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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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  • Deadliest Catch: The Quest to Coat Cornelia Marie – Picking Your Paint

    Josh Harris and Casey McManus, a pair of 31-year-olds who respectively own and run the fishing boat Cornelia Marie – made famous on the Discovery Channel’s Read More »

  • Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight – Hokkaido Chum Salmon, 2014 West Coast Squid Landings

    Published on Jun 2, 2014 This week in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight, Rob Reierson discusses 2014 Quota Announcement for Hokkaido Chum Salmon Market, 2014 Read More »

  • NOAA scientists – Georges Bank cod and yellowtail flounder in the transboundary region with Canada are still struggling to recover

    Steve Cadrin of the UMass School for Marine Science and Technology presented an overview of stock assessments around the world and concluded that this region’s assessments cannot be Read More »

  • Regulators Reject Lobster Restrictions in Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Areas

    The  was considering a proposal to prohibit lobster gear from those areas out of concern over unintentional cod by-catch. (Other gears allowed in spawning areas are Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council meeting January 30-31, 2018 in Portsmouth, NH

    The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at the Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, NH . To read the final agenda, click here Register for webinar Read More »

  • Kuskokwim area may see a commercial fishing opening after all

    Washington state fish brokers are traveling to the Southwestern Alaska village of Quinhagak Monday in the hope of quickly setting up a commercial operation for the Read More »
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    Houma man cited on shrimping violations

    A Houma man was cited last week for alleged shrimping violations on Nov. 9 in Pointe-Aux-Chenes. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited Dwayne T. Read More »

  • Fishing vessel catches fire in Harbour Grace drydock

    Crews were still at the scene of a fire Monday at a shipyard in Harbour Grace, dealing with a blaze that broke out Sunday night on Read More »
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    Opinion: Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Statement on Vineyard Wind Federal Review Process

    In light of the recent decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to perform a cumulative impacts analysis regarding the proposed Vineyard Wind project, Read More »

  • Watermen pack legislative hearing as Oyster study debate heats up in Maryland

    Oyster season may be done for now, but the debate rages on in Maryland over the future management of the Chesapeake Bay’s iconic shellfish. Watermen and Read More »

  • Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore on South Carolina beach

    Thousands of dead fish washed up on mile and a half stretch of beach in South Carolina Tuesday, officials said, at least the second such occurrence Read More »

  • Putting lipstick on the ENGO Pig – Oregon fishermen and ENGOs in collaboration

    During a recent lunch at Sharkbite’s Seafood Cafe in Coos Bay, area fishermen broke bread with an unlikely lunch mate — an attorney from the environmental Read More »

  • Grocery chain uses local fishermen for ads

    Galveston, Texas fisherman Buddy Guindon has become an unexpected celebrity among US Gulf commerical fishing circles — and he may be getting even more fame in Read More »
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    Defining a Moderate Livelihood: Part 2

    Bruce Wildsmith wonders what the Marshall decision really meant to the Department of Fisheries and Ocean when it was handed down by the Supreme Court of Read More »

  • Industry-led sea urchin restoration project gets DMR boost

    An industry-led effort to determine whether sea urchins can be encouraged to grow in once fertile habitat got a boost last week. The Department of Marine Read More »
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    Navy, Coast Guard rescue 3 fishermen 63 miles east of Brunswick

    The Navy, along with assistance from the Coast Guard rescued three fishermen Tuesday 63 miles southeast of Brunswick, Georgia. Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District received Read More »
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    Here’s how to get a piece of $62.5 million in fish processors’ Coronavirus aid

    It’s been two months since the federal government rolled out a $62.5-million aid package to support seafood processors affected by Coronavirus, and a $469 million program Read More »
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    Lobster fishermen are putting canopies over the formerly open deck

    Some lobster fishing boats are sporting a new look this year. Fishermen are installing canopies over the formerly open deck behind the wheel house. It’s all Read More »

  • Codfish numbers at key fishery hits all-time low

    “The analysis really presents a grim picture for the recovery of the stock,” Brown said. “Every indicator of the stock condition has declined or worsened between Read More »

  • Overharvest means changes coming to Louisiana blue-crab fishery

    Most bays and tidal lakes in Louisiana these days look like obstacle courses, where the first boater to make it across without wrapping a crab-trap line Read More »

  • BP oil spill: methane persisted in sea after microbe cleanup

    As much as half a million tonnes of natural gas, 80 percent of it methane, leaked into the deep sea as a result of the blowout Read More »
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    Endeavour V – Latest And Largest Macduff Build

    The first trawler to be built at Macduff for skipper Peter Lovie, Endeavour V, is the latest instalment in a relationship that goes back 35 years – Read More »
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    Parents of reality show star, overdose victim Adam Moser, invited by Trump to opioid speech

    East Kingston’s Jim and Jeanne Moser stood in front of President Donald Trump in the White House’s East Room Thursday with a photo of their son Read More »

  • US Signs South Pacific Tuna Treaty Amendments

    The United States and 16 Pacific Island governments initialed amendments to the Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries at a ceremony in Nadi, Fiji on December 3, 2016. Read More »

  • A Good News Report: Blue crab numbers rebounding

    Blue crab population numbers have grown for the second straight year, especially for female crabs, but their numbers are still below target levels, a Chesapeake Bay Read More »

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