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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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    Crab Fisherman Zip-Ties a GoPro Camera Inside a Crab Pot – a Feeding Frenzy Ensues

    Have you ever wondered what happens inside crab pots when they’re underwater?  Fortuna resident Robert Wall decided to find out.  “My friend John said we should Read More »
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    Trump officials halt plans to expand offshore drilling

    The Trump administration is hitting pause on its ambitious and controversial plans to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic. Newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Read More »
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    Hurricane Ida Expected To Move Into The Gulf Of Mexico Tonight

    800 PM EDT, the center of Hurricane Ida was located over western Cuba near latitude 22.4 North, longitude 83.5 West. Ida is moving toward the northwest Read More »

  • Seafood Processing Company Pushes Forward With New Jobs Plans – Video

    CURRIE – Construction continues at the future headquarters of Acme Smoked Fish of North Carolina, and so does the company’s push to fill jobs. Read more Read More »
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    Amble man awarded silver medal in recognition of his service to the RNLI over half a century

    Rodney Burge joined Amble lifeboat in 1969 after leaving the Royal Navy and he is still involved today as its press and media officer. “The award Read More »
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    Commercial Crab Fisherman David Anthony Sherwood, Kodiak Island, Alaska

    Dave born in Mankato, Mn on January 1, 1957 passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on April 1, 2021. He attended high school at Mankato West Read More »

  • Oleg Naydenov – Salvage Firms to Remove Oil from Sunken Trawler Off Canary Islands

    Ardent, the new salvage company formed by a merger between Titan Salvage and Svitzer Salvage, is partnering with Ardentia Marine, a leading salvage and diving company Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price List for January 15, 2014 has arrived

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 85′ Steel Scalloper/Longline/Shrimper, Cat 3412, Kort Nozzle

    Specifications, information and 16 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<12:28 Read More »
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    Letter to a son

    It has been a year since we got that phone call in the middle of the night from a Bradenton, Florida detective, who said, “Mr. and Read More »
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    Commercial Tuna Fisherman Pete Battaglia and dozens of others working in the tuna industry are stuck in American Samoa

    Battaglia is a long-time navigator in the tuna industry and runs U.S. boats out of American Samoa, which along with being a U.S. territory is also Read More »

  • BIG STORY! – Prodigy to pariah: N.J. oysterman’s bizarre battle with the state

    New Jersey oyster farmers – But what really horrifies them is a more recent tale involving one of their own: Marc Zitter, a rookie farmer who Read More »
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    Coronavirus: COVID-19 and mandated on-board fisheries observers during the pandemic resurgence

    The NOAA/NMFS “Navy’s” at-sea surveys in the Northeast region were cancelled at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and will not be resumed for at least Read More »

  • U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Bill would shut local NOAA office

    The Senate Appropriations measure, however, also states that, “given NOAA’s lack of cooperation and reversal of commitment,,,continued@GDT Read More »

  • ASMFC Spring Meeting – May 2-5, 2016, Alexandria, Virginia

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in Alexandria, Virginia at The Westin Alexandria 400 Courthouse Square May 2-5, 2016. The agenda is subject to change. The Read More »

  • Letter: NOAA deal a tradeoff for fishing aid – Paul Cohan Captain F/V Sasquatch, Gloucester

    To the editor: I have long been on record in opposition to closing NOAA’s Northeast Regional office — or NERO. more@GDT  07:28 Read More »

  • Gulf of Maine Cod Peer Review Meeting – Live Streaming Informatio​n for Aug. 28-29, 2014

    Scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service say the amount of cod spawning in the Gulf of Maine is estimated to be three to four percent Read More »

  • Sea Shepherd extremists arrested, vessels seized after interfering with grindadráp

    The hunts, also called grindadráp (or grinds) are community-based events which are protected by the local police and the Danish Navy. Even Grindaformenn, or the men Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price List for April 3, 2014 has arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Thing Read More »
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    NLGIDC Applauds the appointment of new Ministers to the Federal Cabinet

    The Newfoundland and Labrador Groundfish Industry Development Council congratulates the Honourable Joyce Murray who was recently appointed as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Read More »

  • News Release: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 2 miles west of Tillamook Bay, Ore. – Video

    SEATTLE — A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, Ore., medically evacuated a 64-year-old crew member  from a commercial fishing vessel (F/V  Tomboin) the Pacific Read More »
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    Keys fishermen talk about traps to stop the lionfish invasion

    Lionfish are the scourge of the Florida Keys seas. Since the early 2000s, they’ve been invading local waters, devouring everything in sight.,,, It’s legal to net Read More »

  • Pew, Packard Foundations named in huge document leak called the “Panama Papers”

    An unprecedented leak of more than 11 million documents, called the “Panama Papers“, has revealed the hidden financial dealings of some of the world’s wealthiest people, Read More »

  • Rep. Garret Graves pulls HR 1335 red snapper management amendment

    Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, pulled his amendment Monday (June 1) that would have transferred the authority to set fishing seasons in the Gulf of Mexico for red Read More »

  • Forage fish management key to protecting Pacific Ocean ecosystem health

    Pacific sardine populations have shown an alarming decline in recent years, and some evidence suggests anchovy and herring populations may be dropping as well. The declines Read More »

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