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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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  • Judge Sets Texas Straight on Oysters

    A local navigation board had no authority to issue an oysterman an exclusive lease to grow and harvest oysters in Galveston Bay, as only the state Read More »

  • American Samoa adamant shark protection is adequate

    The US National Marine Fisheries Service had sought public comments following a petition by two NGO groups which claimed the sharks are threatened by fishing. [email protected] Read More »
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    DFO investigation leads to another lobster pound in southwest Nova Scotia

    For the second time in a month, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has moved against a lobster pound in southwest Nova Scotia. RCMP said fisheries officers Read More »
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    Reckoning Day for the South Fork Wind Farm is upon us.

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  • John Bullard, enemy of porpoises?- or Is Carl Safina just a winey Enviro Wench?!

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  • Menendez – Pallone – Booker Push To Prevent Drilling Off Atlantic Coast – Don’t stop there! No Wind Either!!!

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  • We Need Comprehensive Fisheries Legislation: The Fish Bill – Sam Parisi, Gloucester, Mass.

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  • Giant tuna processed in Panacea – 777-pound bluefin caught in Canada and shipped to Mineral Springs

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    ‘I’ll teach her’: Mom proud to show daughter the ropes of fishing

    As a teenager, Jasmine Paul wanted nothing more than to, as she says, “get clear” of the outport fishing life in Newfoundland and head to Toronto. Read More »

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