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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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    National Fisheries Institute Statement on EU Parliament Removing Tariffs on U.S. Lobster

    The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) welcomes today’s announcement that lawmakers in the European Parliament’s trade committee have voted in favor of removing tariffs on U.S. lobster Read More »
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    Matthew Roy Bigwood, Commercial fishing boat builder, founder of Bigwood Propeller Corp

    Matthew Roy Bigwood, 65, passed away peacefully at his home on August 1, 2020. He was predeceased by his brother, Jonathan L. Bigwood. He is survived Read More »
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    Proposal sent to minister – Fishermen propose ‘flexible’ closures to protect whales and livelihoods

    Lobster fishermen are asking Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc to consider a proposal that would allow them to continue fishing close to the shores of northeastern New Read More »
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    Industry Infrastructure – shore-based businesses crucial to industry survival

    Angela Sanfilippo, executive director of the Massachusetts Fisherman’s Partnership, with offices in Gloucester and New Bedford, emphasizes that without these supportive allied businesses, the fishing industry Read More »

  • Coast Guard searching for missing lobsterman off Ogunquit Maine coast

    The Coast Guard is searching for a man missing since just before midnight off the waters of Ogunquit, Police Sgt. Matt Buttrick said early Friday. The Read More »

  • National Fisheries Institute – Top Ten List, a Familiar School of Fish

    10 Most Popular Make up More than 90% of the Fish Eaten Washington, DC – September 24, 2012  –  From Canned Tuna to Cod the top Read More »

  • Calais man who sold pesticide that killed lobsters admits lying to agents

    A Calais man waived indictment and pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement to federal agents in connection with the illegal use Read More »

  • Prince Edward Island Workers worry Mariner Seafoods fish plant will not reopen

    The news came suddenly for Arsenault. Just a month ago she got a call from Mariner Seafoods looking to confirm she’d be available to work this Read More »
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    ‘There’s no closure,’ say families of missing fishermen after search ends

    In the year before he went missing in choppy waters 40 miles off the coast of Barnegat, Paul Alexandre Matos bought a house, had a daughter Read More »

  • Caribbean Fishery Management Council to hold public hearing Monday

    ST. CROIX – The Caribbean Fishery Management Council will have a public hearing Monday night on St. Thomas to accept input from fishers, the public and Read More »
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    Researchers aim to find where Pacific salmon spend their winters

    An international team of scientists is heading to the Gulf of Alaska for a ground-breaking research survey to uncover the secret lives of Pacific salmon in Read More »
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    North Carolina – Reforms would rebuild depleted fish stocks

    A former director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries asked a local wildlife group last week to seek state lawmakers’ support for three proposed fishing Read More »

  • Feds find ‘substantial’ amount of pot in raid of Bay St. Louis seafood market

    Agents with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office participated Read More »

  • Trump presidency may bring changes to U.S. fishing laws

    Previously unsuccessful efforts to reform the US’s main federal fishing law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, are positioned to move ahead under a Donald Trump administration. New efforts Read More »

  • N.S. builders of small boats say bidding for federal contracts too complex

    Halifax Herald – OTTAWA — Nova Scotia boat builders are eyeing a share of federal shipbuilding contracts, but they want Ottawa to rework the bidding process first. Read More »
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    Remembering the World’s Most Famous Sea Captain

    Phil Harris died on Feb. 9, 2010 — but his spirit lives on. Fans and friends from around the world mourned the loss of their favorite Read More »

  • Broken Bureaucracy – Magnuson-Stevens Act – It’s All Out of Balance

    Since 1976, when the Magnuson-Stevens Act went into effect, both Captain Krusa’s regulation by natural selection and the Magnuson-Stevens Act’s promised balance between controlling harvests and Read More »
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    Michael Shellenberger: Let’s Get Serious, Let’s Go Nuclear

    Whatever your views on climate change, the idea that trying to run modern, civil societies on sunshine and breezes might somehow prevent it is, of course, Read More »

  • Emails? Man! Do we get emails.

    A fella from New Jersey weighed in on the CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION: Saving Seafood is “rather discomposed” article. continue Read More »

  • Book Review: “Beauty” – Finding life in a fishing town, Woman saves last processing plant in Gloucester-based novel

    Frederick Dillen, an odd-job itinerant novelist, will have a homecoming when he returns to launch his latest book, set in a town that local readers will Read More »

  • Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Annapolis, MD. December 7 – 10, 2015

    The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s December 2015 meeting on December 7 – 10, 2015 in Annapolis, MD. Briefing Materials & Agenda Read More »

  • Partial transcript of Carlos Rafael’s meeting with undercover IRS agents

    Documents filed in U.S. District Court in Boston Thursday show seafood mogul Carlos Rafael implicating his whole family in his alleged scheme to smuggle cash to Read More »
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    “New Year’s happy news.” Fishing boat reels in $1.79 million tuna to start the year

    Captain Masahiko Yamamoto has the fish story of the new year, the day he hit the lottery at sea, landing a million-dollar catch. Yamamoto, 57, was Read More »
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    Shrinking the Gulf Coast dead zone part 1: Downriver, part 2: Upriver

    The Ace of Trade shrimp trawler motored toward Dean Blanchard’s dock early this summer and winched its nets into storage. Blanchard’s workers, strengthened by a lifetime Read More »

  • DFO cracks down on secret fishing licence deals

    Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it’s cracking down on so-called “controlling agreements” that result in fishermen holding a fishing licence in name only. Morley Read More »

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