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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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    Kids in Elsipogtog sponsored to play hockey in honour of late fisherman, ‘Our Jumbo’

    Captain Craig (Jumbo) Sock was a hockey defenceman and lifelong hockey fan, his favourite team being the Chicago Blackhawks. So when fellow fisherman Joshua Noel Millea Read More »
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    The 2019 Maine Fishermen’s Forum tackles issues facing state’s key industry

    The 2019 Maine Fishermen’s Forum arrives at the Samoset Resort in Rockport Thursday, Feb. 28, and continues until March 2, bringing together fishermen, scientists and government Read More »
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    Fuel leaking from sunken boat in Pass Christian Harbor

    An accident in the Pass Christian Harbor left a boat underwater and a big mess to clean up. James “Catfish” Miller has been taking his boat out Read More »

  • Maine’s Groundfishing Fleet Awaits Word on Sandy Disaster Relief – Maine Public Broadcasting Network

    When she took office in 2009, Jane Lubchenco vowed to get New England’s ailing groundfishery back on track. In an e-mail this week, announcing her intention to resign, Read More »
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    After yearslong shortfall caused by drought and environmental restrictions, California Is Overflowing With Salmon

    The phones began ringing at Giovanni’s Fish Market & Galley a week after salmon season opened in May and have barely let up since. “It’s all Read More »

  • Alaskans will want to comment before Congress reauthorizes the Magnuson-Stevens act.

    Congressman Don Young, an original author of the act and supporter of the 200-mile fishing limit off Alaska’s coast, says the act does what it was Read More »

  • Louisiana coastal restoration: State studying diversions’ effects on economy, fishing

    Louisiana’s coastal restoration officials said the state has embarked on a comprehensive socioeconomic analysis of the effects of four proposed sediment diversions along the lower Mississippi Read More »
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    North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson appointed minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard

    The last seven federal fisheries ministers have represented ridings in Atlantic Canada and one of them, Gail Shea, was appointed twice. But today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Read More »

  • Bering Sea Opies and the reality of the Deadliest Catch….Chris Miller

    When I started fishing at the age of seventeen, I remember hearing stories from other fishermen about two fabled Alaskan fisheries: Bristol Bay gillnetting and Bering Sea Read More »
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    Department of the Interior to auction over 79,000 acres offshore New York for wind development

    U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced that Read More »
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    Second Maine lobstering group rejects state’s plan for protecting whales

    The Maine Lobstermen’s Association staked out its position on the Maine Department of Marine Resources’ proposal with a board vote Thursday night. Director Patrice McCarron would Read More »

  • A follow up to yesterday’s Somethin’ ain’t adding up here – NSEDC fisheries dispute with long-time critic gets nasty

    Fisherynation Featured writer and Groundswell Fisheries Movement’s Stephen Taufen sent me an email last night with an article attached that he wrote that ran in Alaska Report that Read More »
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    What happens when you strap a GoPro to a lobster?

    Zachary Fowler was the winner of “History’s” Alone Season 3,,  Since then, Fowler has taken his half-million-dollar winnings and parlayed it into a sustainable YouTube video Read More »
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    Varick Frissell: the New England Filmmaker Who Died in the Biggest Hollywood Disaster Ever

    In 1930, Varick Frissell traveled north to Canada to make what would turn out to be the deadliest movie ever. Twenty-six people would die in the Read More »
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    Carlos Rafael files a motion of opposition to forfeiture

    Carlos Rafael filed a court motion Monday opposing the government’s motion for preliminary order of forfeiture. The New Bedford fishing heavyweight made the request in light Read More »
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    The Future of Lobstering May Mean Fishing by Computer

    Lobster fishing used to be pretty straightforward. But there may be big changes ahead for fishermen in New England. “First thing you have to remember is, Read More »

  • Alaska Pink Salmon Fishery Set To Rank as Worst in 20 Years

    Alaska’s 2016 pink salmon fishery is set to rank as the worst in 20 years by a long shot, and the outlook is bleak for all Read More »
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    Alaska Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Urges any Commercial Fisherman with Mesothelioma to call

    The Alaska Mesothelioma Victims Center says, “We are reaching out to a commercial fisherman who now has mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure while working on a Read More »

  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Doug Pengilly interprets crab catch numbers

    Last week the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced catch limits for the state’s crab fisheries. On Monday, a Fish and Game biologist explained how Read More »

  • PORT O’CONNOR: Oil spill meeting disappoints commercial fishermen and women, oyster harvesters and shrimpers

    “All they care about is the wildlife, the birds. They don’t care about the fishermen,” Sandy Taylor, a commercial oysterwoman, said. The meeting Thursday night at Read More »
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    An open invitation to the public – Event to mark the 30th anniversary of northern cod moratorium

    An event to mark the 30th anniversary of the announced shutdown of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most iconic fishery is scheduled for next week, with an open Read More »
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    Exposed wind farm electric transmission line at Block Island beach causing concern

    There is a controversy over a high voltage power line to and from Block Island that’s supposed to be buried. But it’s not. In fact, at Read More »
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    Moulton praises local lobsterers for staying at whale rule table at a teleconference they were’nt invited to

    U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton on Monday called the Maine Lobstermen’s Association shortsighted for stepping away,,, “It limits their involvement in the solution going forward,” Moulton said on Read More »
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    Two Months Later, Vineyard Wind’s Delay Still Clouds US Offshore Picture

    Two months after the U.S. government abruptly delayed Vineyard Wind’s 800-megawatt offshore wind project, the industry is still looking for answers. It’s not exactly clear when Read More »

  • Medical student hopes to start mobile medical clinic for fishermen

    Miranda Rogers has seen firsthand the ailments affecting people who work in Maine’s fishing industries: infections from handling bait, skin cancer from heavy sun exposure and Read More »

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