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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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    Canadian Coast Guard struggling

    Reduced search-and-rescue coverage, ferry-service disruptions, cancelled resupply runs to Arctic and coastal communities and nearly $2 million in lost navigational buoys. Those are among the real Read More »

  • Liftboat Surveying Sunken Fishing Vessel Off Point Pleasant Beach

    An unusual vessel offshore of Point Pleasant Beach that drew the attention of onlookers Tuesday was on the scene surveying a fishing trawler that sank in Read More »

  • No worries! – BSEE, Coast Guard Responding to Loss of Well Control Incident in Gulf of Mexico

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Coast Guard are responding to a loss of well control event at Vermilion Block 356 in Read More »
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    Scottish fishing trawler Njord capsizes off Norway leaving one dead

    One person has died after a Scottish fishing vessel with eight people on board capsized off Norway. The Norwegian Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (NJRCC) launched a Read More »

  • Coast Guard investigation into the death of commercial fisherman Walter Krupinski continues

    The $300 in fines assessed to the captain of a 60-foot yacht that collided with Walter Krupinski’s 23-foot boat doesn’t sit well with Krupinski’s widow Peggy. Read More »

  • Connecticut: Free Safety and Survival Training by Fishing Partnership Support Services May 04, 2016

    This hands-on training, provided at no cost to commercial fishermen, is sponsored by Fishing Partnership Support Services, and conducted by Coast Guard Certified Marine Safety Instructors. Read More »

  • Canadian Cod: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

    I write this in response to some recent comments by a fisheries research scientist, Dr. George Rose, about the status of Northern Cod. Specifically, he said Read More »
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    Evolution of the lobster fishery over 78 years: 92-year-old lobster fisherman looks back

    Back in the day when Garnet Snow fished for a living to provide for his wife and five children, he fished alone. He paid 25 cents Read More »

  • Mullet Man busted for commercial fishing in Alligator Creek

    PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Charlotte County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol officers arrested Jeffrey Dean May last week on charges of conducting commercial fishing operations in Alligator Creek. Read Read More »
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    Year in Review: A dismal year for salmon and halibut in the Gulf, Bristol Bay booms, battles over hatcheries

    This summer was a disappointment for salmon fishermen across the Gulf of Alaska, both in the timing and in the numbers. Salmon fishermen from Kodiak to Read More »

  • Atlantic cod in for even more stress? – Marine biologists launch a new research project

    Researchers have known for some years that the Atlantic cod beats the retreat in the direction of the Arctic when the waters in its traditional habitat Read More »

  • Objections registered to 3PS MSC cod certification will be heard by adjudicator

    A hearing on whether the Canadian southern Newfoundland cod fishery in 3 PS will get MSC certification was held on Feb. 10. The Southern Newfoundland cod Read More »
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    €6m EU funding for Irish fishing suspended in ‘hostile’ row

    Some €6 million in EU funding for the Irish fishing sector has been suspended by the European Commission because of the failure to establish a penalty Read More »

  • 36-year-old fisherman suffering from a head injury medevaced From F/V Lucky JJ – Video

    Corpus Christi- Coast Guard rescue helicopter and boat crews medevaced a 36-year-old fisherman. The captain of F/V Lucky J.J. made a mayday call to Sector Corpus Christi Read More »

  • Time to bring commercial fishing permits home to Alaska

    In 1983, the city of Angoon had 183 locally held fishing permits. Now, 32 years later, there are only 15 left. In Nome, 157 permits have Read More »

  • Can Taylor Swift help Canada’s seal meat industry, senate committee asks

    Canada’s top chefs should offer seal meat on their menus as part of the battle against Russian propaganda as well as celebrities who have spoken out Read More »

  • DAVID G. SELLARS’ ON THE WATERFRONT: Hodgepodge of ships crowd Port Angeles Harbor

    The cargo ship Alaska moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 3 to take on a load of logs for export to China.  The 616-foot Read More »
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    Judge rules two-year extension before lobster industry regulation changes

    A Thursday afternoon opinion was confirmed with bipartisan agreement between environmental groups and Maine lobstermen intervenors to allow the federal government to come up with new Read More »
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    Research models how deadly virus moves among Pacific salmon, trout

    For the first time researchers studying a deadly virus modeled how it spreads to young trout and salmon in the waters of the Columbia River Basin, Read More »

  • IDFA Review: Dirty Energy – Exxon Valdeez/Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill comparison with video

    When the BP oil spill occurred, reporters from all over the world set up camp in the areas which were most hit by the events. But Read More »
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    New Beamer Hits The Water

    A year on from the launch of Interfish beam trawler Admiral Gordon at Parkol Marine Engineering’s facility in Middlesbrough, the yard has launched sister vessel Admiral Blake PH-440 for Read More »

  • Japan’s whale hunt could be over, say Sea Shepherd leaders (good thing for them!)

    THE Japanese whaling fleet is heading north, prompting hopes of an early end to the whaling season. Read more Read More »

  • NCFA Weekly Update

    Weekly Update for Oct. 17, 2014 as a PDF 19:35 Read More »
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    It’s Official! 62.3 million: Bristol Bay’s 2018 salmon season the largest ever

    It is official; 2018 was the largest sockeye salmon run to Bristol Bay on record, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has records dating Read More »

  • Massachusetts lobstermen want to create in-state processing industry

    With two of the top five lobster ports in the state, the South Shore could see newly created jobs and increased income for its local fisherman Read More »

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