F/V Scandies Rose

    Tony Ganacias introduced his son to the sea when he was working at a cannery near Cold Bay in Alaska, and bought him his first boat Read More »

  • Top science groups tell Congress to stop probing NOAA’s alleged misdeeds

    Saying it will have a ‘chilling effect’ on science, eight scientific organizations have sent a letter this week to Rep. Lamar Smith (R) for investigating corruption Read More »
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    20 Strange But True Things About Deadliest Catch

    Deadliest Catch is one of the most popular shows on reality television right now. The premise for this catchy hit seems pretty straight forward. Groups of Read More »

  • New Study: Injuries among Dungeness crab fishermen examined

    Commercial Dungeness crab fishing on the West Coast is one of the highest risk occupations in the United States, based on fatality rates. But non-fatal injuries Read More »

  • UAF, Alaska Sea Grant, and AMCC to Study the “Graying of the Fleet”

    A multi-year research project is underway in Alaska to identify the barriers facing young people who want to create successful commercial fishing businesses. KDLG’s Mike Mason tells Read More »
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    Gov’t Is Wiping Out the Lobster Population, But Blaming the Fishermen

    Lobstermen along much of the New England coast breathed sighs of relief the morning of August 9, when they awoke to discover that, contrary to expectations, Read More »
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    Astoria: Coast Guard issues warning to commercial fisherman turning off AIS

    The Coast Guard has seen an alarming increase of commercial fishing and crabbing vessels disabling their AIS, purportedly in an attempt to keep their fishing spots Read More »

  • National Marine Fisheries Service violated law – Federal Ruling on Allocation Favors Gulf Commercial Red Snapper Fishermen

    Federal Ruling on Allocation Favors Gulf Commercial Red Snapper Fishermen A federal ruling has been handed down that the U.S. government violated the law by failing to Read More »

  • Fisherman’s argument measures up – Whelk harvester gets new trial after being convicted of licence breach

    A new trial has been ordered for a fisherman from Garnish for breaching the conditions of his whelk licence, even though it was proven he committed Read More »

  • A fishy business: Dramm Corp. turns fish scraps into organic fertilizer

    Dramm Corp.’s Algoma plant is turning recycled fish scraps into a $2.2 million fertilizer business. The business got its start in the 1990s when Algoma resident Chuck Bowman began gathering dead alewives Read More »
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    Harbor improvement grant lacks fishermen support: Frustration boiling over about Pillar Point Harbor control, decision-making

    While seeking funds to update one of the most productive commercial fishing ports in the state, the San Mateo County Harbor District is receiving pushback from Read More »

  • Fish farm madness: Harper proposes lax regulations for fish-farm industry

    In its proposed regulatory changes to the Fisheries Act, the Harper government is not only catering to the Norwegian-based multinational fish-farm industry in Canada, it is Read More »

  • Cod: The great mystery – New England’s Refugee’s are unwanted, will be deported. Whole.

    There can’t be too many things more confusing for the casual fisheries observer than cod.  See, we had cod. Lots of it, then we lost it. Read More »

  • Slanted Journalism – Facebook posts used against candidates pursuing seats on Humboldt Bay Harbor Commission

    Ryan Burns, a writer for Lost Coast Outpost, and in this latest article, he dig’s into the back grounds of various candidates running for seats on the Read More »
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    New York Activists Make False Accusations Against Menhaden Fishermen

    Gotham Whale of Staten Island, New York and Menhaden Defenders posted material on Facebook suggesting that legal, regulated fishing of menhaden in federal waters off New Read More »

  • Barnegat Light NJ – The harvest of the sea – “It’s not an easy business”

    BARNEGAT LIGHT – It was like Christmas morning, solving a Rubik’s cube, and the movie Groundhog Day all rolled into one as soon as the Grand Read More »

  • Spread of algal toxin through marine food web broke records in 2015

    While Dungeness crab captured headlines, record levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid were found in a range of species, and the toxin showed up in new Read More »
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    9 U.S. environmental groups seeking Canadian snow crab import ban, stronger right whale protections

    “We do believe that, at this point, at least Canadian snow crab needs to be banned from the United States,” said Sarah Uhlemann, program director of Read More »

  • UPDATED: Court Rules Seismic Blasting off Ocean County Can Move Forward

    The state’s commercial fishing industry, boating industry and environmentalists all strongly came out against the seismic blast testing, which will involve air gun blasts 11,500 feet Read More »
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    Federal inaction drives lobster feud

    A Coast Guard cutter and two helicopters (one RCMP, one DFO) provided little more than backdrop scenery to the boiling tensions on the Acadian shore Monday. Read More »

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