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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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    This Alaska teen’s biggest catch was a 57-foot whale. Animal-rights activists didn’t like it. He’s not backing down.

    He sat on stage, the governor on one side, the lieutenant governor on the other, his parents at the end, and he told a story bigger Read More »
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    Fishing for solutions through legislation

    The United States Congress is currently considering legislation that could affect the management of fisheries in the Northwest and directly impact local fishing. One of the Read More »

  • Right whales might get extra layer of protection off N.C. coast

    Off Southeastern North Carolina, the critical habitat would extend about 25 miles offshore. So will the new designation mean additional red tape for commercial fishermen, ships Read More »

  • Expert’s talk at LaGrua Thursday to focus on benefits of local sea-to-table options

    Meghan Lapp, an expert on the commercial fishing industry and its regulations, will give a talk entitled “Sea to Table: Bringing the Bounty of the Sea Read More »

  • Kasilof setnetters to open, some face gear restrictions

    As sockeye salmon continue to slam into the Kasilof River, a portion of the commercial set gillnet fishery will get a chance to intercept salmon in Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescue crews assist fishing vessel in distress 95 miles east of Chatam, Massachusetts

    BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews assisted a fishing vessel in distress by air-dropping de-watering pumps after the 53-foot Canadian flagged vessel Island Cruiser collided with the Read More »

  • Maine to host public hearings about fish habitat plan – Tonight 6PM, Brewer – Tomorrow 6PM, Portland

    Maine will host two public hearings this week about a long-anticipated fishery management plan for New England waters. The New England Fishery Management Council is working Read More »

  • Dear Senator Warren,,,Captain Paul Cohan of Gloucester responds to the Senator’s op-ed

    Dear Senator Warren, I personally do not share your optimism about our individual, yet collective futures. Every day fishermen are sinking deeper into debt. Every day Read More »

  • Shell finds Alaska less hospitable than Mars

    FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — New Shell CEO Ben van Beurden has told investors that Shell has decided to keep its exploration program for Alaska on hold Read More »
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    Stonington Lobster Boat Races, The Fastest Boats on the Coast! – July 9th, 2017

    In addition to the standard MLBRA race classes, Stonington hosts the John’s Bay Boat Company Exhibition Race, the Jimmy Stevens Cup awarded to the fastest Working 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 »

  • Lobster boat strikes the stern of schooner Lazy Jack, a 48-foot tourist and charter boat based out of Boothbay Harbor.

    No one was hurt when a 48-foot tourist schooner was struck by a lobster boat Wednesday afternoon near Squirrel Island in Boothbay Harbor. The Lazy Jack, Read More »

  • With Money to Burn, The PEI Lobster Industry enters MSC assessment

    The fishery operates baited traps to catch American lobster (homarus americanus). The fishery applies limited season openings, minimum species sizes, escape mechanism and biodegradable twine in traps and Read More »

  • Stock Assessment Review Committee Meeting To Review the Gulf of Maine Haddock and the Sea Scallop

    The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee Meeting will be held from July 15 through July 17, 2014.. The meeting will be held in Read More »

  • Maritime lobster boom: Fancy pickups, a boat shortage and a nice situation for the industry right now!

    The industry across the Maritimes moved into high gear last year, and has gained momentum since. Amid growing demand for the tasty crustaceans, fishermen have been Read More »
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    Council turns down petition sought to protect Adak processor

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council decided not to approve an emergency petition from a group of Aleutian Islands stakeholders at its meeting June 9, instead Read More »

  • Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga wants fishing in research zone of National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.

    Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has asked the US Department of Commerce to allow bottom fishing in one of the two areas of Aunu’u that is now part of the Read More »

  • Why trade deals like CETA have become a ‘whipping boy’ for anti-globalization forces

    Globalization has always had its critics — there’s nothing new there, says Fen Hampson, professor of international affairs at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. But given the Read More »
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    New boat design, New opportunities for success loom off the coast of Maine

    Amidst the lobster traps, blue and barren berried rolling hills of Harrington, Maine, forager, artist and engineer Dave Olson is re-imagining the rockweed harvesting scene.,,, This new Read More »

  • Alaska Board of Fisheries won’t meet on peninsula

    The board made the call by a 5-2 vote at the tail end of its Bristol Bay finfish meeting, also in Anchorage. Only two board members, Read More »

  • Seiners try co-op to finish Sitka herring season – audio

    Herring seiners in Sitka launched a cooperative fishery on Wednesday in an attempt to salvage what remains of the 2013 sac roe season. So far in Read More »

  • Stormy weather puts fishing boat in distress, 5 people rescued northeast of St. John’s

    Five people have been rescued from a fishing boat in distress 150 nautical miles northeast of St. John’s. A spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Read More »

  • P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association launching crew member recruitment campaign

    The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is launching a new campaign and training program to combat a growing problem in the lobster industry — fishermen are having trouble Read More »
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    N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission panel in disarray ahead of quarterly meeting

    Just as the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission convenes on Wednesday for its quarterly meeting in Raleigh, there has been a complete turnover of the panel’s commercial Read More »

  • Early signs iffy for shrimp harvest in Charleston area

    The Post and Courier – Shrimp — those tasty native Lowcountry crustaceans — are looking slim so far for the spring and the summer. But commercial Read More »

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