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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

• Recent Posts

  • Hey! Who knew?!! NOAA predicts below-average season for commercial harvest of brown shrimp in western Gulf of Mexico

    The harvest of brown shrimp in the western Gulf of Mexico is expected to be 53.2 million pounds, which is slightly below the historical 52-year average Read More »
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    Wahle named director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine

    University of Maine marine sciences research professor Richard Wahle has been named director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Robert Read More »

  • Setting the Trap for a Lobster Thief

    Olger Bicaj been seen on a video tape breaking into J&J Lobster in Rockland, but he left before being apprehended. Bicaj returned that night, however, when Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Duffy Scalloper with limited access – part time small dredge

    To review specifications, information, with 31 photos, >click here< , To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:32 Read More »

  • Bering Sea crab season opens today; fleet still tied to the docks

    The Alaska King crab season opened today, but without IFQ permits most of the fleet of 80 vessels remain tied up in port.  Permits cannot be issued Read More »

  • Watchdog groups fear seismic testing ‘assault’

    MIDDLETOWN — Dozens of area advocacy groups and officials are seeking to delay a seismic testing program they say could have drastic impacts along the Jersey Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 18, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 08:47 Read More »

  • Sonoma Coast Dungeness crab season delayed

    Thousands of crab traps, stacked six feet or higher, line the sides of Westshore Road surrounding the Spud Point Marina, a clear indication this year’s commercial Read More »

  • Fishing stakeholders rejoin the battle on Gulf of Maine cod

    The NSC, in a statement of its opposition to retaining the original interim actions, said that rather than saving cod, the emergency measures will increase cod Read More »
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    Ghost of ‘the Blob’ haunts Pacific salmon

    The initial period after ocean entry for Columbia River basin juvenile salmon and steelhead is when most of the mortality occurs during their lives at sea, Read More »

  • Vita Food Products of Chicago Recalls Smoked Salmon for Possible Listeria Contamination

    Vita Food Products of Chicago, IL, has voluntarily recalled 1,878 pounds of Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Salmon for potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The Read More »
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    Hitting the Lottery! A small New Brunswick town scores its 2nd big win

    A retired crab fisherman won a jackpot online prize of $644,000, making him the second person from Le Goulet, N.B., to win a money prize. In Read More »

  • Foreign bids on Icicle higher than US suitors expected, players up against American Fisheries Act

    First round bids for the purchase of Icicle Seafoods — up for sale by private equity owner Paine & Partners —  are far, far higher than Read More »

  • An Important Message From Scott Lang – Please Help Support The Center For Sustainable Fisheries

    Greetings from all of us here at CSF, This organization was founded on the principle that our fishermen, and the fishing industry, were not getting their Read More »

  • Alright. This 2048 crap is out of control! You gotta read this. (shaking head) – Want to Save Starving Sea Lion Pups? Here’s How

    Want to Save Starving Sea Lion Pups? Here’s How– Megan Pincus Kajitani. Tears streamed down my 7-year-old daughter’s face this cloudy, March morning, as we watched the Read More »

  • Saving Seafood Alert – Three Members of Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Push for Fishing Disaster Funding

    Rep. Markey’s amendment, which was filed today, seeks to restore the $150 million in funding as an emergency appropriation, and therefore would not require a reduction Read More »

  • Washington State loses major legal battle, might pay up to $2B to save salmon

    Washington state lost a major legal battle Friday, which could force it spend nearly $2 billion to restore salmon habitat by removing barriers that block fish Read More »

  • New Bedford puts $100K toward fishing museum

    More than 100 people packed into the Whaling Museum for Sunday’s Taste of the Port event, which focused on creating a New Bedford Fishing Heritage Museum. Read More »
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    Jersey Shore Mayor Says Murphy Offshore Wind Farm is Hot Air by Funded by Political Lackeys

    “One day in the not-too-distant future, you’re going to wake up, look out onto the beach and see armies of gas-powered ships starting to erect “clean” Read More »

  • American Samoa: It’s happening, purse seiners are tying up

    At least 14 US purse seiners out of 37 that are licensed to fish under the US South Pacific Tuna Treaty are idling their operations following Read More »
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    Rockport, Maine: A day at the wharf

    “Go ahead, but stay out of their way,” the man running the wharf tells me, as I head down July 20 to get some photos of Read More »

  • U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell Urges SEC Investigation of Contradictory Statements by Pebble Mine Company

    Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate contradictory information provided by Northern Dynasty Minerals to federal officials regarding the Read More »
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    Maine shutting down more scallop areas to protect harvest

    Maine officials say the state’s shutting down a few high traffic scallop fishing areas to prevent overfishing. The Maine Department of Marine Resource is closing Sand Read More »
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    A conflict of interest and possible corruption

    Benguela Global, the fund manager that raised concerns about Capitec’s loan policies at the same time as Viceroy published a critical report on the bank, has Read More »

  • In Favor of the Little People: Mashpee oyster farmer scores SJC victory

    Homeowners objecting to a proposed oyster farm in Popponesset Bay have lost another legal avenue in their attempt to stop the project. The Supreme Judicial Court Read More »

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