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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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    Eel smugglers halted in sting led by Europol

    Spanish and Portuguese authorities announced Friday that they have taken down a criminal network that has been making large profits by smuggling glass eels to Asia. Read More »

  • Three fishermen rescued from sinking F/V Christina Leigh Saturday in the vicinity of Calibogue Sound, S.C. – Video

    CALIBOGUE SOUND, S.C. — The Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a sinking vessel Saturday in the vicinity of Calibogue Sound, S.C.  Watchstanders in the Coast Read More »

  • NMFS Suspends Hearings on Draft Amendment 7 on Bluefin Tuna Until Further Notice;

    Due to the shutdown of Federal Government operations, the National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS) is suspending the remaining scheduled public hearings for Draft Amendment 7 to the2006 Consolidated Read More »

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    Historic Great Lakes fishing tug Palmer dismantled at former Azarian Marina

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  • Publicity may at last be catching up to eel poachers – Eel thefts spur action

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  • Conservationists plan to sue over right whale deaths

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  • Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is considering removal of limit on swordfish catch

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  • Letter to the Editor: The people at NOAA have jobs, and their jobs are to get rid of ours – Captain/ Owner Paul J. Halloran Gloucester Ma.

    NOAA puts out a 400 word-message which it proclaims marks significant progress “to end overfishing and rebuild fish stocks.” How dare they think we are all Read More »

  • Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting – September 12-17, 2013 – will be streamed live in “listen-only mode” (audio) on the internet.

    The live audio will be broadcast starting on Thursday, September 12 at 8 a.m. Mountain time.  Get the September meeting agenda.  Webinar Registration here  Webinar ID Read More »
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    Fisherman drowns in Cook Inlet; body brought to Homer Harbor

    A Kenai man died at sea Thursday after falling overboard from a commercial fishing boat this morning north of Kodiak. Alaska State Troopers identified the victim Read More »

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    Inside NOAA’s Secret Staff Newsletter – Who Knew?!! Cause of Action Institute

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  • Blagg: Following the cod

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  • AK seafood earnings, poundage outpaced by Washington state

    Alaska’s seafood industry puts more people to work than any other private industry, topping 60,000 workers in 2015. Of that, less than half – 27,600 – Read More »

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    THE 2018 MAKO SEASON IS SAVED!

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  • Fundy fishermen lose bid to stop tidal turbine in Minas Basin

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    Associated Press reports that both scientists and native elders in British  Columbia say that sockeye numbers have plummeted: Sockeye salmon returns plunge to historic lows, Last Read More »
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    Jersey UK: Foul weather hurts fishing industry’s peak period

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