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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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  • SMAST founding dean, chancellor medal recipient Brian Rothschild, reflects on state of fisheries science

    Dr. Brian Rothschild already had a stellar career in fisheries and marine science when he came to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 20 years ago to Read More »

  • Reuters Special Report: Experimental climate fixes stir hopes, fears, lawyers – Bring On the CALCIUM!

    Last year the Haida, an indigenous group in Canada, set out to increase their salmon stocks and save the planet. Helped by American businessman Russ George, Read More »

  • Fishing technique known as trawling can sometimes be productive

    High-intensity raking of the seabed, called trawling, is a very effective fishing method that can inflict significant collateral damage on sea life. However, it can sometimes Read More »

  • Vineyard Power vying for offshore wind farm

    This June, the state will solicit bids seeking offshore wind farms to produce 400 megawatts of electricity. It’s the first of four phases of what state Read More »
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    Fishermen greatly affected by announced marine refuges, union says

    The Hawke Channel (off the southeast coast of Labrador) and Funk Island Deep (off the northeast coast of the island) marine refuges will be closed to Read More »

  • Nearly 700 lobster traps damaged in Norwell brush fire

    A Norwell lobsterman lost hundreds of traps and other equipment Sunday in what one fire officials called a “freak” brush fire. Norwell Fire Capt. Jeff Simpson Read More »
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    From North Carolina Fisheries Association – WE NEED INFO ON HURRICANE FLORENCE FISHING INDUSTRY DAMAGES!!!

    We need as much information on damages the commercial fishing industry has sustained as a result of Hurricane Florence! We know there will be huge losses Read More »
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    Boatbuilders riding wave of demand from lobster industry and other fisheries flourishes

    The lobster industry is booming and with it, its boatbuilding counterpart. While it is hard to predict the ebbs and flows of lobster stocks, current numbers Read More »

  • The impact of the New England Fisherman in Crisis hits Charley Baker, In Mass Governor race, hard

    Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker answered questions about when they had last cried. Right away Baker got emotional, describing what a fisherman told him about his Read More »

  • Federal models for saving the species have proved faulty as Feds scramble to avoid another mass salmon die-off in the Sacramento River

    Larry Collins, a commercial fisherman operating out of Pier 45 in San Francisco, said that in the fight over water, the fishing industry – and wild Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman James Wallace “JW” Cicchitti, 33, of Cape May has passed away

    James Wallace “JW”Cicchitti , – 33, of Cape May passed away on December 20, 2019. JW truly was a “jack of all trades” but his true Read More »

  • Slave-labor shrimp report spurs calls for boycott of U.S. supermarkets, restaurants

    “All of us may find ourselves eating a slave-made product without knowing it, but once we know it, we all have a moral obligation, I believe, Read More »

  • Fox News Reporting: Behind Obama’s Green Agenda Sunday, October 7 at 9 p.m. ET

    Hosted by Bret Baier A Fox News investigation exposes rogue regulators at the EPA and a United  Nations-inspired ‘sustainability’ program that some say aims to dismantle  Read More »

  • Coast Guard conducts medevac of Injured Fisherman near Cold Bay, Alaska

    KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 23-year-old man with an injured hand from 120-foot crab fishing vessel approximately 75 miles north of Cold Bay, Thursday. Coast Read More »
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    Houston Ship Channel Reopens After 7-hour Closure to raise F/V Pappy’s Pride

    The Houston Ship Channel reopened on Tuesday morning after a seven-hour closure to raise a fishing vessel that sank in mid-January near the waterway’s entrance in Read More »
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    This Fishing Life – Six-part documentary gave viewers insight of the struggles facing the Cornish fishing industry

    These are the faces of a new BBC Two documentary giving viewers an unprecedented look into the Cornish fishing industry. Cornwall: This Fishing Life was a Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Fiberglass Longliner, Cummins 855TA, 40 KW Genset, Fed Permits available

    Specifications, information and 35 photo’s >click here< Swordfish Directed, Shark Directed, Atlantic Tuna Longline available for an additional cost. To see all the boats in this Read More »

  • Flounder Fishery Management Plan draws fire at NC Marine Fisheries Commission hearing

     Fishermen, recreational and commercial, along with environmentalists, scientists, seafood dealers and others spoke both for and against a proposed southern flounder supplement Wednesday. Around 160 people signed Read More »

  • “The priority is the safety of the men,” Lobster season delayed in Halifax-Digby zones

    The start of the lobster season has been postponed in two Nova Scotia zones because of bad weather. It was originally supposed to start Monday. [email protected] 11:24 Read More »
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    Quake-struck communities still cut off

    Some quake-stricken settlements along the closed section of State Highway 1 are beginning their third day without water, power or a route out. Ward, with a Read More »
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    Father-daughter fishing tradition thrives with solid sockeye run on the Fraser

    Each summer since she was four years old, Kirsten Jantunen has cherished days on the boat with her dad Roy, 55, helping work on the net, Read More »

  • New manual outlines steps for fishermen, communities to take in crisis

    The concept first began to crystallize in Angela Sanfilippo’s mind about four years ago, when the president of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association realized she needed Read More »

  • El Niño pushes California calamari landings down

    After several years of bounty, California’s commercial landings of market squid — the species better known to hungry diners as calamari — are down by about Read More »

  • Gladiator: Swordfish Life Cycle

    As a fishery biologist working aboard commercial fishing vessels back in the 1990s, I can still remember the first broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius) I saw captured Read More »

  • Washington State Commercial and Sport fishermen demand transparency in setting salmon seasons

    Commercial and sport fishermen are demanding change when it comes to the annual process that determines who gets to fish how much salmon and when. It’s called Read More »

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