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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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  • Trump administration steps in on fishing limits, and the implications could ripple

    “The commission is deeply concerned about the near-term impact on our ability to end overfishing on the summer flounder stock as well as the longer-term ability Read More »
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    Brexit fishing breakthrough: Canada’s turbot war with EU sets example for Britain

    A ten-year controversy between Ottawa and Brussels involving overfishing and fishing violations by EU vessels from Spain and Portugal in international waters outside Canada’s 200-mile limit only Read More »

  • Alaska: As Stream Levels Drop, Salmon Die Before Spawning

    Some rainfall over the weekend may have eased a looming crisis for pink salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska. The summer’s fine weather and record salmon runs Read More »

  • Sometimes in fishing, less is more – (hmm)

    Commercial fishermen caught fewer fish last year than in 2011, but may have pocketed more money, data from the state Division of Marine Fisheries shows. The Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 08, 2020

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »

  • Crab fishermen strike for higher price per-pound from Bodega Bay north through Oregon and Washington

    Crabbers from Bodega Bay north through Oregon and Washington to the Canadian border went on strike Wednesday afternoon after wholesale Dungeness crab buyers sought to lower Read More »

  • Catch-and-release tuna fishery catches 20% of N.S. market

    Three years ago, the federal government began allowing catch-and-release bluefin tuna fishing. Canada has a quota of almost 500 tons for bluefin tuna. The recreational fishery Read More »

  • Endangered Species Act gone wild! The ENGO Northern spotted owl in the Coal Mine?, or Nature Prevail’s despite Meddling

    Endangered Species Act gone wild! It’s too bad another species of owl must lose its life in the process: Authorities are proposing to shoot or remove Read More »

  • Upping their groundfish game

    Despite more than thirty years of fishing around Alaska, Kasilof fisherman Rob Nelson had never let out a net hoping to catch pollock before December. But Read More »
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    Coast Guard comes to aid of boat on fire off coast of Trinidad

    A Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and four-member crew were dispatched to an area about 12 miles off the Trinidad coast this morning Read More »

  • OK to Catch More At-Risk Salmon if Monitored, Scientist Says

    A federal decision allowing commercial fishermen to catch five times the usual amount of endangered coho salmon this year should not be a cause for alarm, Read More »
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    ‘Why is there piles of lobsters in the woods?’ – DFO Investigates

    The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating after dozens of piles of dead, dried-up lobsters were found around Weymouth, N.S., last week. Weymouth is in Lobster Read More »

  • Queensland fishers see red over fisheries management green paper

    The Queensland Government has put forward its vision for the future of the state’s fisheries amid industry concerns the most significant reforms in two decades are Read More »

  • Fish panel snubs U.S., Canada limits Gloucester Daily Times

     NOAA’s New England Fishery Management Council Wednesday heaped derision on a joint assessment of yellowtail flounder conducted jointly by U.S. and Canadian scientists, then trashed the Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 3, 2015

    Click here>> Weekly Update for April 3, 2015 as a PDF  17:27 Read More »
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    One Month After Grounding, ‘Pacific Paradise’ Salvage Continues Near Waikiki

    Salvage efforts are on-going for the commercial fishing vessel Pacific Paradise nearly a month after the vessel grounded off Kaimana Beach near Waikiki on Oahu. Over Read More »
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    Is the United States ready for offshore aquaculture?

    Harlon Pearce walks muck-booted past processors gutting wild drum and red snapper to showcase a half-full new 5,000-square-foot (500-square-meter) freezer he hopes will someday house a Read More »

  • International Pacific Halibut Commission weighs 2016 harvest recommendations

    The interim meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission is our first look at the huge volume of data the collects that informs a big decision Read More »

  • Fishermen celebrate after catching ‘drunk monster’ eel

    Adolph Nwarhombi (32) and Go-Back Makhuvele (26) from Makuleke near Malamulele, Limpopo poured 25 litres of traditional beer in the water where they were fishing. They Read More »
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    F/V Eagle III Memorial Fund

    On the night of January 19th the crew on the Eagle III was out crabbing near Charleston, Oregon. They capsized after colliding with the jetty. The Read More »

  • Bully-net lobster fishermen can get new commercial status

    A new Florida commercial lobster license for bully-netters will come with a “Respectful Bully Netting” outreach campaign. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission members on Feb. Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescues 1, searches for 2 from 67-foot F/V Seafarer off Eastern Shore

    PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is responding to a distressed fishing vessel approximately 15 miles east of Assateague Island, Md., Wednesday. Read more UPDATE: Coast Guard temporarily suspends Read More »
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    Our View: Lobster gear changes not yet warranted

    A plan to drastically reduce the amount of fishing line in the waters off Maine has lobstermen up and down the coast worried about their future. Read More »

  • Letter: Fishermen’s aid can’t trump Sandy – Captain PAUL COHAN, F/V Sasquatch Gloucester

    To the editor: While we (fishermen) have been burdened by a callous, vindictive, government agency admittedly bent on the ultimate destruction of the families, economies, and Read More »
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    When memes fail anatomy: The scale of a blue whale’s butthole

    When we saw the memes scoring the size of a blue whale’s anus second to some of the year’s most reviled politicians, our first thought was that it was Read More »

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