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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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  • Atlantic Canada’s halibut fishery has been given the Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainable seal of approval.

    “We’re all for it,” Bill Murphy, cost control manager with Fisherman’s Market International Inc. on the Bedford Highway, said in an interview Tuesday. The non-profit U.K. Read More »
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    Finding local seafood is getting easier at America’s top fishing port, if you’re imagining a fish market, wipe away that image.

    Unalaska is America’s fish capital. More seafood is hauled into Dutch Harbor than anywhere in the country, but for residents it’s not easy to find fresh Read More »

  • NMFS clears commercial fishing in sea lion habitat – Not if, but, When will Oceana sue?

    After a research review, the NMFS is prepared to loosen controversial limits on commercial fishing in the western Aleutian Islands. That has cleared NMFS to open Read More »

  • The New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival…September 29 & 30, 2012 Free Admission – Free Parking

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  • Ever wonder if federal officials jumped the gun in declaring the Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species?

    In its listing proposal, the agency, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that Atlantic sturgeon population numbers in the Carolina region had declined Read More »

  • Former Obama Official: Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats To Influence Policy

    A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion. Former Energy Department Undersecretary Read More »

  • Environmentalism as Religion by Michael Crichton

    In 2003 Michael Crichton sent the Ecology industry into a rage by exposing them as a religion. He got away with it because he had both the Read More »

  • Greenpeace Criticizes Contracting Onboard Monitoring Cameras and Analysis to Trident

    Should a commercial fishing company be made responsible for monitoring what goes on board the commercial fishing vessels? Greenpeace leader Russel Norman says, it is like Read More »

  • Pilgrim Nuclear could stop killing wildlife by installing a closed-cycle cooling system now

    The Pilgrim Plant is one reason there is a drastic decline in river herring, specifically blueback herring and alewives, and they are thus species of great concern. Read More »

  • Fin-Body Ratios for Smooth Dogfish – Depends on How You Slice It

    The 2010 Shark Conservation Act prohibits removal of fins at sea for all sharks landed in U.S. Waters, with a glaring exception for smooth dogfish, or Read More »

  • If You are counting on Federal Disaster Relief funding,,,,“The New England and West Coast delegations are very good at grabbing that money,”

    “We’ll be competing with every state to get a share of that money,” Thomas P. Fote, legislative chairman of the Jersey Shore Anglers Association, said. The Read More »

  • House fisheries committee to meet on Alaska and British Columbia transboundary mining issues Oct. 12

    The governments of Alaska and British Columbia announced on Oct. 6 the signing of a non-binding agreement focused on transboundary waters. Federal level involvement of the Read More »

  • ‘Precision fishing’ trial confirmed to help the tiddlers

    A new form of commercial fishing has improved the survival rates for by-catch, scientists involved in the New Zealand project said. The system – which uses Read More »
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    New Jersey: Fisheries Council decides on flounder limits for season

    The State Marine Fisheries Council decided Wednesday to go along with the new 2017 federal regulations for flounder fishing. The regulation, approved by the Atlantic States Read More »

  • Canadian Coast Guard goes high-tech – Communications system worth $50m has been installed in Halifax, N.L.

    The Canadian Coast Guard’s new $50-million communications system has been installed in Halifax after five years of development. It is a massive project that the coast Read More »

  • Caribbean Fishery Management Council to hold public hearing Monday

    ST. CROIX – The Caribbean Fishery Management Council will have a public hearing Monday night on St. Thomas to accept input from fishers, the public and Read More »
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    Food for hundreds – Iqaluit hunters celebrate successful bowhead whale harvest

    The community of Iqaluit is celebrating a major milestone — and preparing to fill their freezers — after a bowhead whale was successfully hunted near the Read More »
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    Naknek-Kvichak fishermen eagerly await the 16 million sockeye run to show

    With just 100,000 sockeye counted as harvest, and 65,000 counted as escapement, skippers and crew play the waiting game in Bristol Bay’s largest fishing district. The Naknek-Kvichak Read More »
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    Norway and Russia agree to slash cod, haddock quotas in Barents Sea, suspend capelin catch

    The joint Norwegian-Russian Fishery Commission decides to reduce next year’s quotas to 725,000 tons. “After another round of constructive and good negotiations with Russia I am Read More »

  • Heiltsuk First Nation claims victory over disputed herring fishery – “It looks like the fleet has packed up and is going south empty,”

    A confrontation between the Heiltsuk First Nation and the federal government that threatened to erupt into a “war on the water” appears to have ended with Read More »

  • Patronage alleged after Massachusetts Environmental Police colonel’s pick for top cop job ignored

    FOX UNDERCOVER (MyFoxBoston.com) — It was Gary Duncan’s dream job, a big  promotion to coastal bureau chief for the Massachusetts Environmental Police,  where he’s worked for Read More »

  • Over-regulation threatens New England fishing industry

    New Hampshire fishermen locked horns with a federal agency this year over fishing regulations and mandatory costs they said would put them out of business for Read More »

  • North/South Carolina Views vary on drilling – Feds take comments until Monday

    The Associated Press reports five congressmen representing coastal districts in the Carolinas reflect the opposing views in states where both governors are strong advocates of offshore Read More »
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    Northern Shrimp quota slashed – Who will get the remaining shrimp quota? Who gets to financially survive?

    The fights were starting to brew on Friday, as word spread of cuts to northern shrimp quota for 2017. Lean times in the Newfoundland and Labrador Read More »

  • NEFMC Press Background​er – Update on Habitat/Gr​oundfish Actions

    Read it here. Related Read More »

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