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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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  • NJ Rep. Pallone opposes fisheries reform bill HR 1335

    On Monday, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., D-NJ, opposed the Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization legislation, H.R. 1335: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, introduced by Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs man near Houma

    The Coast Guard medevaced a man from the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 23 miles south of Houma, Louisiana, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received Read More »
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    French and Jersey fishermen meet for first time since Harbour blockade

    The meeting this month was the first since Norman and Breton fishing vessels blockaded the Harbour in May last year in a protest over post-Brexit fishing Read More »

  • Maine proposes rules to manage growing black sea bass fishery. Black Sea Bass, ya say!!!!

    Maine fishery officials are proposing regulations to manage black sea bass, a species that is increasing in abundance in the state’s waters. Scientists say black sea Read More »

  • Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Sells Out It’s White Shark’s?

    The below permit was just made available to me by a shark advocate on the east coast. It is the most incomplete, unprofessional, ridiculous farce for a Read More »
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    Delaware lobsterman ‘Captain Bill’ Melvin Ernest Rice has passed away

    Ernest “Bill” Melvin Rice, 81, of Lewes passed away at home Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. He was born June 17, 1940, in Lewes, son of the Read More »

  • American Eagle takes Esperanto Cup again

    The Adventurer and Calabash were among the schooners that joined the American Eagle in the winner’s circle for the 39th annual Gloucester Schooner Festival races over Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug. 17, 2015

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 09:03 Read More »

  • Three Catcher/Processor Crew Cited for Assaulting Fellow Crewmember in Bering Sea

    Alaska Wildlife Officers issued citations to three crewmembers aboard the F/V Katie Ann, fishing in the in the Bering Sea. 20-year-old Tyler Wootan, 20-year-old Douglas Moimoi, Read More »

  • NOAA Whoever Reminds Trap/Pot Gear and Gillnet Fishermen That New Rules Go Into Effect June 1, 2015

    As part of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, new rules regarding trap/pot gear and gillnets go into effect on June 1, 2015. Read our Read More »
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    Opinion: Why Bonneville can’t save salmon

    The Northwest is not winning the battle to save wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River. Although most of the 12 listed salmonid stocks in Read More »

  • Pregnant orca died of bacterial infection

    Cottrell said the infection likely originated with the calf before spreading to the mother. He said the calf weighed 175 kilograms, and it was too soon Read More »

  • Department of Fisheries concerned about low number of salmon in Skeena River – Video

    Canada’s Department of Fisheries has responded by shutting down all commercial and recreational fisheries in the area. But local fishermen are worried that the Americans are Read More »

  • Invader green crabs from Europe threaten havoc in Puget Sound

    Emily Grason and Sean McDonald trudge through the mud of San Juan Island’s Westcott Bay on the hunt for something they hope not to find: A 3-inch Read More »

  • Fisherman take a battering as sea bass to be taken off menus to save fish from extinction

    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the global advisory body on sustainable use of oceans, has advised the British Government there should Read More »

  • Connecticut: Stonington Fishermen look to Sen. Blumenthal for change

    Gambardella Wholesale Seafood used to unload boats every day at the Stonington Pier but now they are lucky if they see two boats a week pull Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 62′ Fiberglass Longliner, Cummins KT1150, John Deere – 40 KW Genset

    For specifications, information, and 4 photos of the vessel, click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here  12:14 Read More »

  • Prince County Fishermen’s Association president pleased with where lobster industry is heading

    O’LEARY — The president of the Prince County Fishermen’s Association has an optimistic outlook for 2015 as he prepares for the organization’s annual meeting on Thursday. Lee Read More »
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    Triumph II tows disabled dragger with 42,000 lbs of fish aboard through deep draft bar

    The Coast Guard towed a 58-foot fishing vessel after the crew lost use of the main engine about 17 miles west of Willapa Bay Sunday. A Read More »
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    New Video Shows Impacts of Offshore Wind On U.K. Fishermen

    A new video, Winds of Change, released today by the Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF), documents how the arrival of offshore wind blindsided U.K. fishermen, and how Read More »
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    Nations decide to increase quota for Atlantic Bluefin tuna

    Countries fishing the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean agreed Tuesday to expand the annual quota for prized Bluefin tuna to reflect an improvement in their stocks. Read More »

  • Half of Hawaii’s Bottomfishing Restricted Areas Opening Up

    A long-simmering dispute over the state’s Bottomfishing Restricted Areas (BRFA’s) between Hawaii’s fishing community and the state’s  and fisheries scientists has resulted in a move by Read More »

  • The F-Word Again – as in Re-authorization of the Magnusson Stevens Act (MSA)

    What is today’s F-word? Well, it is “flexibility” and seems to be the central concept being pushed for the current Re-authorization of the Magnusson Stevens Act Read More »

  • Man gets harpooned on fishing trip

    A fisherman is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the head with a harpoon during a fishing trip in Brazil. The 27-year-old man — Read More »
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    Naknek’s Fishy Fabrications takes on skiff building this spring

    ‘Fishy Fabrications,’ a local business in Naknek, has started building skiffs from the ground up, something only a few other local businesses do in Bristol Bay. Read More »

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