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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 latest from Dick Grachek  - CLF NMFS AND LAWSUITS

  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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   CONQUEST OF THE OCEAN - Taking over the fishing regulations of a nation involves vanity and corruption -

   

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  • In the Guest Writer Column – Joe Daughty – “Hey Cap! I’ve got you man. He’ll be here within the hour.”

    Well, I can’t believe I’m gonna tell this story, because it was kinda a rotten thing to do. But it was insanely funny at the time. Read More »

  • N.J. fishermen reel in $767K pay day with 236- Bigeye pound tuna

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  • Working Waterfront bridges the generations in New Bedford

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    FISH-NL calls on provincial parties to reveal stand on major fishery issues before provincial election

    “The inshore fishery is critical to the province’s future, and the responses from each of the parties will give harvesters, their families, and rural communities where Read More »
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    Fishing Permit the Main Catch in Viking Purchase – buyer is primarily interested in the inshore state fishing permits

    With the sale of Viking, a 40-foot fishing boat that has plied the waters off the Vineyard for three generations, the Island’s once-vibrant fleet of small Read More »

  • Lobster season off to excellent start in eastern Cape Breton

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    Bob Jones Retires After 54 Years as E.D. of Southeastern Fisheries Association

    After 54 years serving as the leader of the Southeastern Fisheries Association, Executive Director Bob Jones is retiring from SFA by the end of 2018. The Read More »

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    “Recipe For Disaster” – Filmmaker documents ravages of green crabs

    More than a year ago, Gloucester filmmaker Nubar Alexanian laid out his airtight case against the rapacious European green crabs for Bruce Tarr and the incredulous Read More »

  • Gulf-Wide Decreases in the Size of Large Coastal Sharks Documented by Generations of Fishermen

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    In 2012, OCEARCH operated under state Division of Marine Fisheries shark scientist Gregory Skomal’s federal permit to catch and tag great white sharks off Chatham. The Read More »

  • Groundfish industry taking another hit with addition of at-sea monitors – Steve Urbon

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  • Rec Fishers, environmentalists join forces in NT debate (attack) over impact of finfish trawling

    Amateur fishers have banded together with charter operators, environmentalists and some commercial fishers to raise an alarm about the ecological and social impacts of finfish trawling Read More »

  • Give the public answers on jellyfish proposal

    Proponents of a new jellyfish harvesting and processing industry in Beaufort County say they want to start fishing for the Asian delicacies by May. But that’s Read More »

  • Louisiana Lawmakers vote to let Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents enforce federal sea turtle law

    State wildlife officials should soon be able to enforce federal laws that require shrimp nets to include escape hatches for. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s “Seafood Watch,” Read More »
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    Despite recent tweaks, New England fishermen want more changes in law

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    Devastating report has seafood dealer on his heels, angry – U.S. senator calls for an investigation

    A national seafood distributor is defending its reputation as sales plummet after The Associated Press found it was not living up to a guarantee that all Read More »

  • NOAA releases $8.3M to Massachusetts for groundfish disaster

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  • EPA grants Gloucester $400k for harbor land study – “Scientific Analysis”?

    Gloucester’s Community Development Department can now offer inventory and scientific analysis of public and private parcels along and near the city’s harborfront, thanks to a significant Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, December 20, 2015

    The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • John Bullard – No guarantees that fish stocks will come back

    The big question is: Why has this happened? Over the years, quotas have been gradually reduced, but still the fish aren’t coming back as expected. It Read More »
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    Planned lobster processing facility could be US game changer

    A seafood dealer is planning to build one of the largest lobster processing facilities in the country in Maine, potentially meeting a need the state’s lifeblood’s Read More »

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