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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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  • N.B. lobster plants had so much trouble finding workers they trashed thousands of kilos of shellfish

    Despite unemployment rates hovering near double-digit territory, some New Brunswick lobster plants were so short-staffed last year that thousands of kilograms of lobster had to be Read More »

  • High Liner to downsize New Bedford Plant, 200 jobs hit

    (TSX:HLF) is ceasing some of its operations at an underused seafood plant in New Bedford, Mass., in a move that affects about 200 jobs. The plant’s Read More »
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    Oregon: Dungeness Crab season begins

    Newport crabbers were treated to great weather, a rare on-time start and a high opening price as they kicked off what will likely be a historic Read More »
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    Lobstermen’s Association rejects DMR whale proposal

    Efforts to find consensus over how to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglement in fishing gear without decimating the Maine lobster industry took a Read More »

  • Why Aren’t Environmental Groups Divesting from Fossil Fuels? Some of big green’s most powerful players still invest in energy companies.

    THEY ARE STEALING OUR OCEAN. FOR PROFIT!!!  SOME BUYING FISH QUOTA!!Why do some of the largest environmental organizations still invest in fossil fuels? As outlined in Read More »
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    Local banks give to lobster group

    The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is getting a significant boost from two local banks to help fishermen on land and at sea. The funds come at a time Read More »

  • Clark’s Harbour shipyard awash in boatbuilding orders

    If you want Gregory Symonds to build you a fishing boat, get in line. “We’re booked until fall 2017,” said Symonds. Together with his son Terry, Read More »

  • LIVE – Northeast Groundfish Science Forum – Listen via Webinar set for November 9 begin at 8:30AM,

    Registration is not required, but we are trying to get a headcount. To confirm your participation or for more information, contact Teri Frady at [email protected] / Read More »

  • Two Charlotte County Fishermen cited for commercial netting

    On Monday December 23 at about 3:30 pm, the Marine Patrol unit found Zachary R. Tooker, 21, of 6480 Happy Hollow Road in Punta Gorda, and Read More »

  • Shell cuts capping timeline for N.S. offshore – They don’t say how much time, though.

    The controversial timeline that allowed Shell Canada Ltd. to take up to three weeks to cap a subsea blowout off the coast of Nova Scotia will Read More »

  • Crew member hospitalized after vessel strikes new bridge

    A crew member was taken to hospital early Sunday morning after a fishing vessel collided with a new bridge that’s in the process of being built Read More »

  • XtraTuf Says Their Boots Are Better

    Two years ago, parent-company Honeywell transferred production of iconic Alaskan footwear brand XtraTufs from Rock Island, Illinois, to a factory in China, and the product that Read More »

  • Fisheries enforcement in the Gulf under the JEA – On offshore patrol

    Thanks to a Joint Enforcement Agreement between LDWF and U. S. National Marine Fisheries (Service), wildlife agents also patrol federal waters extending from Louisiana’s boundary waters Read More »

  • Marin Independent Journal Editorial: Court’s split ruling doesn’t end oysters battle – this road is nowhere near its end

    TUESDAY’S SPLIT DECISION upholding the Interior Department’s controversial decision to not renew the lease of the Point Reyes oyster farm is not the end of the battle. Read More »

  • Drop In Female Striped Bass Prompts 25 Percent Catch Cutback

    But the biggest dollar loss will be felt by commercial watermen. “It’s going to be a pretty significant hit for the commercial guys. Twenty percent, you’re Read More »
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    Lobster fishermen land a deer!

    Two brothers lobster fishing off the coast of Antigonish, N.S., on Thursday morning hauled up an unusual catch. Justin and Luc Boudreau first noticed the deer’s Read More »

  • Nova Scotia: Proposed five cent lobster levy is out of bounds says MLA

    “I honestly don’t know where Keith Colwell gets off thinking he can impose a five cent a pound tax on lobster without getting the approval of Read More »

  • Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Hearing – Commerce, NOAA

    Apr 12, 2013 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) — INTRODUCTION Chairwoman Mikulski, Vice Chairman Shelby, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to be Read More »
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    Fleet of Flowers – Depoe Bay on Memorial Day 2018

    On Memorial Day, each year since 1945, Depoe Bay has hosted the FLEET OF FLOWERS. This colorful ceremony is recognized as one of the most impressive Read More »
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    No cod, no children

    Before the cod moratorium in 1992, children could be seen waiting along the wharfs across St. Brendan’s Island, eager to cut out the cod tongues as Read More »
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    Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Edwin Lee Owings, 1958-2021

    Eddie passed away peacefully on February 23, 2021, at 62 years old, in Crescent City. He was born in Fort Bragg to Thelma and Joel Owings. Read More »
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    Fisheries and Oceans Canada Blunder – Expert says feds should have acted more quickly on right whale migration

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has sighted another dead endangered right whale drifting off the Gaspé Peninsula, bringing the total number of deaths in Canadian Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Oct. 26, 2015

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 19:11 Read More »
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    Maine is being set up to sell its coastline to Industrial Scale Aquaculture

    On March 18th, a letter was sent to Gayle Zydlewski the Director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program, signed by several academics from the University of Maine, Bates College, Read More »
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    How is Coronavirus impacting BC’s fishermen?

    Doug Kostering, a fisherman who docks in Port Hardy, had a two week delay to this start of his halibut fishing this year as the offices Read More »

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