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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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    Florida Keys fishermen talk impact of President Trump’s tariffs

    Jeff Cramer is a longtime Keys commercial fisherman who operates a fish house in Marathon. He buys lobster from as many as 20 different boat captains Read More »

  • N.J. fishing industry works to recover from Sandy-POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J.

    Commercial fisherman Jim Lovgren has navigated some rough seas lately. First, his 70-foot trawler, Viking II, swamped in high waves and sank 80 miles off Cape Read More »

  • Friend Don Cuddy joins WBSM’s Phil Paleologos at 10am to discuss AS Monitor law suit and bad science

    Don and John Haran will join Phil in the studio. David Goethel, and Richie Canastra, will join in over the phone. As Phil writes in Government Using Read More »

  • Fishing Rights: Small Scale Fishermen walkout of meeting with ministry over rock lobster suspension

    Small-scale and near-shore fishers walked out of a meeting in Cape Town with the deputy director-general for Fisheries Siphokazi Ndudane yesterday, saying her explanations relating to Read More »

  • Commerce chief Ross makes waves, roils fisheries rules

    Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has wasted little time in giving a jolt to the nation’s fisheries. In June, the 79-year-old billionaire investor who now oversees NOAA Read More »

  • Canada approves genetically modified salmon for sale to public

    Canadian grocery stores have received the regulatory green light to begin selling fast-growing, genetically modified salmon – the first such species to gain such approval from Read More »

  • Fisherman rescued after falling into water at Fishermen’s Terminal

    A man was taken to the hospital after he was pulled from the water at Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal Friday night. Seattle fire officials said the man Read More »
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    Hurricane Dorian relief effort, thousands in need of help, at least 30 dead.

    An international relief effort picked up across the Bahamas on Thursday after Hurricane Dorian, one of the most intense storms ever to hit the Caribbean, swept Read More »

  • Mount Polley mine: sediment near spill may harm fish – B.C. tailings dam breach sent millions of cubic metres of wastewater and silt spilling into lakes and rivers

    “All the raw data from the tests has been shared with First Nations and Interior Health,” said Polak. “The results were tested at an independent lab Read More »

  • AUDIO: NEFMC Groundfish Committee’s Oct. 11 Meeting Prompts Discussion Related to Closed Area Access and Transboundary Stock Shares

    HAMPTON, N.H. – October 11, 2012 – The New England Fishery Management Council’s (NEFMC) Groundfish Oversight Committee met last Thursday to continue development of Framework Adjustment 48 Read More »
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    Catch and Release: Humpback snared in a fishing net

    A group of 85 whale watchers witnessed humpback whale “Owl” thrash for 50 minutes while caught in a fishing net Thursday afternoon off the Isle of Read More »

  • Two more arrests made in disappearance Petit de Grat boater Phillip Joseph Boudreau.

    Officers arrested a 65-year-old man in Little Anse at 11:05 a.m. Friday and another man, 43, in Arichat 40 minutes later, RCMP said in a news Read More »
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    Canada protects two new areas off British Columbia’s coast for Resident Killer Whales

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  • Federal Fishery Failure Funding Articles will be consolidated in this post with headlines and links today

    House targets $75M for Fishing Industry – Northeast Regional Office escapes Consolidation Shutdown – Read [email protected] 07:06 Divvying up the money – Declared Fishery Failures from Read More »

  • State of Alaska Denies Herring Forage Fish Status

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  • Sept. 27-29 Working Waterfront Festival opens doors to New Bedford fishing industry – event offers ‘window into the world’ of commercial fishing

    NEW BEDFORD — In two weeks, the harbor will swarm with locals and tourists alike hoping to learn more about the fishing industry. They will see life Read More »
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    $300,000+ of Marijuana Seized ‘Floating off the Shore’ of Florida over 27 Days

    In a span of 27 days, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard, recorded the seizure of nearly 400 pounds of Read More »

  • 100lb Tuna free gaffed off a dock in Islamorada Fla, Published on Aug 3, 2014

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  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 1, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 10:25 Read More »
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    From Port to Plate: A journey of New Bedford’s most profitable product

    Who knew that a silver dollar-sized scallop could provide such bang for a buck? As the most profitable item turned over in the most profitable port Read More »

  • Countries Pledge To Recover Dwindling Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population

    In a joint meeting Friday in Busan, South Korea, the two groups that manage Pacific bluefin tuna reached a historic long-term agreement that would put the Read More »

  • Louisiana shrimper profits to suffer from light catch

    “It doesn’t matter if shrimp is $10 a pound. If you don’t catch enough, it’s going to equal zero,” said Darrin Martin, who trawls and owns Read More »

  • Money available for Maine scallop projects – sea urchin survey underway

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s annual spring dive survey of green sea urchins is underway. Read more here   — Maine Sea Grant is seeking proposals for Read More »
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    ‘They are still using the ocean as a toilet’: NDP Fisheries critic proposes removing fish farms from oceans

    The federal NDP critic for Fisheries and Oceans is proposing legislation that would overhaul fish farming by moving open-net fish farms from the ocean to land Read More »

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