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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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    Many fish and plankton are relocating towards the North and South poles at an astonishing rate of hundreds of kilometres per decade in response to climate Read More »

  • Alaska – 2014 Retrospective, Fishing Notables, Fish Picks and Pans

    Alaska still has its share of naysayers who will quibble about the seafood industry’s importance to our great state. They dismiss the fact that fishing was Read More »

  • When Green is Grey

    From the article: ONE of the striking things about the “green” movement, from big-G political parties to environmental NGOs, is how little connect it has with Read More »
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    Man Gets 56 Months for False Distress Calls, Threats to Coast Guard

    A 39-year-old Newport News man was sentenced in Norfolk federal court on Tuesday to 56 months in prison for making a false distress call and threats Read More »

  • Mark Latti: Recreational anglers off the hook for drastic cuts in New England groundfish catches

    It seems recreational anglers have gained a reprieve, if only for now. The New England Fisheries Management Council’s Recreational Advisory Panel last month approved recreational cod Read More »

  • Mainer Mary Beth Nickell-Tooley’s vote disallowed on NEFMC, What about John Pappalardo’s?

    Mary Beth Nickell-Tooley, an at-large member from Maine since 2008, was informed Wednesday by NOAA Attorney Adviser Mitch MacDonald she “may not vote during the Council’s Read More »
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    McNeill Fishing Ltd., not former president, charged with fishing violations

    A story in the Jan. 19 Observer incorrectly reported a recent conviction against McNeill Fishing Ltd. While the company pled guilty and paid $33,598 for some Read More »
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    Con groups propose total lobster fishing ban

    According to the Center for Biological Diversity and several other plaintiff conservation groups, the area “has increasingly become important right whale foraging and socializing habitat in recent years.” The Read More »

  • Still Stuck! State, Coast Guard still trying to move fishing vessel

    A fishing boat that ran onto a reef close to Kaimana Beach in Waikiki nearly two weeks ago is sticking around a little longer. The Coast Guard Read More »

  • Obama, Clinton only impede private industry

    I am writing in response to the Sept. 17 news story, “Fishermen upset over the Atlantic monument creation.” The article quotes Grant Moore, president of the Read More »
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    Plymouth’s fishing industry is being ‘screwed over

    The fishing industry has been “screwed over” by Brexit deals and unnecessary bureaucracy, according to Plymouth MP Luke Pollard. Promises to take back control of British Read More »
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    Veterinarians release results from study of North Atlantic right whale deaths

    Veterinarians examining the carcasses of six right whales found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this summer say four died from blunt force trauma, one Read More »
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    40 years of change: For fishing industry, the spring of 1976 was the start of a new era

    When you talk about fishing here in New Bedford, you have to start with the whaling era — and the lessons learned. For decades, the pursuit Read More »
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    Fisherman saves dog in distress in the middle of Greenwich Bay

    A local shellfisherman taking part in a boat race, winds up saving a dog in distress, found paddling in the middle of Greenwich Bay. Every Monday, Read More »
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    Fishermen worry Northern Pulp treatment plan will create ‘dead zone’

    Northern Pulp met with some of its toughest critics Monday as it opened public consultations on a new effluent treatment facility for the Pictou County pulp Read More »
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    Temporary reprieve for fishing boat washed up on Jones Beach

    An old and battered 40-foot-long wooden fishing boat that washed up on Jones Beach State Park last week and was abandoned by its owner has won Read More »

  • Hard headed! Banned Kent waterman charged with new violations

    A Kent County waterman whose license was revoked earlier this year was charged Tuesday, Dec. 2, by  for violating his revocation by fishing for striped bass. Read More »

  • Shrimping: an endangered tradition

    The salty ocean air, the smell of pluff mud, seafood restaurants line the streets, yet shrimp boats sit docked at the harbor. This is the scene Read More »

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    NEFMC Discusses Offshore Wind, Clam Dredge FW, Skates, Groundfish, Herring, IFM, and More at Mid-April Meeting

    The New England Fishery Management Council met April 17-19 in Mystic, CT and discussed a wide range of issues that touched on everything from industry-funded monitoring Read More »
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    June Mummery declared EU nations are desperate for Britain’s fish and the Dutch will be finished without it.

    Ms Mummery is the Brexit Party’s spokeswoman for fisheries and coastal issues. The Brexiteer also slammed other MEPs for forgetting what the job is and getting Read More »

  • EU: Bottom trawling advocates and opponents make their voices heard

    On the eve of the meeting that the Fisheries Ministers of the European Union (EU) will hold in Brussels, the voices for and against the proposal Read More »

  • COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN CHARGED WITH WITNESS TAMPERING RELATED TO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ILLEGAL HARVESTING OF STRIPED BASS

    Baltimore, Maryland – Michael D. Hayden, Jr., age 41, of Tilghman Island, Maryland, was arrested yesterday on charges of witness tampering and retaliation in connection with Read More »
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    Will Interior Secretary Haaland see more than ducks and eel grass at King Cove?

    U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is slated to visit with residents of King Cove during a visit to Alaska in September. During her confirmation meetings, she Read More »

  • Meet One of Canada’s Last Great Lakes Fishermen

    Fish purveyors Kendall Dewey and his wife Joanne do everything: fish, gut, filet, weigh, and package the fish that nearby restaurants like the Drake Devonshire can’t Read More »

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