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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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  • Plan to impose lobster levies to go public

    The details on how the two-cents-per-pound levy will be collected and utilized will be released by the Lobster Council of Canada next week to coincide with Read More »

  • Tidal turbine in Bay of Fundy generating the most expensive electricity ever produced in Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia hailed North America’s first successful grid-connected tidal turbine Tuesday with a ceremonial flipping of a switch at a substation outside Parrsboro. The electricity being generated is some Read More »
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    Arbitrator upholds firing of Lobster 207 co-op CEO, clearing way for racketeering lawsuit

    The former CEO of Lobster 207, a fishing cooperative owned by the Maine Lobstering Union, on Monday lost in an arbitration proceeding over his firing in Read More »
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    Cook Inlet fishermen celebrate ‘Return of the Reds’ with hope for 2019

    Cook Inlet fishermen are looking forward to their salmon season with high hopes that the sockeye will arrive in better numbers than last year. On June Read More »
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    Why Omega Protein has stirred up a big stink about a small fish

    The disagreement between activists and Omega Protein depends on the answer to a simple question: Are there enough menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico? Omega says Read More »
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    Parish to parish: The latest on what we know a week after Hurricane Ida

    It’s been one week since Hurricane Ida made landfall off the coast of Southeast Louisiana. The past week, residents have been waiting for flood waters to Read More »
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    ‘Tantamount to theft’: WA fishers sound off about government rock lobster intervention

    Fishers have called the state government’s plans to take ownership of a significant chunk of WA’s rock lobster industry everything from the “next WA Inc” to Read More »
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    Opinion: Time for NOAA and Sector IX to strike a deal

    Eighty New Bedford groundfishermen. They’ve had no work now for almost three months. In the end, those are the guys and it is their families who Read More »

  • Why such obduracy at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center?

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  • Rules on striped bass fishing could become tougher

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission announced last week that the female spawning stock biomass for Atlantic striped bass has continued to decline since 2004 and Read More »

  • LDWF Adopts Seafood Certification Program Rule Changes

    Based on feedback from the seafood industry, The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has adopted program rule changes to their Louisiana Wild Seafood Certification Program Read More »

  • House members blast Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan – A real fish killer!

    Five members of Congress (all Democrats) held a news conference in Sacramento this morning to renew their staunch opposition to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan proposed Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for April 7th 2016 Has Arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More »

  • New Brunswick: Brian Gallant vows to expand international lobster markets

    New Brunswick’s Liberal leader is promising to introduce a lobster levy and work to expand international lobster markets if elected later this month. Brian Gallant said Read More »

  • Bids for Icicle Seafood lining up

    The hope from Icicle’s owner Paine and Partners, which recently closed another fund that it intends to focus partly on seafood investments, is for the sale Read More »

  • Listen to The Alaska Fisheries Report

    Coming up on this Thanksgiving week show, 2014 forecasts are out for sockeye in Bristol Bay and pinks in Southeast, small boat fishermen work to expand Read More »

  • ODFW seeks new members for Fishery Permit Review Board

    The permit review board evaluates limited entry permit denials made by ODFW and considers requests for permit transfers for the following commercial fisheries: sea urchin, roe Read More »

  • New Brunswick lobster fishermen brace for more low prices

    CBCNEWS – With just a week to go before lobster traps are set for the spring season in northern New Brunswick, fishermen are bracing for another Read More »
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    Nordic Aquafarms pushes forward with onshore fish farm in Humboldt County

    Humboldt County has given Norway-based seafood company Nordic Aquafarms the green light to move forward,,, “We also expect the discharge draft permit to be sent out Read More »
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    Norway: Red Light For More Offshore Wind Farm Energy Plans

    The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has put an end to plans for a 350mW windfarm off Western Norway’s Møre coast, reversing a decision previously made Read More »

  • British Fishermen ‘offered 25 times a day’s wage to smuggle people into UK’

    British fishermen have disclosed people smugglers have been offering them 25-times a normal day’s pay,  across the Channel. At least one former fisherman was so worried Read More »

  • Storied Tacoma shipyard in foreclosure

    At nearly 90 years old, one of Tacoma’s last major shipyards may be closing down for good next month. J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. faces a foreclosure Read More »
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    UPDATED: Search suspended – Coast Guard, partners search for missing fisherman off Big Island

    Multiple rescue crews are searching for a 32 year-old male who is reported to have fallen overboard late Wednesday. At 4:50 p.m., Wednesday, Sector Honolulu watchstanders Read More »

  • Maryland, Virginia Members Disagree on Atlantic Oil Drilling

    The Obama administration’s recent proposal to lease oil and gas drilling in a swath of the Atlantic Ocean generated the expected mix of cheers and jeers Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, Aug 16, 2015

    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 »

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