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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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  • Atlantic bluefin tuna: Sienna Miller and Stephen Fry among those credited with raising awareness of overfishing danger LMAO!

    Celebrities who have campaigned for Atlantic bluefin tuna to be kept out of the cooking pot may soon have to find a new fish to champion Read More »

  • An Important Message From Scott Lang – Please Help Support The Center For Sustainable Fisheries

    Greetings from all of us here at CSF, This organization was founded on the principle that our fishermen, and the fishing industry, were not getting their Read More »

  • Three bodies found in freezer of suspected illegal fishing boat off Papua New Guinea

    The suspected illegal fishing vessel was found on December 10 at Paona Island, a 45-minute boat ride from Fead Island, which is 200 kilometres north of Read More »
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    Coronavirus: North Carolina fishermen, seafood dealers work through industry changes due to outbreak

    N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order Tuesday closing restaurants and bars to dine-in service. Additionally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has Read More »

  • Dungeness crab get qualified thumbs-up in tests for domoic acid

    The fate of the Dungeness crab season will hang on the test results coming out of an East Bay lab. With the beginning of the season Read More »
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    Fishermen stuck in the Falklands arrested after a fight at Dino’s Bar, will not derail rescue mission

    Royal Falklands Islands police inspector Barry Thacker told Morning Report there was a fight at Dino’s Bar on 29 June. “When we attended there were a number Read More »

  • Must Read – Fears for our fishery, Father Ed Brophy, St. Alban’s

    Fellow Newfoundlanders, according to the news, a large Newfoundland fish company called Quin-Sea is about to be taken over by an even larger company from Denmark. Read More »
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    Dosed salmon, clipped fins, a ‘dinner bell’: How far is too far in helping starving orca?

    The emergency effort to save a critically ill orca whale is an experiment without precedent. An international team of scientists is piloting techniques to treat a Read More »

  • Expert: Scientists exaggerated Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching story

    There is growing scientific conflict over bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: Tourism Queensland Activist scientists and lobby groups have distorted surveys, maps and data Read More »

  • Trump nominates AccuWeather CEO to run NOAA

    President Trump has chosen Barry Myers, the CEO of the private weather forecaster AccuWeather, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In that role, Read More »
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    Lobster-Hauling off Maine Becoming a Less Popular Livelihood

    Chipper Zeiner has been hauling American lobsters off the East Coast of the United States since 1973, when he was just 11 years old, but in Read More »

  • A king without a crown: Chinook vulnerable to ocean forces

    Editor’s note: This is the ninth in the Morris Communications series –  “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.”Alaska’s long-lived monarch — the king salmon Read More »
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    Coronavirus: The day our world changed

    Coronavirus has changed everything. We just haven’t noticed it yet. But those changes will become more apparent by the day. Where COVID19 is taking us is Read More »

  • North Coast Fishermen Voice Concerns About the Proposed Individual Transferable Quota System

    The United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union’s president met with North Coast fishermen today, to discuss the proposed changes the DFO plans to make to the Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update FEB 15, 2015

    The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • REMINDER SALTONSTAL​L-KENNEDY TELEPHONE TOWNHALL AND WEBINAR TODAY! Thursday, August 8 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

    Webinar/Telephone Townhall Meeting  info Read More »

  • Bully-net lobster fishermen can get new commercial status

    A new Florida commercial lobster license for bully-netters will come with a “Respectful Bully Netting” outreach campaign. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission members on Feb. Read More »

  • Calling all lobstermen who want to star in a reality TV show! – Hoping it’s bettah than that stupid eel show. Yessah!

    “We’re seeking tough, active lobstermen: you could be a family who’s been fishing for generations [or] a new, hard-nosed skipper striking out on your own,” an Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Unalaska fish processing plant reopens after outbreak forces monthlong shutdown

    The reopening is a bright spot for the Bering Sea fishing industry, which has been hampered by COVID-19 outbreaks at multiple boats and onshore plants. UniSea’s Read More »

  • Maine lobstermen seemed a likely group to sign up for health care coverage under President Obama’s landmark law.

    They face such job hazards as getting tangled in traps and dragged into the ocean. Ever present is the possibility of injury from the physically demanding Read More »
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    Fish cops’ keep eyes on the water

    When too much of a resource is taken from area bays and beaches — a common occurrence when it comes to clams and crabs — it Read More »

  • California Commercial crab season to begin as domoic acid levels drop

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife lifted prohibitions against fishing everywhere south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line after state health officials determined the crabs “no Read More »

  • Southwest Florida Sustainable seafood venture proposes processing whole fish

    If you are killing a fish mostly to get its valuable eggs and turn them into an expensive delicacy, what do you do with the leftovers? Read More »

  • Dock death in Caraquet N.B. – WorkSafeNB investigates

    The mood remained tense on the dock at Caraquet Monday after a 40-year-old man was killed in an industrial accident there. Workers on the wharf were unloading Read More »

  • Cod cut would increase discards, Shetland fishermen warn

    Fishermen in Shetland are urging the EU and Norway to abandon a controversial cod management plan and increase North Sea quotas to help reduce dumping of Read More »

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