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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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  • Is Millstone power plant killing lobsters in the Sound?

    Each day, some two billion gallons of water are pumped from Long Island Sound into the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. — that state’s only Read More »

  • The incidental catch of seabirds in gillnet fisheries: A global review

    Based on bird feeding ecology we identified 148 seabird species as susceptible to bycatch in gillnets, of which 81 have been recorded caught. The highest densities Read More »
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    Soft-shell crab season is ‘the start of all the good stuff’

    One local delicacy seafood is quite popular in the Lowcountry this time of year. Soft-shell crabs, or female blue crabs, are being caught, sold and cooked Read More »

  • Economic impact: Nanaimo’s economy seems to be humming along

    New job figures have employers and employment agencies at least cautiously optimistic about Nanaimo’s long-term economic outlook. [email protected] Read More »

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    Crab season delayed again in Oregon – Crabbers on hold until at least Dec. 31

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  • There is nothing sadder to me than the passing of my friend, Richard Gaines

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  • Fishing panel delays call on catch limits GDT- My Commentary.

    NOAA’s New England Fishery Management Council has deferred at least until November recommending deep reductions in next year’s allowable catch of most groundfish, a move that Read More »
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  • Loggerhead turtle protection enhanced by National Marine Fisheries Service

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  • A Win for Shark Fishermen is looked at as a Strategic Loss by the Enviro’s

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    North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones has died

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  • Professor Ray Hilborn has a message for Congress: Overfishing is over

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    Tax appeal challenges Alaska’s fish landing tax

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  • Tuna Cup is big catch in Tignish , but, a Commercial Tuna Fishery would be better!

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