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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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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Guimond Tuna/Lobster/Charter, Twin Cummins Diesels

    Specifications, information and 15 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:19 Read More »

  • Independent scientists need not apply – NMFS denies SMAST Industry paid RSA Funding

    For almost 20 years now, SMAST has worked diligently alongside our fishermen to improve fishery science. Kevin’s research has earned him their respect, earned them a Read More »

  • Editorial: Massachusetts State budget steps are vital toward credible fish science

    They may deliver just what the doctor ordered to resolve the perpetual core disputes between fishermen and their federal overseers when it comes to carrying out Read More »
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    CARES Act Applications Now Available for Maryland Fishing Industry – Deadline to Apply is Feb. 28, 2021

    The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces that applications remain available through February 28, 2021 for economic relief funds for the commercial seafood industry through the Read More »
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    Kenai Peninsula Borough to ask feds for fishery disaster declaration

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to ask the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to declare a sockeye salmon fisheries failure and economic disaster in the Read More »

  • NT coroner says Austral Fisheries should be prosecuted for fisherman’s death at sea

    The Northern Territory coroner has told an inquest into a fatal electrocution on a prawn trawler that Austral Fisheries should be prosecuted for providing an unsafe Read More »

  • Our View: Fix the big problem with fisheries

    The reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act under consideration by Congress now needs to require better science, more contribution from the industry in Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 26, 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 08:02 Read More »
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    Clearwater Seafoods Welcomes the Anne Risley to its Canadian Clam Fleet

    Clearwater Seafoods welcomes the Anne Risley into its fleet of clam vessels this morning during an official ceremony at Pier 21 in Halifax. This vessel further Read More »
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    Opinion: Reducing whale entanglements

    Oregon’s commercial crabbing industry prides itself on sustainability. Though Dungeness crab has been harvested commercially since the late 1800s, this population is considered to be stable Read More »
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    Interview: “Deadliest Catch” Captain Keith Colburn

    As the phenomenally popular and enduring reality TV series, Deadliest Catch, enters its 16th season on the Discovery Channel, one of the most colorful and hard-driving Read More »

  • 25 Years After Exxon Valdez, BP Was the Hidden Culprit

    Two decades ago I was the investigator for the legal team that sold you the bullshit that a drunken captain was the principal cause of the Read More »

  • Chiropractor/ Vessel Owner Get’s Prison Time for botched scuttling of F/V Alexander II

    Tran was sentenced last week to nearly four years in a federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to destroy a vessel. Tran, Read More »

  • Tootoo urged to promote TPP and billions in seafood exports, briefings show

    Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Hunter Tootoo is being urged by his department in a new briefing documents to help it rebuild its scientific capacity after Read More »
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    Photo of the Day: Splitting the Catch

    Whales in some parts of the world have learned to follow the noise and activity of fishing boats in order to catch any herring near them. When Read More »

  • Baker: Fabian Manning shines a light on an uncomfortable truth

    As recently as last Wednesday, I had compiled what I was only half-jokingly calling a “shrimp tastes like chicken” list. The list was a collection of Read More »

  • How many of these nut’s are running around?!! Is the Louis LaPierre scandal is an isolated incident?

    LaPierre admitted in a statement released last week that he lied when he claimed to have a PhD in ecology from the University of Maine. An investigation by Read More »

  • Canadian firm hopes to save salmon by spiking ocean with fertilizer, but even Greenpeace condemns ‘rogue science’

    Two men stand in a small art gallery in Squamish, B.C., and make their case for a plan to create more fish simply by spiking the Read More »

  • Coast Guard suspends search for missing worker after explosion

    The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended their search for a Texas man who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Read More »

  • Newfoundland and Labrador Economy: Fishing on Solid Ground

    Amidst the recent volatility of oil and mineral production, the fishery has been a steadfast economic driver for Newfoundland and Labrador, particularly in rural areas. Many Read More »

  • Congress Proposes Relaxing Sea Lion Protections

    The Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act, a proposed amendment to the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act, could soon give tribal members and government fishery Read More »

  • Press release from Rep. Paul Tine – opposes H 983 – 2013 Fisheries Economic Development Act

    Representative Tine announced today that he strongly opposes House Bill 983 entitled, 2013 Fisheries Economic Development Act.  “This bill is a thinly-veiled effort by special interests Read More »
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    Coast Guard, NOAA seize illegal shrimp catch

    The Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seized approximately 6,000 pounds of shrimp with an estimated price of $60,000 from the 68-foot fishing vessel Read More »
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    Video: “WE’RE STILL HERE!” Captain brings shrimp boat and crew to safety through big blow in the Gulf of Mexico

    “We might lose her.” Aaron Callais, who is from Galliano, says they were about 10-15 miles off the coast of Grand Isle when the wind and Read More »
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    $4.2 million federal grant seeks to help Louisiana seafood processors recoup COVID losses

    Louisiana will receive a $4.2 million federal grant to help seafood processors recover losses sustained during the ongoing COVID pandemic. It’s part of a $50 million Read More »

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