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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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    Commercial crab season north of Klipsan Beach opens Saturday

    The 2020 commercial Dungeness crab fishery north of Klipsan Beach will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The commercial fleet Read More »
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    Brad Gentner: It’s time to rethink ‘catch shares’

    Catch shares in marine fisheries is a concept unfamiliar to most people, and it is probably completely alien to most hunters and anglers in this country. Read More »

  • West Coast groundfish certified as sustainably harvested 14 years after economic disaster

    After the United States established a 200-mile exclusive fishing zone in 1977, the groundfish fleet grew rapidly, helped by the government. Warnings from scientists that the Read More »
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    Ocean City Councilman Michael DeVlieger, Offshore Wind Farm Warrior, Resigns

    City Council Vice President Michael DeVlieger stepped down Thursday night in an emotional farewell that included some hugs, tears and laughter with his colleagues during his Read More »

  • TSB report into deaths of 3 fishermen in Tabusintac released

    Weeks after a small lobster boat grounded on a sandbar in Tabusintac Bay last year and sunk, killing all three people on board, five additional green Read More »

  • October/November 2014 issue of ASMFC Fisheries Focus

    All the ASMFC news you can use! Fisheries Management Actions, Proposed Management Actions, and much more. Read ASMFC Fisheries Focus here 11:03 Read More »

  • New fish hatchery opening up next month

    A new fish hatchery is opening on 21 April in combination with a stewardship centre that will educate the public on the protection of salmon. Metro Read More »

  • Giant sturgeon caught on Fraser river…again

    On Thursday, Paul Jarvis, and his dad, Don, were on the first day of a three-day father-son fishing trip when Paul hooked into one of the Read More »

  • Government can be slow – and foolish – Lake Winnipeg whitefish disaster awaits

    Here on Lake Winnipeg in Canada, it’s been boon times for fishermen. The walleye have been numerous for years. But we got a wake-up call this Read More »

  • Roger Berkowitz, Legal Sea Foods CEO talk’s about the new restrictions on New England fishermen – Video

    In addition, Berkowitz also weighs in on everything from global warming and impact on fish stock to traffic in the innovation district. [email protected] 11:36 Read More »

  • Seal protests increase sales, says St. John’s fur seller

    The owner of a St. John’s store which sells seal fur products says this week’s visit by celebrity anti-sealing activists Pamela Anderson and Sam Simon creates Read More »

  • BP to investigate new tar balls, oil on Louisiana coast – By Jimmy Isaac

    GRAND ISLE, La. (CNN) – BP said Wednesday it is heading to the Louisiana coast to test whether tar balls and oil found on shore after Read More »

  • UPDATED: Charlie Melancon resigns from post as secretary of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

    Melancon spent most of his brief tenure either pissing people off or running another typical Louisiana corruption scheme. The biggest issue that has arisen in Melancon’s Read More »

  • Garden State Seafood Association – Dedicated To The Sustainable Harvest Of New Jersey’s Inshore & Offshore Waters

    Every pound of seafood harvested in New Jersey today is already certifiably sustainable and we want the public to understand this simple fact.  As stewards of Read More »
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    Coastal shark population on rise in southeast U.S, Gulf of Mexico

    A recent analysis of population trends among coastal sharks of the southeast U.S. shows that all but one of the seven species studied are increasing in Read More »

  • View from Out West: Fishing for a new outlook — Hauling in experience in a different fishery

    Every intensive public fishery in Southcentral Alaska contains some elements of the circus. There is the center attraction, usually sans ringmaster. There are also families and Read More »

  • Narwhal tusk smuggler faces extradition hearing – Gregory Logan, of New Brunswick, may be tried in U.S. for money laundering

    A New Brunswick man convicted of smuggling narwhal tusks into the United States is facing an extradition hearing in April. The U.S. Department of Justice wants Read More »

  • Just Now! UConn R/V Conneticut steams into Gloucester. Possibly to research why the fish port is so idle.(Fishing where the fish are is against the law…….that was easy).

    07:43 Read More »
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    Feds release Puget Sound steelhead recovery plan

    The National Marine Fisheries Service has drafted a recovery plan for Puget Sound steelhead, including those from the Skagit River. The fisheries service, which is a Read More »

  • Fishermen rescued after commercial fishing boat capsizes

    Two men have been rescued after their fishing boat flipped just south of the Chatham Islands.  They were picked up 1.8 kilometres south of Pitt Island after activating their Read More »
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    The Politics of Division

    It is not that difficult to exploit divisions in the fishing industry. We are a complex, multi-faceted, diverse industry, targeting a wide range of different species. Read More »

  • Then there’s this Eco nut post on Talking Fish

    The New England Fishery Management Council won’t take any effective management actions to stop overfishing on Atlantic cod. So, as they preside over the collapse of Read More »

  • FWC captain honored by the Southeastern Fisheries Association

    At its meeting in June, the Southeastern Fisheries Association presented Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Capt. Rob Beaton with the “Aylesworth Outstanding Government Employee Award.” Read More »
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    The USCG’s First Superstorm: The Great Galveston Hurricane

    In early September of 1900, a hurricane of massive force struck the Gulf Coast west of Galveston, Texas. The Great Galveston Hurricane would prove far deadlier Read More »

  • Formal Coast Guard investigation of F/V Alaska Juris sinking begins on Monday

    A public Formal Marine Investigation will take place next week in Seattle to look into the sinking of the fishing vessel Alaska Juris in July. The Read More »

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