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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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    Massachusetts: Lobster season opens on time today after right whales move out of Cape Cod bay

    Lobster season for the South Shore will begin as planned after endangered right whales, spotted in Cape Cod Bay, moved out of the area. The Provincetown Read More »

  • Whale Protection Bill SB 1287 – North Coast Senator speaks on progress

    North Coast Senator Mike McGuire’s Whale Protection Bill has passed, and now involved agencies are working on implementation. Senate Bill 1287 aims to help stop whale Read More »

  • Santa Cruz teen brothers start Point Fish Co.

    Weekends usually mean sleeping in, but for not the Hofmann brothers of Santa Cruz. The teen entrepreneurs wake up while it’s still dark and head out Read More »

  • Jury delivers for ‘Deadliest Catch’ crabber maimed by firework

    A “Deadliest Catch” crabber maimed by a fireworks explosion aboard the fishing vessel Time Bandit has been awarded $1.35 million by a King County jury. Jan. Read More »

  • BOEM: Offshore wind farms impact ‘small’ on fishing

    The development of offshore wind farms in the US Atlantic will have a minimal impact on commercial fishing, according to a new report from the Bureau Read More »

  • “Time is not on our side, so we must act now” – Grassroots petition asks US President to save canneries

    A grassroots movement has been formed by local businesswoman Mrs Kathy Pilimai and local businesses and working class people to help save the local tuna industry. Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: AMT Marine 55ft. Crabber, 440HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins

    Specifications, information and 45 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 13:18 Read More »

  • ‘Real-time’ fish counts from in Gulf of Mexico a Senate priority, and it should be in every US Fishery Management Region

    WASHINGTON – Senators want federal regulators to start using “real-time” fish counts in assessing the health of red snapper and other species in the Gulf of Read More »
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    First Nation, fishermen distrust Northern Pulp wastewater treatment plan

    There’s too much risk and not nearly enough trust to bring Northern Pulp’s plan for a new wastewater treatment facility to fruition, according to Andrea Paul, Read More »

  • I urge the People of Massachusetts to Get That Vote to Scott Brown.

    Scott Brown has been a fighter for all US Fishermen, not just Massachusetts Fishermen. We are losing the roar of Barney Frank. We CANNOT lose Brown. Read More »

  • FFAW President Earle McCurdy says EU issue of minimum processing requirements worth a look.

    CBCnews -“We’re currently at a competitive disadvantage in terms of the tariffs, regulations, and so on,” said McCurdy. “So this may be a chance to strengthen Read More »

  • Tri Marine selling tuna seiner to Albacora amid ‘chronically oversupplied’ market

    US-based tuna group Tri Marine International is in the process of selling one of two purse seiners close to being finished in a Spanish yard to Albacora Read More »

  • President Barack Obama targets Iceland’s sustainable commercial whaling and trade in fin whale meat

    THE United States and Iceland are heading  for serious dispute after President Barack Obama  announced a series  of measures against Iceland over its policy to continue Read More »
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    Coast Guard hoists man clinging to a piece of debris from water in Union Bay, Alaska

    KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued a 70-year-old man from the waters of Union Bay, Alaska, northwest of Meyers Chuck, Sunday. A Coast Guard Air Read More »
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    Opposition expressed to salmon fish farm proposal for St. Mary’s Bay

    There were packed rooms in Digby for two open houses on Jan. 15 held by salmon fish-farming company Cermaq, that has operated on the west coast Read More »

  • SPINY DOGFISH RESEARCH SESSION December 17, 2012 South Kingstown, RI

     To Register Please Contact: Jane Dickinson, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation  [email protected] (401)515-4892 http://www.savingseafood.org/images/december%2017%202012%20dogfish%20research%20session.pdf Read More »
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    Crew of lost crabbing vessel declared legally dead

    The six men lost when their crabbing boat sank on a cold morning in the Bering Sea last month were declared legally dead at an unusual court Read More »
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    Fishing for scallops not a daily drag – Aboard F/V First Impression in Frenchman Bay

    It was an ideal day to join  for a day of scalloping aboard his dragger, First Impression.,, His 50th birthday not too long behind him, West Read More »

  • For Argyll: ‘a quarter of England’s entire whitefish quota is now owned by a single Dutch super trawler’

    From the article: Back in 1970 when Britain applied to join the EU [then EEC], a new law was passed a mere six hours before official Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 29, 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here for older updates click here09:43 Read More »
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    Fishing groups sue Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District

    A lawsuit was filed against the Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District by the Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association and Trinidad Bay Fishermen’s Association. The two Read More »

  • Captain Glen Libby Needs Your Help!

    Captain Glen Libby needs your help! You may recognize him from his years of fishing on the F/V Skipper out of Port Clyde. Afterwards, he joined Read More »

  • Paine & Partners Enters into Agreements to Sell Icicle Seafoods

    Under the transactions, Convergence will acquire Icicle’s land-based wild seafood processing and farmed salmon activities, and Dominion will acquire the Company’s harvesting and processing vessels as Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 37′ Repco Lobster/Tuna, 300HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere, price reduced!

    Specifications, information and 5 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<12:03 Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Split Wheel House Offshore Lobster Boat. Reduced to $99,900

    Specifications, information and 9 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<12:18 Read More »

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