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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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  Who Owns Fish Under Briberization?  The Kleptocrac​y – Featured Writer Stephen Taufen

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   The Big Green Money Machine – how anti-fishing activists are taking over NOAA

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    Nils Stolpe: Atlantic herring – lots of smoke but where’s the fire? – Click Here

    Peter Shelley is a lawyer who works for the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). Apparently among his duties is providing entries to the CLF website “Talking Fish.” Read More »
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    An online home delivered service is going off the hook!

    Door to door fish deliveries are taking off in Taranaki like never before. “It started as a part time business, three days a week. But now Read More »

  • Maryland NRP Investigating Illegal Commercial Fishing Operation in St. Mary’s Co.

    On Tuesday morning, officers received a complaint about a large number of dead fish floating near Town Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent. Searching the area, Read More »
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    Moulton: NOAA cuts ‘recipe for disaster’

    President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cuts more than $1 billion from the agency that manages the nation’s fisheries and Read More »

  • Drug ‘khat’ uncovered in Unalaska , in the area of the Unisea seafood processing plant

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  • Speaking of nut’s! The Koch Brother and the Drakes Bay Oyster Co Conspiracy. A very slippery slope.

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  • Interior secretary set to visit Boston as enviros launch marine monument campaign

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  • Watermen report Chesapeake blue crab shortage – Video

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    Mount Pleasant developer to buy one of Shem Creek’s last shrimping docks

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  • Letters to the editor: Boost in promotion boon to Maine lobstermen

    Since 2008, lobstermen have been struggling to receive a decent price  for our product. We’ve had many discussions on how to improve our  current situation. This Read More »

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    Those fish are just hush money for the big boys, as well as a PR talking point to convince the general public that NOAA is really Read More »

  • Letter: Fishermen grateful for Congressman Seth Moulton’s efforts

    We would like to publicly thank Congressman Seth Moulton for his support for fishing business in Gloucester. During the campaign, Congressman Moulton promised to advocate for sound policies Read More »

  • The Long Haul: What Do New England’s Fisheries Mean to You? Contribute to the Survey

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  • South Jersey fishing ports escape brunt of storm, but fleet damage extensive up north

    New Jersey’s commercial fishing industry is asking the federal government to declare a “fisheries disaster” from Hurricane Sandy that could lead to aid to rebuild. The Read More »

  • NOAA plans to open federal waters in Pacific to industrial-scale fish farming – Even Sylvia Earle thinks its wreckless

    As traditional commercial fishing is threatening fish populations worldwide, U.S. officials are working on a plan to expand fish farming into federal waters around the Pacific Read More »

  • NMFS Seeks Public Comment-Proposed Rule to Require Turtle Excluder Device Use for Skimmer Trawls, Pusher-Head Trawls, and Wing Nets (Butterfly Trawls)

    More shrimp fishermen would have to use nets equipped with turtle escape hatches, to prevent sea turtle deaths, under proposed new federal rules. The National Marine Read More »

  • Digby lobster prices hold at $4.75/pound – Industry has high hopes for demand in Asia

    Lobster prices are hovering at about $4.75 per pound at the wharf in the Digby area after a short-lived upward spike last week, an industry observer Read More »

  • They’ve got a BIG Lineup for the Commercial Fishermen’s Festival September 14 – 15, 2013 Astoria, Oregon

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  • Commission considers ban on octopus harvest Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

    The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is exploring options for banning the harvest of giant Pacific octopuses off a Seattle’s beach and possibly elsewhere in Read More »

  • Zeldin: Congress needs to block president’s latest Marine Monument plan

    Recent Marine Monument designations proclaimed by the Obama Administration have been the largest in U.S. history. In 2016, President Obama declared a 490,000 square-mile area of Read More »

  • What is killing off the menhaden in Long Island Sound? ‘Whirling disease’ suspected

    What is killing off the menhaden? The die-off has been reported at several locations, including in Long Island Sound along eastern Connecticut and in the estuaries of Read More »

  • Chris McCaffity – SAFMC Regulatory Amendment 14 Public Comments

    I am Chris McCaffity, a commercial fisherman who has been offering simple solutions that would almost eliminate the MILLION+ pounds of dead regulatory discards currently being Read More »

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