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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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    At Sea on Taiwan’s Last Fire-Fishing Boats

    It’s pitch black on Taiwan’s waters, and in a few minutes, all hell will break loose. A boom and blaze of fire explode into the night Read More »
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    F/V Pacific Miner: Crab boat capsizes near Coos Bay; 3 rescued

    An air crew and two boat crews searched for the men, and pulled them out of the water around 8:30 p.m., according to the Coast Guard. Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 24, 2015

    Click to read Weekly Update for April 24, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here20:27 Read More »

  • Tuna producers up to something fishy as they face conspiracy allegations

    Executives of the most popular tuna brands in the U.S. — Chicken of the Sea, Bumble Bee and StarKist — conspired regularly to keep prices high Read More »
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    Company denies seabed mining would wreck environment

    Four months of hearings into a seabed mining application off the South Taranaki coast have finally come to an end. It follows an application by Trans Read More »

  • A LIFO Win for the Inshore Fleet! Maybe. Who wins when they redistribute the quota is the next question.

    The Ministerial Advisory Panel conducting an external review of the Last-In, First-Out policy (LIFO) released its recommendations yesterday. The Panel recommended abolishing LIFO and implementing permanent Read More »
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    Astoria, San Francisco were once the Detroit of the marine-engine industry

    Between 1908 and 1911, something happened that almost certainly saved hundreds of men from drowning on the Columbia River Bar. The salmon canneries in Astoria started Read More »

  • Wicked Tuna’s Captain Dave Marciano Fan Lookin’ for TailsUp Support – Facing Heart Surgery – Give her a Tweet!

    Deborah O’Connor‏@dimondsnpearls7   10 Nov @CaptMarciano Good morning Capt Dave !! Im havin heart surgery Tues the 12th. I was hopin u & crew could send plenty of #TailsUp 4 Read More »

  • The Importance of Insurance. Keep you and your boat covered

    Boat owners can be liable for more crew injury costs than they might expect. In high risk jobs someone is bound to get hurt or ill Read More »

  • It’s Day Three of the NEFMC Portland Meeting – Listen Live! Scallops, Herring

    The public is invited to attend the June 17–19, 2014 New England Fishery Management Council meeting. Revised June Council Meeting Agenda.  Register by clicking here to listen Read More »
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    Fishing boat skipper gets suspended sentence for running his vessel aground off Plymouth

    Michael Kinnaird, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges at Plymouth magistrates court on 6 December, which related to an incident on October. It was shortly Read More »

  • Prices for commercial halibut shares reach jaw-dropping level

    As Alaska’s iconic halibut fishery wraps up this week, stakeholders are holding their breath to learn if the catch limit might ratchet up slightly once again Read More »
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    Stranded fox rescued from iceberg by fishermen who fed him Vienna sausages

    An Arctic fox generally isn’t part of a crab fishing boat’s bycatch, but one crew from southern Labrador managed just that last week. Alan Russell of Read More »

  • Climate change will shift marine predators’ habitat, study says – By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post

    More doom and gloom from a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) The top ocean predators in the North Pacific could lose as much Read More »

  • Live Audio: Alaska Board of Fish Starting at Noon Eastern

    When in session, the Board of Fish hosts streaming live audio.  The Board will be back on the record 8:00 a.m. February 3, 2014   Link and Read More »

  • Troubled Swan’s Island fisherman guilty of more scallop offenses

    A local fisherman who just earlier this month was charged with committing multiple scallop fishing violations was found guilty in court last week of committing prior Read More »
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    Carbon Emissions: Beef, Lamb, Lobster or Fish?

    A new study by the University of Tasmania, Australia, and Canadian scientists has found that catching most types of fish produces far less carbon per kilogram Read More »

  • California’s squid industry is booming – Tons and tons of Market Squid are brought into the harbor every morning.

    The abundance is because it’s spawning season. At this time of the year, Market Squid travel in massive schools to spawn and die. The squid industry Read More »
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    Coronavirus: North-east fishing chiefs fear Holyrood funding package may not be enough to rescue ‘all’ of industry

    More than 1,000 businesses dependent on fishing are now eligible for financial assistance. The scheme will help businesses operating a vessel larger than 12 meters, about Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 58′ Steel Stern Trawler, 6 Cylinder Cat 343, Lugger – 8KW Generator, Permits

    Specifications, information and 4 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here< 13:01 Read More »

  • Imported seafood? Will North Carolina’s commercial fishermen benefit?

    Gov. Pat McCrory and N.C. Department of Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker are tone deaf. They took great pleasure in announcing in a press release Friday that Read More »

  • Ocean salmon seasons set by PFMC, pending NMFS final approval

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council struggled through week-long negotiations over widely contrasting salmon outlooks before setting sport and commercial rules for coastal Oregon, Washington and California on Read More »

  • Fishery Fact Sheet – Northwest Atlantic NAFO Grand Bank groundfish fisheries, 2013

    The extension of fishery jurisdictions in the late-1970s created NAFO and the fishery was utilized mostly by non-Canadian countries fishing outside the 200-m limit Canadian. NAFO Read More »

  • Good Video – Distressed N.L. fishing vessel expected in Greenland this afternoon

    A YouTube video has been released, showing operations Monday to assist a fishing vessel in distress in the Davis Strait, about 270 miles northeast of Iqaluit. Read More »

  • P.E.I. lobster fishermen have eye on Boston, European Union

    The future may bode well for lobster prices across Prince Edward Island with a European free trade deal signed but this spring’s prices will hinge on Read More »

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