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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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  • North Pacific Fishery Management Council, NOAA/NMFS push controversial halibut catch sharing plan – public comments extended

    A revised version of the controversial halibut catch sharing plan is once again back up for federal review.  “The fact that the CSP offers to rent Read More »

  • Gulf of Maine Shrimp counting to help track egg hatch

    While data from this limited sampling project won’t help estimate current stock abundance as do the more comprehensive surveys conducted annually by the National Marine Fisheries Read More »

  • Chris McCaffity – SAFMC Regulatory Amendment 14 Public Comments

    I am Chris McCaffity, a commercial fisherman who has been offering simple solutions that would almost eliminate the MILLION+ pounds of dead regulatory discards currently being Read More »

  • Indigenous, commercial lobster fishermen clash in Digby County

    The Sipekne’katik Band is accusing southwestern Nova Scotia lobster fishermen of throwing native fishing rights overboard. “There has been protesting and people are interfering with my Read More »

  • N.C. seafood tonnage down again, but values increase in 2013

    For the third year in a row, commercial tonnage of seafood was down in 2013, partially due to shoaling at Oregon Inlet, while dockside values were Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Fiberglass Lobster/Longliner 575HP John Deere

    Specifications, information and 25 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:06 Read More »

  • US downgrades Thailand to lowest ranking in human trafficking index for ‘systematic failure’ to prosecute slavers

    In January this year the Thai embassy in Washington signed a $400,000-plus deal with leading US law firm Holland & Knight. The money was for lobbying Read More »

  • Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee announces steps to protect lakes from carp

    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Authorities plan stepped-up monitoring and commercial fishing operations in the continuing effort to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. Read Read More »

  • Federal double standard on endangered species laws?

    The federal government is not shy about prosecuting those who violate threatened and endangered species laws. But under a new Obama administration policy, wind farm operators Read More »

  • Lot’s of “green” hyperbole here. – The Environmental Promise of Open Ocean Fish Farms

    These are not the crowded, close-to-shore pens where fish are trapped like caged chickens, requiring doses of antibiotics that leak, along with the concentrated wastes, into Read More »

  • Were you living in Unalaska in the 70s or 80s? This guy wants to talk to you!

    Were you living in Unalaska in the 70s or 80s? If so, Christian Skovly is looking for you. The Californian wants to make a book of stories of Read More »

  • Gulf fish counts to be examined – senators want the GAO to settle the dispute.

    WASHINGTON — Congress’ investigative arm has decided to act on a request from a bipartisan group of senators and will review how the federal government calculates Read More »
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    2019 PWS salmon harvest worth nearly $115 M, Statewide, 206.9 million fish brought in $657.6 M

    Preliminary harvest figures compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game put the value of the statewide commercial catch of 206.9 million salmon at $657.6 Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 31, 2020

    It’s the final Bristol Bay Fisheries Report of the season! A few stories about community on our last evening together. The bay smashed expectations this season Read More »
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    Maine Men Sentenced for Illegally Trafficking American Eels

    Today, William Sheldon was sentenced in federal district court in Portland, Maine, to six months in prison followed by three years supervised release for trafficking juvenile Read More »
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    Commercial fishing sails into final chapter

    The final nail in the coffin? According to the news, the traditional mom-and-pop style operations would move out of the Great Lakes for good, and leave Read More »
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    Maine: Scallop fishermen near end of season

    The Maine scallop fishing season opened during the first week of December and now, with two weeks or less remaining, reports on how good a season Read More »
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    Catches, quotas and communities: the key fisheries issues at stake

    Only a few hours after accession talks had begun on 30 June 1970, the UK government was told that a common fisheries policy had been agreed Read More »

  • This blueberry-cured red salmon captures the best of Alaska’s wild bounty

    When I first mentioned to some Alaska friends that I was heading to Cordova for the first time, the oohs and ahhs were unanimous. “It’s a Read More »

  • Southerland Introduces MAST Act To St. Andrews – Video

    Local recreational and commercial fishermen say they’re losing out on fun and profit because of so many regulations. US Representative Steve Southerland from Panama City says Read More »

  • National Research Council’s Fisheries report boosts both sides

    “As we continue to digest the report, we are very pleased to see a variety of third-party findings that mirror what our organization and our fishermen Read More »

  • Starving the fleet – (No word on when dairy farmers will have to begin paying for the inspectors who examine their barns.)

    Federal fishing regulators and environmentalists seem to think the best approach to conservation is simply to nickel-and-dime the local fishing fleet out of existence. It’s a Read More »
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    Head-turning new scallop boat Viking Power arrives in New Bedford

    Among the half-dozen people who gathered on the Fairhaven Bridge at 9 a.m. to watch the scallop vessel come into port were friends of Captain Marty Read More »
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    Coast Guard concluded search for missing man near St. Helena Sound

    The Coast Guard concluded the search Thursday evening for a man who went missing after his fishing vessel capsized, Wednesday. The man has been identified as Read More »

  • Commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay hauled in another 53-thousand sockeye on Wednesday to push the season total to above 15.5-million fish.

    The District leading all others in harvest this season is the Naknek-Kvichak District where fishermen hauled in another 24-thosuand sockeye on Wednesday, [email protected] Read More »

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