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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

• Recent Posts

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman from F/V Atlantic Warrior 60 miles off Ocean City, NJ

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 42-year-old man from a fishing vessel approximately 60 miles southeast of Ocean City Saturday. Personnel aboard the fishing vessel Read More »
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    December 25 – 1939: Flying Santa “bombs” our lighthouses

    New England’s flying Santa Claus tuned up the reindeer under the hood of his airplane today, readying Blitzen and Vixen and the others for renewal of Read More »
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    With an acquisition in Nova Scotia, lobster dealers expanding into Canada to shore up their business

    Ready Seafood in Portland is joining a handful of U.S. lobster companies that have opened Canadian operations, locking down year-round access to hard shell lobsters that Read More »

  • Sitka processor sells ownership stake to Starkist

    Sitka-based Silver Bay Seafoods has sold a twelve percent stake to Dongwon, the Korean owners of Starkist Tuna. The news of the sale has been public Read More »
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    The Offshore Wind Farmers are Winning! Benefits Package Totals $29 Million for East Hampton Town

    The Town of East Hampton and the town trustees will share a community benefits package worth almost $29 million in exchange for easements allowing Orsted U.S Read More »

  • BP: Government overestimated size of spill

    NEW ORLEANS — BP has urged a  federal judge to rule the company can’t be penalized for millions of gallons of  oil that spewed from its Read More »

  • Council asks for info on halibut vessel caps

    After extensive public testimony on the matter, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council agreed to take an initial step in possible changes to the existing vessel Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’ Camera Crew: Inside the gear, skill, physical endurance needed for 30-foot swells, 20 hour days, and shooting at night

    For 15 seasons Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch” has been documenting the journey of fishing ships to one of the most remote places in the world, the Bering Read More »
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    A Rockland schooner

    One of the first vessels produced by Cobb and Butler was the 1890 three-mast, square rigged schooner Nathan F. Cobb. In December 1896, the Nathan F. Cobb Read More »
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    N.S. Mi’kmaq chiefs demand stop of alleged federal plans to seize lobster traps

    A group of Nova Scotia Indigenous leaders has levelled harassment allegations at the federal government over an ongoing moderate livelihood fishery dispute,,, The Assembly of Nova Read More »
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    Fishermen in Mexico shoot down environmental group’s drone

    The environmental group Sea Shepherd says fishermen fired 25 shots at one of its night-vision drones in Mexico’s Gulf of California, bringing it down. Various drones Read More »

  • Fish-farm madness – A US/Canadian Collaborative, The “Joint Forward Plan”

    The Joint Forward Plan states that “Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency worked on aligning product reviews and risk assessment methodologies” Read More »

  • Iran to export 28,000 tonnes of fishery products to Russia.

    An official at Iran Fisheries Organization says the country will soon export about 28,000 tonnes of various kinds of fishery products to its northern neighbor, Russia. Read More »

  • Dick Grachek writes, ” They are stealing our ocean environment right out from under us.” He’s right!

    A lease area of 22 Square Miles which is 12 miles offshore of the Maine coast? Mainers, better get your activist hats on, that’s on some Read More »

  • Michigan Considers Controversial Commercial Net-Pen Aquaculture in Huron and Michigan

    Several State agencies are looking at proposals to allow commercial net-pen aquaculture on the Great Lakes. The practice is controversial because of environmental concerns. WDET’s Amy Read More »
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    Us against Them

    I’ve been commercial fishing since I was 17 and I’m 51 now and I’ve been forced out of several fisheries due to regulations, permits and closures. Read More »

  • Wassup with Wassip? The Deckboss and his readers will set you straight!

    A number of recent comments on the blog have mentioned WASSIP. Not being entirely sure of the meaning of this ugly acronym, Deckboss went fishing for answers. Read More »
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    Salem bid selected for offshore wind project

    State leaders announced Friday afternoon that Commonwealth Wind, a partnership that targets Salem for an offshore wind marshalling yard around the Salem Harbor Footprint property, was Read More »
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    ‘We have no market, but lots of lobsters’: a Maine lobsterwoman fights for her livelihood

    “If I’m not fishing, I’m working on gear or my boat. Or meetings involving fishing. It’s what I eat, sleep and breathe,” lobsterwoman Julie Eaton tells Read More »

  • Clearwater serves up new creamy scallop dish at the Boston Seafood Show

    After selling millions of bacon-wrapped scallops in Canada last year, Clearwater Seafoods Inc. is launching a new value-added product aimed at both the domestic and U.S. Read More »

  • Mid Atlantic Council Approves Changes to Scup Gear-Restricted Areas

    During a meeting in Montauk, New York the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved a framework action to modify the boundary of one of the region’s two Read More »

  • P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association launching crew member recruitment campaign

    The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is launching a new campaign and training program to combat a growing problem in the lobster industry — fishermen are having trouble Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 14, 2020

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<20:00 Read More »
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    N.S., N.B. herring fishery swallows 33 per cent quota cut

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) reduced the 2022 quota, or total allowable catch, from 35,000 tonnes to 23,450 tonnes, but environmentalists say the cut does not Read More »

  • NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicks off annual seafood summit in New Orleans

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicked off the annual  in New Orleans on Monday (Feb. 9), highlighting the importance of improving seafood sustainability by focusing on Read More »

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