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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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  • Alaska pollock fishery closes Nov. 1; Lots of fall fishing action in Gulf and Bering Sea – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch

    Several closures are coming up on Friday.  That’s when Alaska’s biggest fishery – pollock in the Bering Sea – will close for the year. Roughly three Read More »

  • The affidavit in support of a criminal complaint charging CARLOS RAFAEL and DEBRA MESSIER

    AFFIDAVIT OF SPECIAL AGENT RONALD MULLET … I submit this affidavit in support of a criminal complaint charging CARLOS RAFAEL and DEBRA MESSIER with a, making Read More »

  • American Samoa – Loss of purse seiners will be catastrophic

    The Chairman of the Governor’s Fisheries Task Force, Solip Hong, says there will be catastrophic effects for the territory’s economy if the current fleet of US Read More »

  • Dr. Larry D. McKinney, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies – EPA Regulation Blamed for Huge ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf

      The ‘dead zone’ is caused when  nitrogen-based fertilizer washes off Midwestern farm fields, and then is washed  down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Read More »
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    Cordova District Fishermen United scholarships send fledgling fishermen to college

    Reid Williams, 18, assumed his formal education would end with high school. After years of gillnetting on his father’s boat, Williams didn’t see the point in Read More »

  • Seal hunt provokes fury from activists

    Humane Society International strongly condemned Canada’s annual Atlantic seal hunt as “absolutely devastating” just hours after it began Tuesday morning. While the federal government says that Read More »

  • Don’t throw away that fish waste!

    The disposal or reuse of fish processing waste has long been a challenge for Michigan’s fish processing industry. Approximately 5 million pounds of waste from commercially Read More »
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    Yemen: Fishermen find valuable ‘whale vomit’ and become rich

    In southern Aden province, restrictions are looser, drawing displaced fishermen from more dangerous coasts like Hodeidah. But work is scarce, as are equipment and boats, and Read More »

  • Supreme Court says it’s too early to rule on APOC bias complaint

    Long-running tensions between a wealthy opponent of the proposed Pebble mine and the Alaska Public Offices Commission continue, with a decision Friday by the Alaska Supreme Court Read More »

  • When you lose something you can’t replace

    South Coast Today reporter Steve Urbon did an article about Richard Gaines crossing the bar,”Reporter’s death silences voice for fishing industry” and the void that has Read More »

  • Pink salmon populations augmented by hatchery programs hurt sockeye returns, study finds

    Nations around the Pacific Ocean may have to cap the number of hatchery salmon they release if sockeye salmon runs are to return to sustainable levels, Read More »
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    Norwegian authorities arrest Latvian trawler with crew of 30 people

    The Independent Barents Observer reported that the Latvian boat was detained last week as its crew was illegally crabbing in the Norwegian shelf in the Svalbard Read More »

  • Speaking of Dr. Brian Rothschild,,,

    In addition to the news of he and fellow Patent applicant Glenn Chamberlain filing to the Patent and Trademark office, Dr. Rothschild, Emily F. Keiley, and Yue Jiao had Read More »

  • DFO find’s non native shrimp along the shores of Newfoundland’s west coast.

    For the second time this year, DFO scientists have discovered a new species in the province’s coastal waters. Baltic shrimp have now found a permanent home Read More »
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    Richard “Max” Strahan ‘Man in Final Legal Effort to Protect Whales

    Strahan seeks a court order to prevent the state from licensing vertical buoy ropes and to make Massachusetts revoke all existing licenses. The ropes connect traps Read More »

  • Farmed Atlantic Salmon make Seafood Watch’s ‘avoid’ list

    Environmentalists and an aquaculture company disagree about the findings of a new report from the United States that advises consumers to avoid some farm-raised Atlantic Salmon.  Read More »

  • Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Annapolis, MD: December 9-12, 2013

    The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s December meeting in Annapolis, Maryland. December 9-12, 2013 Westin Annapolis Hotel 100 Westgate Circle Annapolis, Read More »

  • Fairhaven Shipyard and its neighbors are at odds over noise and dust complaints

    Residents of Middle and Water Streets describe living near the shipyard as living in “a nightmare,” “a war zone” and “a dentist’s office.” It’s not just Read More »

  • Discovery Channel’s ‘Lobstermen’ Star Captain Tim Handrigan Delivers Live, Fresh Lobsters to Doorsteps Nationwide

    For over 30 years, Legendary New England Lobsterman Tim Handrigan of Discovery Channel’s “Lobstermen” series has been catching Live Maine Lobsters in the deep icy waters of the Read More »
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    North Sea Annihilation: Offshore Wind Power Destroying Marine Environment In New & Exciting Ways

    Energy generation systems of all descriptions take their toll, but only one of them claims moral superiority over all others. That increasingly tenuous claim rests on Read More »

  • Sector Groups turning to technology to meet monitoring mandate

    New England fishermen are starting to use digital cameras to document groundfish discards and prove they are fishing within established quotas, turning to technology for a Read More »

  • Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would be problematic for fisheries

    Since November, the Sierra Club, as well as Surfrider and EcoSLO, have had full-page ads in The Tribune telling of what to expect, in their opinion, Read More »

  • Fish to Families: San Diego fishermen and chefs team up to fight hunger

    An innovative program called “Fish to Families” has local fishermen and chefs teaming up to help San Diegans struggling with hunger. The San Diego Fishermen’s Working Read More »

  • A fishing-permit buyback program has had an as-yet-undetermined effect on the health of California’s fisheries.

    This month, Congress announced it would work to reduce the financial strain on commercial fishermen who participated in a federal buyback of permits and fishing boats, Read More »

  • Tuna: Super Fish

    Athletes of the Sea Let’s clarify one thing up front: Tuna are not ordinary fish. They are athletic freaks of nature, built for raw power, speed Read More »

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