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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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  • The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service

    “Every single fish matters in keeping these rockfish from going extinct,” said Center attorney Catherine Kilduff. “Some rockfish can live to be 100 years old, so Read More »

  • Opposition to GM salmon has no scientific basis: researcher

    A scientist behind genetically modified salmon technology says new opposition to his work is misguided. Dr. Garth Fletcher of Memorial University’s department of ocean scientists said Read More »

  • Challenge to marine observer program to be heard April 16

    Oral argument in the lawsuit over the revised federal marine observer program will be heard April 16 in Alaska U.S. District Court. Judge H. Russel Holland Read More »
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    Convicted deputy now suing ‘Codfather’ for $600,000

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    Coast Guard saves man aboard sinking vessel near Kake, Alaska

    The Coast Guard rescued a man from his fishing vessel that was taking on water northeast of Kake and towed the vessel to safety, Tuesday. Watchstanders Read More »

  • Mass starfish stranding reported on Fripp Island

    The stranding of thousands of starfish on Fripp Island was likely due to Wednesday’s stormy weather, according to a marine veterinarian. George Sedberry, a science coordinator Read More »

  • The brutal business of crabbing in Gladstone

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  • Secretary of Commerce adopts halibut bycatch cuts

    The Secretary of Commerce adopted Amendment 111 to the Magnuson-Stevens Act on Wednesday, which cuts halibut bycatch limits for groundfish trawlers. The amendment aims to reduce Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council asks NOAA to suspend monitoring

    The commercial fishing industry won two big battles at the bruising New England Fishery Management Council meetings this week, the first on habitat and the final Read More »

  • October/November 2014 issue of ASMFC Fisheries Focus

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    Trawlers catching “unheard of” amounts of shrimp off Corolla

    South of the Virginia border, the shores off Corolla have become an Outer Banks hot spot to catch winter shrimp. Trawlers have clustered there within 3 Read More »

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    The commercial shrimping season is shaping up to be a successful year when compared to what it was in 2013, even though the harvest by historical Read More »

  • White House, Greens target Atlantic fishing grounds

    Fishermen and seafood-dependent communities in New England are battening down the hatches, fearing that an Obama administration move to create a giant Atlantic Marine Monument will Read More »

  • Oregon: Entire coast open to commercial crabbing on Jan. 1

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    Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel northeast of St. Paul, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medically evacuated a fisherman approximately 50-miles northeast of St. Paul, Friday. Coast Guard District 17 command Read More »
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    A Fundraiser for Abigail and Joshua Osborne

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  • Maryland scientists to conduct Chesapeake Bay oyster harvest study

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  • Political meddling, entitlement feed Cook Inlet fish wars

    While fishery managers on the Kenai Peninsula do their best to balance competing users, over the past several years, interest group from other regions of the Read More »

  • Letter to the Editor: Selling lobster tails can spark cheating – Bob Mitchell, R.A. Mitchell Co. Popes Island, New Bedford

    I truly enjoy reading Richard Gaines’ coverage of the state of the fisheries. He really knows the subject, and call out the misconceptions people have of Read More »

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    Sea Scallop Documentary To Be Screened At the 25th annual Woods Hole Film Festival August 3 at 6 PM

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  • Nova Scotia Lobster prices set to drop as volume increases

    Chronicle Herald -The dock price for lobster is about to fall, a Nova Scotia broker predicts. Fishermen were getting $5 a pound Friday, but that won’t Read More »

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