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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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  • Connecticut: River herring returning to state waterways

    Two factors have contributed to the local river herring boom: a new culvert built at Rocky Neck in 2009 reopened a previously constricted channel; and beaver Read More »

  • A frenzied, fast-tracked fish-farming bill, Stewart Lamont, Tangier

    For those who will recall, the Doelle-Lahey report was issued prior to Christmas. It called for the absolute reform of open-net pen aquaculture and its sloppy Read More »

  • Lobsters seized from offshore trawler donated to homeless veterans by Massachusetts Environmental Police

    Massachusetts Environmental Police donated lobsters seized from an offshore trawler in New Bedford to veterans after officials determined the lobsters could not be returned to the Read More »

  • Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday that the state will spend $90 million to further hydrate the Everglades

    During a stop in Fort Myers, Scott discussed a plan to construct a 2.6-mile bridge on Tamiami Trail in Miami-Dade County. A similar 1-mile bridge opened Read More »

  • Massachusetts AG sues shellfish official for polluting coastal waters in an attempt to increase his yield of razor clams

    Attorney General Maura Healey claims that John H. Grundstrom sprayed bleach on sensitive clamflats while harvesting razor clams in state waters. Forcing razor clams to the sediment’s surface Read More »

  • DFO files police complaint over shrimp fishermen who stormed St. John’s headquarters

    The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has filed a police complaint about a shrimp protest that took a drastic turn Friday when fishermen broke a Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 12, 2019

    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 Read More »

  • Register for Webinar – Monday, July 29, 2013 6:00 PM – 7:30 – SAFMC Live Q&A Session With Staff Regarding Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 5

      Register for the webinar here    Online video about the amendment here Read More »
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    Difficult fishing season for some fishers in Hay River, N.W.T.

    It’s been a difficult summer for commercial fishers on Great Slave Lake, at least according to one fisherman who has been in the business for 40 Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ RI Marine Longliner/Lobster,1983, Lobster,Longliner Steel, Detroit

    Specifications, and information Click here  14:23 Read More »

  • Florida Fish And Wildlife: 44 Illegal Spiny Lobster Tails Taken By Suspect, Charged With Poaching

    One could call them the “J Team” of Officers James Johnson, Jeremy Foell, Jamie Richards and Jose Lopez. Foell and Richards inspected a commercial fishing vessel Read More »
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    LETTER: Fish harvesters, plantworkers are stronger together

    This letter is a response to Ryan Cleary’s letter “Single union can’t represent all sides of fishery” >click here<. Uniting workers in the fishing industry through Read More »
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    Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for January 2019 Has Arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 For the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – We are Read More »
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    Maine Lobster Boat Racing: NASCAR meets tractor pulls

    To Patrick Hanley, it was the extra salt that did it. A 19-year-old lobsterman from Bass Harbor, Hanley ran about 6½ knots faster during the lobster Read More »
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    Optimism heading into the 2017 lobster season off southwestern Nova Scotia – Search and Rescue is Ready!

    While many factors can come into play before an opening shore price is determined in the commercial lobster fishery, there is reason for optimism going into Read More »

  • Sturgeon’s designation had minimal data, major impacts – Debate growing over fish’s label as endangered

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently issued estimates of coastal populations of the fish that are healthier than many thought. The estimate of more than Read More »
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    Most likely Carnival Cruise Lines is responsible for 18+ Right Whale deaths in the past 3 year, at which rate they would soon be extinct.

    Human caused Right whale deaths have suddenly, in sync with a plummeting whale birthrate, put the right whale on the path to extinction.,,, There is the simple Read More »

  • FISH-NL releases details of certification application — 2,372 harvesters sign membership cards, well over 50 per cent required 

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is today releasing details of its certification application filed with the Labour Relations Board on Read More »

  • Jes Waitin’ for the Cabbage to Hit the Fan – Obama Administration Proposal Weakens Endangered Species Protections

    “America’s endangered species are already dying deaths by a thousand cuts, because too often no one’s keeping an eye on the big picture,” said Brett Hartl, Read More »
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    Fishing for hope and faith

    Many mornings the trucks of fishermen and lobster-men can be seen parked on Country Way in front of the North Scituate Marylou’s Coffee. Recently one truck Read More »
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    Commercial fishing captain accused of dumping dozens of traps

    A Florida Keys commercial fishing captain was arrested on felony commercial littering charges this week after investigators say he illegally dumped more than 30 lobster traps Read More »

  • Great white Lydia is on the move, Dal is on her tail

    She’s big, hungry and headed here. A great white shark named Lydia is on her way to Nova Scotia, apparently to chow down on some seals Read More »

  • D.B. Pleschner: Nearshore anchovy abundance not proof fishery is collapsing

    Recently, Dr. William Sydeman of the Farallon Institute, published a study claiming that the abundance of anchovy near shore — especially in places like Monterey — Read More »

  • Drakes Bay Oyster Co. seeks quick ruling on closure battle

    Attorneys for Drakes Bay Oyster Company have asked a federal judge to rule Monday on their request to postpone a Feb. 28 deadline for shutting down Read More »
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    Should Oregon Kill Sea Lions to Save the Salmon?

    Used to be, they’d show up at Willamette Falls around late November—beefy males here to bulk up and loll on the docks. Call it sea lion Read More »

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