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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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  • Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council seeks to Reopen Papahanaumokuakea to Fishing

    The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded its three-day meeting in Honolulu with a suite of recommendations, many of which are focused on keeping U.S. Read More »
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    Two missing fishermen found dead off the Maine coast

    The crew of another fishing boat recovered the bodies of two people, believed to have been crew members on the Hayley Ann, from the waters southeast Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 20, 2013

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.”  Read the Read More »

  • Gang Green Canada Cry’s Foul. Controversial changes to Fisheries Act guided by industry demands

    The federal Conservative government consulted with both environmental organizations and industry associations before making controversial changes to the Fisheries Act last year, but listened primarily to Read More »
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    Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Silly War on Natural Gas

    Thanks to the shale revolution, the United States is awash in natural gas. Since 2005, domestic gasproduction has nearly doubled, and American companies are now sending Read More »

  • Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology Researchers identify new factor in global warming

    Researchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany have studied a factor in climate change which has not been included in previous climate change projections. Read More »
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    Georgia: Impacts of Coronavirus pandemic on selling shrimp

    It’s been three months since the start of shrimp season. Back in June, a McIntosh County shrimp boat captain said his first catch could have been Read More »
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    It’s getting harder to reel in a living on South Carolina coast

    Pete Kornack launched his oyster boat into “white knuckle” thick fog on a recent morning and came back with a good harvest, some 16 bushels. The Read More »

  • Invasive Species: Six-metre boat washes up covered in mussels, pelagic barnacles lands on B.C. coast with Japan tsunami boat

    An invasive species of mussel has arrived in British Columbia, carried over by a boat that appears to have been pushed across the Pacific Ocean by the massive Read More »
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    Fishing vessel catches fire off the coast of Oregon

    U.S Coast Guard crews responded to a fire on a 42-foot commercial fishing vessel off the coast of Manzanita Beach in Oregon early Saturday morning. USCG Read More »
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    WWII Veteran, Commercial Fisherman Stanley J. Dykovitz of Southampton has passed away

    Born on Christmas Eve 1921 to parents Stanley and Sophie Dykovitz, Stanley was raised in East Marion. He graduated from Greenport High School and liked to Read More »

  • Square One: New England Fishery Managers Trying to Un-do Decades of Protection

    By Carl Safina and Elizabeth Brown In the early 1990’s many New England groundfish species (e.g. cod, haddock, and flounders) collapsed from decades of overfishing. To Read More »
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    Female Sockeye salmon are dying at higher rates than males

    Female adult sockeye from the Fraser River are dying at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts on the journey back to their spawning grounds, “This Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 76′ Steel Clammer/Scalloper, 450HP, 6 Cylinder CAT

    Specifications, information and 15 photo’s  click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:43 Read More »

  • Prices for Maine scallops skyrocket – low supply as the reason for the strong prices

    Maine scallop fishermen kicked off their season Monday with some of the highest per-pound prices ever seen, helping to offset harvesting restrictions put in place to Read More »

  • Tholepin Blog has NMFS on the Defensive! – They say you’re not credible, when even they can’t get it right?

    “Tholepin is not a credible source,” she wrote. The blogger was, at the time, quoting the federal agency’s own figures for numbers on bycatch. (Julie)Speegle NOAA, subsequently warned “I usually urge (use Read More »

  • North Pacific industry officials – Five year Coast Guard dockside safety examinations are far too infrequent.

    The Coast Guard will require commercial fishing vessels to undergo dockside safety examinations only once every five years, a move that North Pacific industry officials are Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 46′ x 18′ 4″ Novi Lobster/Gillnetter, 6 Cylinder Detroit, Northern Lights12 KW

    Specifications, information and 15 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< Vessel is in good condition. Federal Permit with Lobster Area Read More »
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    Boat owner responds to Port of Astoria lawsuit

    A boat owner being sued by the Port of Astoria for abandoning his vessel shot back recently,,,,The Port sued Nick Mathias, a California resident and owner Read More »
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    To fight climate change, should we mine the deep sea?

    Ancient rocks lie across vast fields miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Far from people, but not entirely out of reach, they contain metals Read More »

  • Plan for Dusky shark doesn’t please Oceana cons

    The federal government isn’t going far enough with a plan to protect a threatened shark that lives off the East Coast and has been decimated by Read More »

  • Huge ice cap on Lake Erie puts arrival of spring on hold

    The large ice cap still encrusting most of Lake Erie would cover all of Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. It’s two feet thick in Read More »
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    House claws at lobster processing restrictions – State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr keeps clawing

    State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr sometimes must feel as if the lobster gods are conspiring against him. The Gloucester legislator, on three occasions, has filed Read More »

  • Catch cap eased on menhaden, ‘backbone’ of East Coast fisheries

    The nearly unanimous vote to lift the catch cap by 10 percent represents a compromise between commercial fishermen, who contend that they can safely harvest many Read More »
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    25 Years ago Today – The Northern Cod Moratorium

    Sunday, July 2, marks a quarter of a century since then federal fisheries minster John Crosbie announced what was planned to be a two-year moratorium on Read More »

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