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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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  • Oceana hails catch monitoring lawsuit victory

    Conservation organization Oceana has announced a “major litigation victory” that it says will require stronger accountability through catch monitoring for the New England groundfish fishery. The Read More »

  • Day 5 NPFMC Meeting – October 2 – 8 – Listen Live

    Link to the Agenda here   To listen live while the meeting is in session Link here 13:27 Read More »
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    DFO forces fishermen to shorten boats, Transport Canada fines them for it

    Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) takes issue with the sudden move by Transport Canada to come down like a hammer on inshore fishermen Read More »

  • Maryland DMR says Chesapeake blue crab population grew by 35 percent over the past year

    Marylanders could have an easier time finding — and affording — local crabs this summer, a survey of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab population suggests. There Read More »

  • Alaska House Bill targets Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission for elimination

    A report by the Department of Fish and Game flagged the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission’s three highly paid heads, and their slow pace for adjudicating Read More »
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    In Southeast, this year’s salmon harvest fell by more than half

    Southeast Alaska’s salmon harvest was less than half of last year’s haul. That’s according to a preliminary report from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game released Read More »
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    Search ends for missing fishing crew member 250 kilometres northeast of St. Anthony

    A search by air and sea for a fishing boat crew member who went missing early Saturday morning in the waters near St. Anthony is over. Read More »

  • Cape Girardeu, Missouri – Alaska seafood firm boasts local ties

    The Cape Farmers Market in Cape Girardeu, Missouri opened Thursday, and vendors of all types showed up to sell their wares. Among them was Trevor Tripp Read More »

  • Turkey’s unilateral decision to exceed catch limits threatening Bluefin tuna recovery

    Documents seen by The Associated Press and EU comments on Friday show that during an intense meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Read More »

  • Deadlines for Public Comments on 2013 North East Groundfish Measures

    On Tuesday we announced management measures for three groundfish actions for the 2013 Fishing Year (Framework 50, Framework 48 and the Sector Operations Plans Rule for Read More »

  • Bill would add $1M to Maine’s lobster marketing efforts – Nelson King of Cutler said, “It amounts to extortion,”

    Nelson King of Cutler said he didn’t like the fact that LD 486 would make lobstermen come up with 75 percent of the funds for the marketing Read More »

  • Menakhem Ben-Yami interviews Robin Alden, Champion of small-scale fishermen

    Ms Alden is also a former Maine Commissioner of Marine Resources and a public member of the New England Fishery Management Council. Located in Maine, USA, Penobscot Read More »

  • Drought starting to kill salmon in Klamath Basin

    Glen Spain of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, which represents California commercial salmon fishermen, said the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was meeting minimum flows Read More »

  • A ‘commotion’ at the dock – ‘We didn’t know’: DFO investigating possible tuna fishing infractions

    The licence was granted to Hunt’s late father some 55 years ago, and has remained in the family. It’s been a good year for the fishery, Read More »

  • Oil lobby sues feds over threatened Alaska ringed seals

    The lawsuit also targets the National Marine Fisheries Service’s plan to label a 350,000-square-mile expanse of Alaska waters as critical habitat for the seals. Arctic ringed Read More »
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    Body found during search for missing Greymouth fishermen

    A body has been recovered during the search for two missing fishermen on the West Coast. Police were yet to formally identify the body, found on Tuesday afternoon, Read More »

  • Big skate retention prohibited for Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, central Gulf of Alaska

    Fishermen in Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound targeting halibut and  groundfish may not retain incidentally-caught big skates as of noon today. Skates cannot be retained Read More »
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    The Texas Oyster Industry Is Now a Shell of Itself

    It’s the first day of Texas oyster season, and Galveston Bay is packed with so many boats that 33-year-old Captain Joaquin Padilla decides to post a Read More »
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    FISH-NL plans Day of Action for Nov. 6th: ’We need more fight to make this work’

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is organizing a Day of Action for Wednesday, Nov. 6th — a final opportunity for Read More »
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    The“30 X 30 Plan” – The Biden Administration’s Latest Eco Con Job

    Via yet another decree (Executive Order 14008), President Biden has ordered government agencies to “permanently protect” at least 30 percent of all US lands and waters Read More »

  • Sounding off on Magnuson

    GLOUCESTER — The final word fell to Gloucester fisherman Paul Vitale, the last speaker of the day at the fisheries listening session,, “How many businesses could Read More »

  • Man vs. mammal, commercial herring fisherman films sea lion feeding frenzy

    It’s the age old fight over who gets the fish, man or sea lion. For commercial fisherman Allan Marsden, he’s fed up with the burgeoning sea Read More »
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    October is National Seafood Month & Aragosta Mama wants to challenge you.

    Harpswell, Maine— September 17, 2019 — October is National Seafood Month. The origin for the designation is unknown but nevertheless it should be celebrated and promoted, Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescue’s four fishermen and their dog from F/V Ocean Viking 190 miles southwest of Kodiak Wednesday.

    Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 17th District command center received the crew’s distress call around 8:30 p.m., relayed through a Trident Seafoods employee in Chignik who heard their Read More »
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    New study shows ocean currents are shifting toward the poles

    In the past 40 years, eight of the world’s major ocean gyres (wind-driven current systems) have been slowly shifting toward the poles at a rate of Read More »

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