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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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  • A New England story goes Australian – Fishing industries under pressure

    The cod isn’t just a fish to David Goethel. It’s his identity, his ticket to middle class life, his link to a historic industry. “I paid Read More »

  • Coast Guard suspends search, Marine Board begins investigation – Vigil for lost scallopers planned for Sunday at Fishermen’s Memorial

    GLOUCESTER — While the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a vessel that went missing earlier this week, the Guard’s Marine Board of Investigations Read More »

  • Illegal catches hurt fishermen and fish populations

    Almost all the seafood Americans eat — 90 percent, to be exact — is imported. A new study from the Fisheries Centre at the University of Read More »
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    This lobster season they expected hell, but got high water

    Captain Nick Muto of Chatham, Massachusetts, expected this summer’s lobster fishing to be a disaster. With restaurant shutdowns and other supply chain issues, he was expecting Read More »
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    New York’s offshore wind plan faces commercial fishing opposition – $1 billion boat-to-plate industry at stake

    The plan to turn ocean wind into energy calls for anchoring 15 wind turbines, each one a little taller than the Washington Monument, into the sea Read More »

  • Docked fishing vessel Sylvia Lyn II catches fire, sinks in Cook’s Harbour

    RCMP in St. Anthony responded to a call around 7 p.m. Friday that a fishing vessel had caught fire at the Cook’s Harbour wharf on the Northern Read More »
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    Gloucester Fisherman Al Cottone to serve as city’s fisheries director

    Al Cottone, 50, a longtime Gloucester fisherman and a staunch advocate for the commercial fishing industry, is filling the newly re-created job, Chairman Mark Ring announced Read More »

  • After city protest over seismic surveys ministry says: Fishermen awarded $77.3m in four years

    Fishermen in T&T received over $77.3 million in payments as compensation for seismic activity from five oil companies between 2010 and 2013, the Ministry of Energy Read More »
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    New Jersey Fishermen, beach builders fight for ancient underwater sand hills

    Just a few miles off New Jersey’s coast  are a series of underwater hills on the ocean floor, made of perfect quality beach sand tens of Read More »

  • Sea lions prove tough to keep away from Westport Marina

    The Port of Grays Harbor may consider a shocking solution to uninvited guests at the Westport Marina. Over the past two years, the massive animals have Read More »

  • Warmer Gulf of Maine clobbering the cod

    Desperate measures have been taken, cod quotas have been slashed again and again, and yet fish numbers continue to slide. Now, a new study by the Read More »

  • What? No Mackerel?? Ocean off Iceland Unusually Cold, No Mackerel

    The Icelandic Marine Research Institute’s annual spring expedition from May 18 to 30 concluded that the ocean temperature off Iceland has not been lower in 18 Read More »
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    Day 10; Hunger Strike of Canadian Fisherman Richard Gillett – ‘Richard is very, very weak’

    As Richard Gillett hits Day 10 of his hunger strike outside the Fisheries and Oceans building in St. John’s, his father wants him to stop it. Read More »

  • Controversial bill allowing secret tracking devices on lobster boats wins Maine Senate approval

    A compromise has been reached over a controversial bill that would allow the Department of Marine Resources to secretly place tracking devices on lobster boats. The Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Thanksgiving 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates Click here, for older updates listed as NCFA click here13:34 Read More »

  • John Mandelman: Solving a Cod-undrum – I recommend this video. Well worth the time investment.

    Published on May 30, 2014 The Atlantic codhas not recovered from stock collapses in recent years, despite substantial management intervention and a major reduction in commercial Read More »

  • Too many seals?

    In 1991, researchers counted six seal pups on Muskeget Island just northwest of Nantucket. In 2007 they counted 2,096. That, in a nutshell, describes the trigger for Read More »
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    As Wind Farms Overwhelm The Irish Sea, Isle Of Man Seabird Populations Plummet

    Since the world’s biggest wind farm went up in the Irish Sea, Herring Gulls are down 82%, European Shag down 51%, and Razorbills down 55%. The Read More »
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    Yaquina Bay: California Sea Lion breeding season is heating up!

    As their breeding season approaches, the mostly male sea lions of Yaquina Bay are growing hormonal and more aggressive as they prepare to head south for Read More »

  • Seattle shipyards flush with work, including repairs to ‘Deadliest Catch’ crabber

    Aging fishing vessels are keeping Seattle-area ship repair yards busy, as the crab fleet returns from the season early thanks to a smaller quota this year. Read More »

  • Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Fishing aid package far short of even basic needs

    But as Gloucester fishermen Joe DiMaio put it, “there is no time.” And when it comes to Gloucester and New England fishermen’s true needs, there remains Read More »

  • The real reason for China’s ban on West Coast shellfish – US warns China over South China Sea claims

    The US is pressuring China into adjusting its territorial claims in the South China Sea amid growing concerns that China’s maritime claims are an effort to Read More »

  • Falklands squid catch dives from 350,000t to 2,000t, Argentina at 20-year low

    Juan Redini, president of the chamber of jiggers of Argentina, presented some shocking figures on squid catches in his country and also the Falkland Islands, during Read More »

  • Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Additional plaintiffs to fishery suit boost its urgency – (Where is Maine and RI ?)

    The news that the state of New Hampshire has essentially climbed aboard the federal lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General — and now gubernatorial candidate — Read More »

  • UPS delivers parts for $350K NOAA drone to college kid – Dude. I think I just got a drone in the mail

    A college student attempting to order weight lifting equipment through the mail somehow received parts for a $350,000 drone from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. Read More »

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