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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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    Coast Guard rescues 3 fishermen near St. Simons Island

    The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen Thursday after their vessel began taking on water near St. Simons Island, Georgia. Coast Guard Sector Charleston Command Center watch standers received Read More »

  • Brier Island fisherman Jesse Tudor shows off 17-pound lobster

    Jesse Tudor says he’s been looking for a big catch and finally got it on March 27. “We thought, ‘Finally we got a big one,’ because Read More »
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    Restrictions lifted on beleaguered North Bay Dungeness crab fleet

    The restrictions were imposed earlier this season to reduce the risk of marine animals becoming entangled in gear. Beginning this weekend, commercial crabbers south of Mendocino Read More »

  • Fishermen prove good at predicting fish stock levels

    Fishermen are just as good as scientists at predicting the level of commercial fish stocks, according to startling new research. A comparison of skippers’ knowledge and Read More »

  • Federal officials plan to track every fish and crustacean shipped to U.S. ports

    Before any seafood enters the U.S. market, officials said, it must contain information that federal, state and local officials currently do not ask for: its origin, Read More »

  • Fisherman arrested after reportedly trying to ram fishing vessels with his fishing vessel near Sitka

    A Klawock man faces a slew of charges, including boating under the influence, after Alaska State Troopers say he ran his fishing vessel over other vessels’ deployed gear Read More »

  • How Trade and Sanctions Made This Russian Fisherman a Billionaire

    Peering into the mid-morning darkness from his sixth-floor office on Russia’s Kola Bay, Vitaly Orlov strains to see the new factory he’s just built across the Read More »
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    Fishery Disaster Assistance: Aid can take years to come through

    The designation is supposed to unlock funds to help the communities impacted by those fisheries failures, including communities around Cook Inlet. But it can take years Read More »

  • Hyde-Smith, Cotton & Scott Introduce Bill to Ban Chinese Seafood Imports

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in introducing legislation to ban U.S. imports Read More »
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    Maine is running out of lobster bait. Is salmon the answer?

    Genevieve McDonald fishes out of Maine’s largest lobster port aboard the F/V Hello Darlings II. Last November, she became Maine’s first female commercial fisherman (“fisherman” and Read More »
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    Hawaii fishermen on the hook for high costs as seafood prices continue to rise

    You may be seeing trouble when you pull out your wallet to pay for fish and seafood, but it’s the fishing industry that’s threatened right now. Read More »
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    Deepwater Wind Farm Representatives Face Blowback

    As a deadline looms for the submission of applications to federal and state agencies, Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island company seeking to construct a 15-turbine wind Read More »
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    Plymouth-based Manomet Inc. tests hard-shell clams for replenishing Gulf of Maine fisheries

    When Maine’s shellfish farmers had questions, they turned to Manomet Inc. for answers. The environmental science organization in Plymouth is helping the industry find solutions to Read More »
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    Dungeness crab fishery to close early after slow start

    The commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will close early this summer because the start of the season has been so slow. In recent years, Read More »

  • Another know nothing about fishing Chef calls for stronger MSA.

    A Forum by JIM HUTCHINSON Jr.: Saltwater anglers need reasonable regulations. In a Forum published on Sunday, Chef Rob Stinson urged Mississippi’s congressional representatives to lead Read More »

  • N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission offers webcast of meeting – informal question and answer session at 6 p.m. tonight

    This week’s meeting of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will be in Raleigh, but you won’t have to hit the road to follow the board’s discussions Read More »
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    Five B.C. First Nations say salmon decision shows systemic racism at DFO

    The five Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations are upset that Ottawa decided to give a surplus allocation of salmon — which arose this year due to reduced recreational Read More »

  • Nature Notes: Maryland seafood

    ONE OF THE PERKS of living in Maryland is having fresh seafood available throughout the year. The Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic coast are noted for blue Read More »
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    Shrimper Steve, the Spot Prawn King

    Before the mid-2000s, when the first Spot Prawn Festival took place in Vancouver and The 100-Mile Diet was published, nearly all of B.C.’s spot prawns were sent Read More »
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    Port Lincoln welcomes Tuna Poler

    More than 350 people gathered on the Port Lincoln foreshore on Sunday morning to see the unveiling of a long-awaited sculpture paying tribute to Port Lincoln’s Read More »

  • Unfavourable forecasts continue to keep P.E.I. lobster boats off water

    Wednesday was supposed to be trap setting day for the fall fishery, which operates in the Northumberland Strait along the south coast from North Cape to Read More »

  • NOAA regional office eyes 5-year priorities (I say Layoffs should be priority #1!)

    The draft of a five-year strategic plan developed by NOAA’s Gloucester-based Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office is short on specifics and long — very long — Read More »

  • Dr. Molly Lutcavage – Environmental Bullies: How Conservation Ideologues Attack Scientists Who Don’t Agree With Them.

    In science, there’s always disagreement among experts and well-respected, conscientious non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on tough questions. We are used to that. And we work things Read More »

  • Haddock research could lead to increased opportunities – “What we’re seeing on the south coast of Newfoundland is so interesting.

    Thanks in large part to acoustic surveys conducted in 3Ps in 2012 and 2013 — by the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research of the Fisheries (CFER) of Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 64’x19′ Fiberglass Longliner, Price Reduced!

    To review specifications, information, with 15 photos, >click here< , To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:47 Read More »

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