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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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  • Ahead of Bluefin Tuna Meeting, Congress, Industry urge NOAA to support U.S. interests; Scientists call Pew Trust “factsheet” a distortion

    WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) June 25, 2013 — On June 26, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will convene in Montreal to discuss Read More »
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    New Bedford mayor calls for closed scallop grounds to reopen to fishermen

    “Recent research by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and others demonstrates that the Northern Edge can sustain scallop fishing. Given this research, I do not see a Read More »
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    Prince Edward Islanders urged to prepare for tropical storm Henri

    The National Hurricane Center’s latest on the track for Henri was issued Friday at noon AT. It says to expect sustained winds of 100 km/h, and Read More »

  • Do Not Blame the Fish – Alicia Rae

    The commercial fishing fleet is to “fault” for the failure of the sports fishermen, in the public mindset. They blame the commercial fleet of stealing “their” Read More »
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    Alternate web page created for information and public comment on southern flounder management proposals

    An alternate webpage has been established for the public to access information and submit public comment on Draft Amendment 2 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Read More »

  • Blue Water Fishermen’​s Associatio​n – Raising the conservati​on bar for almost a quarter of a century

    Nils Stolpe, Fishnet USA-I had the pleasure, both personal and professional, of attending the annual membership meeting of the Blue Water Fishermen’s Association (BWFA) in Atlantic Read More »
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    Canadian Coast Guard struggling

    Reduced search-and-rescue coverage, ferry-service disruptions, cancelled resupply runs to Arctic and coastal communities and nearly $2 million in lost navigational buoys. Those are among the real Read More »

  • Listen in – 0800 September 15, 2014 NEFMC Scientific and Statistica​l Committee Meeting

    Meeting: The public is invited to listen in to the September 15, 2014 Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting (SSC). It is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. Read More »

  • Poor common squid catches to continue in Japan

    Poor catches of surume-ika, or Japanese common squid, are likely to continue this year. The squid is used in popular home dishes such as sashimi and Read More »
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    Coast Guard searching for missing commercial fisherman off South Padre Island, Texas

    The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 35-year-old fisherman in the water off South Padre Island, Texas, Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center Read More »

  • North Carolina Commercial fisherman Jeremy Blair Myers killed in a fishing accident

    North Carolina Wildlife Officer Matt Criscoe said Jeremy Blair Myers, 34, of Wilmington, was killed after his clothing got caught in a fishing reel, slamming his body Read More »

  • Herring and haddock fishermen at odds over bycatch

    Fishermen in two of the most lucrative fisheries in the Northeast — Atlantic herring and haddock —are at odds over the management of fishing in Georges Read More »
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    Experts fear American fishing industry, boating at risk as Biden prioritizes climate, green energy

    The Biden administration has prioritized green energy at the expense of endangered whales and the U.S. fishing industry with regulation that limits both commercial fishing and Read More »

  • Troubled Swan’s Island fisherman guilty of more scallop offenses

    A local fisherman who just earlier this month was charged with committing multiple scallop fishing violations was found guilty in court last week of committing prior Read More »

  • Atlantic Enterprise: Large Shrimp and Halibut Factory Trawler for Ocean Prawns Canada Operations

    Clearwater Ocean Prawns Venture (COPV), a joint venture formed by Danish fishing company Ocean Prawns and Canada’s Clearwater Seafoods, has expanded its fleet with the recent Read More »

  • ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME DIVISION of COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. NEWS RELEASE

    2013 Southern Southeast Inside Subdistrict Sablefish Fishery News Release here Read More »

  • MP Nathan Cullen Calls On Feds To Aid In Skeena Sockeye Crisis

    Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is calling on the federal government and the Pacific Salmon Commision to find a better way of monitoring US overtake of local Read More »
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    This is Big: President Donald Trump plans to open Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to commercial fishing

    President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation on Friday that would open up a conservation area in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing, according Read More »
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    Army Corps dredging Moriches Inlet to remove heavy sand buildup

    Four storms last winter created a buildup of 300,000 cubic yards of sand, clogging the inlet, which feeds Moriches Bay and sits between Smith Point County Read More »

  • Scallop fishermen will be able to catch more next year

    The New England Fishery Management Council approved rules on Wednesday that are expected to yield about 47 million pounds of scallops during the fishing year that Read More »

  • S.C. police body cam funds go to all — including oyster officers

    After a bystander’s video last year showed a white North Charleston police officer shooting and killing a fleeing, unarmed black man, widespread outrage spurred South Carolina Read More »

  • The American Samoa Fisheries Task Force needs support for petition

    The American Samoa Fisheries Task Force is urging support for a petition that’s been filed with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to exempt US  purse seines Read More »

  • LIFO (Last in-First out) numbers need a closer look: economist

    Debate around the last in, first out (LIFO) policy for the allocation of shrimp quotas rages, even as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans begins to Read More »

  • Spiny dogfish populations 2014 – Using satellites to reassess population estimates

    As of August 2014, it is suspected that there are more spiny dogfish in the Gulf of Maine and perhaps the northeast than has been thought 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 »

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