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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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    It was just supposed to be another ordinary fishing trip, except that on the water things don’t always happen the way they’re supposed to. But that Read More »
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    Tugboat Rex is back in service

    Ralph Criteser donated his trusty tugboat to the Port of Toledo when he closed down his moorage on the Yaquina River in early 2019. At his Read More »

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    Local man takes pride in delivering fresh seafood to our people

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  • Regulator hopes Gulf mapping tool can defuse tension between drillers, fishermen

    HOUSTON — The federal government is racing to roll out a new mapping tool that it hopes will lead to a truce between offshore drillers and Read More »

  • North Pacific Fishery Management Council takes up 2014-2015 crab catches

    NOME — The North Pacific Fishery Management Council set lower catches for the Norton Sound red king crab and Aleutian Islands golden king crab fisheries today. Read More »

  • Management challenge: ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

    This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” Previous stories may be found at www.peninsulaclarion.com. It’s a Read More »

  • Coalition files intent to sue federal agencies to stop whale-killing Virginia wind project 

    The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and The Heartland Institute today announced that they were filing with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Read More »

  • Cold? Get on a plane, puke some carbon, and warm up at the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival this weekend!

    The Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival is one of the most popular and most successful events in the Bradenton area every year, attracting tens of thousands of Read More »
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    Salmon researchers seek funds for expanded expedition in 2020

    Organizer Richard Beamish, emeritus scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, is seeking $1.5 million from governments, the private sector and non-profit Read More »
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    Correcting our Lobster Mistake

    To Our Heal the Ocean Supporters: This notice is an important correction – and apology – to our HTO members, and to Santa Barbara’s commercial lobster Read More »
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    Electronic Monitoring: Hearings set for new electronic lobster boat tracking rules

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  • Tribal fishing season begins on Columbia River

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Tribal fisheries have begun their commercial summer fish sales today along the banks of the Columbia River. continued@Yakima Herald-Republic Read More »

  • AMSEA Updates “Beating the Odds: A Guide to Commercial Fishing Safety,”

    The seventh edition of  “Beating the Odds: A Guide to Commercial Fishing Safety,” by Susan Clark Jensen and Jerry Dzugan of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Read More »
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    Lost trawler Mistress found on sea floor

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    Leave Our Ocean Alone – Pursue Energy Technologies on Land

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  • GDT Editorial: Making the case for strong NOAA presence here

    The continued inclusion of a breakup of NOAA’s Northeast Regional headquarters in a U.S. Senate Appropriations bill promising up to $150 million in aid for America’s Read More »
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    F/V Tyhawk: wreckage of the fishing vessel has been located

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  • CCA’s small numbers has large grip on N.C. politics, fisheries

    Approach any recreational angler wetting a line from the surf, a pier, a bridge or a boat and ask, “Are you a member of the CCA?” Read More »
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    Time to reform DFO – Unable to protect wild fish while managing commercial fisheries and ocean-based aquaculture

    Conservation and angling groups on the West Coast are calling for radical reform of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, saying it appears unable to protect wild fish Read More »

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    A single Snow crab fetches record $24,000 at Japan auction

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