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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 Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered that approximately 800,000 fish at a Gray Aquaculture site in Goblin Bay be destroyed.

    A statement released in the week of June 2 to June 8, by the CFIA read in part: ‘Given the similarity of the strain between the site Read More »
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    SA government targets lobster poacher’s US trust millions after conviction

    The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) will be making use of diplomatic channels and legal remedies to access the funds in an international fishing Read More »

  • Turf War: Canadians heat up lobster fishing in ‘gray zone’ off Cutler

    CUTLER, Maine — The disputed “gray zone” around Machias Seal Island has become a bone of contention again for Maine lobster fishermen who set traps in Read More »

  • VIET NAM Shrimp sector fights US shrimpers’ accusations

    US shrimp producers filed a petition asking the US Department of Commerce  to run an anti-subsidy investigation into frozen warm-water shrimp imported from Vietnam, Thailand and Read More »

  • Letter: Fishing industry must unite – Paul Cohan, Gloucester

    In response to the Yankee Fleet article (“Cod restrictions hit charter fleet,” May 25): I think there’s a lesson to be learned from this crash. That Read More »
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    Miss Trish II plans harbor protest of onerous fishing rules

    Capt. Lenny Russo of the 96-foot dragger F/V Miss Trish II said he plans to protest peacefully in Gloucester Harbor on Wednesday afternoon over what he Read More »
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    Rough seas destroy traps, kill lobster in Cape Breton

    The lobster season along some parts of the eastern shore of Cape Breton has taken a devastating turn after getting off to a good start last Read More »

  • New Virginia Institute of Marine Science study shows ‘dead zone’ impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes

    The study, published in the May issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series, was authored by Andre Buchheister, a Ph.D. student in William & Mary’s School of Read More »

  • 15 Gloucester shoreside businesses to receive disaster aid

    Those Gloucester businesses comprise precisely half of the 30 Massachusetts businesses that will receive groundfish disaster aid. Collectively, they will receive by far the largest portion Read More »
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    BilloTheWisp – The Obscene Profitability of Wind Power

    Due to the pandemic and the virtual shutdown of the national economy the day-ahead wholesale price of electricity has plummeted. But one group of producers has Read More »

  • Ludger (Lu) W. Dochtermann, Kodiak, AK Responds to NOAA TIGHTENS HALIBUT BYCATCH LIMITS FOR GULF OF ALASKA GROUNDFISH FISHERIES.

    To: Dr. James W. Balsiger, Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, & United States Commissioner, International Pacific Halibut Commission. Dear Jim:  While NOAA puts Read More »

  • New Ship Assembly Hall To Be Dedicated

    Ketchikan, Alaska –  Alaska Ship & Drydock (ASD) in cooperation with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) will host a ceremony March 26 to dedicate Read More »

  • Naval activity may contribute to porpoise strandings

    (Phys.org) —Sonar used by the navy may cause porpoises to get trapped in fishing nets and killed, according to a recent study. continued Read More »

  • The competitive Hebert Brothers are making waves on “Wicked Tuna.”

    “Wicked Tuna” is a reality television show on the National Geographic Channel that documents the competitive New England-based commercial bluefin tuna industry. It’s also a story Read More »
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    Coast Guard Seeks Information Regarding Sinking Of The F/V Scandies Rose

    Coast Guard investigators would appreciate anyone with information about the vessel or conditions around the time the ship was lost to come forward, according to Petty Read More »

  • The First Indicator – Looking Back. The 2nd indicator, looking forward.

    Let me say first off, no one ever accused me of being smart, not even me. I learned at an early age what a stupid son of Read More »

  • ‘Everything I ever had, I had to build or rebuild’

    A commercial fisherman who lives in Bay Center, Washington, Horne has built or rebuilt boats, a truck, and even the off-the-grid house he lives in with Read More »

  • Alberta government kills commercial fishing industry as stocks decline

    “We went from producing a million pounds of food into the world food chain, now we buy garbage. Does that really make sense?” Bell said. “Fish Read More »
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    The Snowflake Generation – Cromer crab fisherman shortage as young people ‘won’t stick at it’

    A sweet Cromer crab is a prized British delicacy, best eaten fresh from the coast of Norfolk where it is caught, and a firm fixture on Read More »

  • Humboldt Bay awarded nearly half billion dollar grant for offshore wind terminal

    On Tuesday, the Humboldt Bay Harbor District was awarded almost half a billion dollars in federal grant funds to construct its offshore wind terminal in far Read More »

  • AquaBounty Fined for Violations on GE Salmon

    Officials in Panama have fined AquaBounty Technologies $9,500, stating the facility is operating in violation of environmental regulations as it experiments with genetically engineered (GE) salmon. Read Read More »

  • Groundfish boosts Alaska fishing jobs, 84% of total fish poundage

    Alaska’s seafood industry puts more people to work than oil and gas, mining, tourism and logging combined. And the numbers continue to grow, thanks to increased Read More »
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    FISH-NL accuses FFAW of conflict of interest in accepting funds from offshore oil companies/industry regulator

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) questions the ability of the FFAW-Unifor to hold the offshore oil industry to account for Read More »

  • Rules on striped bass fishing could become tougher

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission announced last week that the female spawning stock biomass for Atlantic striped bass has continued to decline since 2004 and Read More »
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    Canadian Coast Guard warns Fishermen – Too dangerous to go fishing due to ice

    The Canadian Coast guard is telling Newfoundland fishermen not to go fishing because of sea ice that’s packed into bays on the northeast coast of the Read More »

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