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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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  • A scrapped IPO offers a raw look at China’s rampant overfishing of tuna

    China hauls in 12 times more fish that it admits to catching, according to a report by the EU parliament, and regularly exceeds international limits on fishing Read More »

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    Fishing fraternity lens its weight to camera implementation

    The cost of rolling out monitoring cameras on their vessels is worrying Nelson’s smaller fishing operators who say the costs of installing them could push a number Read More »

  • Another ‘Shark Tank’ success story is headed to Nashville

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    Sunken fishing trawler Dianne found by searchers off Queensland coast

    Police say they have found the commercial fishing trawler Dianne in which six men are believed to have drowned when it sank in heavy seas on Read More »

  • ‘Phenomenal’ shrimp season still playing out in the Lowcountry

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  • The countdown is on for fresh Copper River salmon.

    The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced the first opening of the Copper River salmon fishing season. The opener is scheduled for 12 hours Read More »

  • ‘Historic’ red tide could keep oyster reefs closed for months

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  • Wind energy company works toward Coos Bay project

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  • Letter: Fish ‘reopenings’ another false premise- Captain PAUL COHAN F/V Sasquatch

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  • Jan. 5, 2015 Public Hearing, Draft Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 – Mon, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST

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    The future of our coastal communities is at risk. Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy due to unfair sharing of the northern shrimp resource. The federal Read More »

  • American Somoa misses out on quota transfer fisheries revenues

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  • iPhone and Android App helps track changes to fishing laws

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  • Great Lakes Commercial fishing decline hits economies, communities

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    Susquehanna River Debris Has Crabbers Concerned After Heavy Rains

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  • Shark Fin Controversy – The Pew Nuts are Cracked!

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  • A Meeting With the Premier.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Thursday, May 11th, 2017 The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is pleased that the Dwight Ball administration is onside Read More »
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    Bluefin tuna goes for $632000 in 1st Tsukiji auction of ’17

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  • OPINION: My personal Pebble – Melvin Andrew

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    China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts

    The research, led by scientists at Global Fishing Watch, a research organization that uses satellite data to track fishing activity, examined some 22 billion ship-location data Read More »

  • N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries finalizes permit for minimal turtle by-catch

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    Conservationists want emergency order to save killer whales off B.C. coast

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