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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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  • Ecojustice goes to court to force veterinary college to investigate fish disease complaint

    Ecojustice has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the College of Veterinarians of B.C. “erred in law and jurisdiction” by refusing Read More »
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    What? No Fresh Oregon Crab? Oregon crab fleet remains in port 2 weeks after open of Dungeness season

    The commercial Dungeness crab season, Oregon’s most valuable fishery, opened at 12:01 a.m. on December 16. Two weeks later, the fleet remains tied up in port Read More »

  • A comprehensive article about Massachusetts DMF Industry-Based Survey underway in Gulf of Maine

    Massachusetts received more than $21 million in federal fisheries disaster aid, most of which was distributed to fishermen. But the state kept some for research projects, Read More »

  • Algae Bloom Is Toxic For Washington Crabbers’ Bottom Lines

    Tom Petersen’s 50-foot crab boat sits idly in the Port of Willapa Harbor, a tiny coastal inlet 40 or so miles north of the mouth of Read More »
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    Unalaska gets new pollock plant

    The city of Unalaska has a big new fish processor, but it’s not new to Unalaska Island. The Northern Victor, owned by Icicle Seafoods, is now Read More »
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    Cape Breton snow crab season short but lucrative

    Glen Burns doesn’t bother kicking himself over it too much anymore. “I was never much of a gambler,” said Burns. “You won’t see me at the Read More »
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    Dare County leaders reviving Working Watermen Commission

    A group focused on guiding Dare County leaders about issues surrounding the fishing industry is being revived after laying dormant for almost six years, and will Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescue 2 from sinking fishing vessel near Bodega Bay, Calif.

    Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay received a mayday call at 3:32 p.m. from the 30-foot fishing vessel Yardbird stating the vessel was rapidly taking on water Read More »

  • Zooplankton decline reported in North Atlantic

    The absence of the normal surge of plankton in the spring is a concern because that’s when cod and haddock and many other species produce offspring, Read More »

  • Tignish fisherman continues fight with DFO over crab licence

    Tignish lobster fisherman Henry Doucette says he wants justice — and compensation — for DFO denying him a lucrative career as a snow crab fisherman. Doucette Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman George Mendonsa, whose Times Square kiss became an iconic photo, dies at 95

    George Mendonsa never doubted that he was the sailor in Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous photo from Times Square, when news broke in 1945 that Japan had surrendered Read More »

  • New Bedford launches seafood branding campaign and website

    For generations New Bedford fishermen withstood the elements to do their jobs. Through rain storms they fished. In choppy waters they fished. Against harsh winds they Read More »

  • ‘Wicked Tuna’ – The boys are back – Catch it – Season 3

    The aquatic battle continues with National Geographic Channel’s Season 3 of “Wicked Tuna,” which airs Sunday night at 9. And this season promises to be the Read More »

  • Jane Lubchenco to leave NOAA in Feburary – Jellyfish Jane’s Heady Top Twenty List (to be discected)

    We’ve tackled some big challenges together. Through an emphasis on transparency, integrity, innovation, team work and communication, we have made significant progress on multiple fronts. As Read More »

  • Hawaii fishermen upset at Hawaii monument expansion

    President Barack Obama is to travel to Hawaii this week to mark the new designation of the expanded Papahanaumokuakea Marina National Monument which he signed despite Read More »

  • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to discuss closing Georgetown Hole, other areas, to fishing

    Murrells Inlet seafood dealer Chris Conklin will be sworn as a new member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council at the start of the council’s Read More »

  • The failed swiftboating of US Commerce Inspector General Todd Zinser – Former commerce agents plead guilty to fraud against inspector general’s office

    Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser said Tuesday that the former agents waged a smear campaign against his office while they were under investigation. “In addition Read More »

  • Fisherynation thanks Ray Lamont, Editor, Gloucester Daily Times

    Ray, thank you for keeping this obscene issue in the mainstream in the persuit of justice. October 13, 2012 Why Did My Newspaper Do That? Keeping Read More »

  • Friday Tomfoolery with Sylvia Earle, the woman that would pass on the Pollock but would eat your Poodle!

    So, Sylvia Earle, renowned Biologist, and anti fishing crusader, delivered her remarks to some of the biggest hypocrites in our history, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). Read Read More »
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    Locally caught Dungeness crab on sale, offering Bay Area fishermen some relief

    Last week’s opening of the put fresh, local Dungeness in stores once again and got lots of Bay Area commercial fishermen back out on the ocean. Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Portsmouth, NH January 26 thru 28, 2016

    The New England Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel, 250 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH January 26 thru 28, 2016 . View the Final Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40ft. Holland Crab,Lobster, 410HP, 6 Cylinder Sisu 645B5BM Diesel

    Specifications, and information and 21 photos of the vessel, click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here  12:14 Read More »
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    Lobstermen at state hearing wary of regulations to protect whales

    “Behind the scenes, they all say exactly the same thing,” Horner, the chairman of the local lobster zone council, said at a state hearing on new Read More »

  • New Bone Removing Machine Introduced – The Pinbone Wizard

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks has a new bone removal machine receiving patents. Larry Kozycki invented the Pinbone Wizard in the 1990’s.  But when Kozycki died,,,“The Read More »

  • Oral argument scheduled in salmon lawsuit

    The Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund and United Cook Inlet Drift Association allege that the federal government erred when it removed Cook Inlet salmon management from the Read More »

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