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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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  • NOAA and it’s ENGO “Partner’s” issues report on at-sea monitors

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    Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation – Icy spray, heavy pots may have doomed Seattle crab boat F/V Destination

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  • Under the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Programme, $5.6m boost for US fishing research

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  • The P.E.I Fishermen’s Association ask’s DFO for response on lobster season extension by Wednesday

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  • Congress must protect Louisiana’s shrimping industry – “Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act” (HR 1907).

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  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug. 31, 2015

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    Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman near Texas City, Texas

    The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman off the 44-foot fishing vessel Donnie J near the Texas City Dike, Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders Read More »

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    California crabbers concede 25 cents

    Local commercial Dungeness crab fishermen return to their trade today but will receive 25 cents per pound less for their catch than when they started the Read More »

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