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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 Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 12, 2018

    >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<14:24 Read More »

  • 25 years later, Exxon Valdez spill effects linger

    For a generation of people around the world, the spill was seared into their memories by images of fouled coastline in Prince William Sound, of sea Read More »
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    The Jones Act Drives America’s Finest Into Exile

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  • Chatham still fighting U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for control of fisheries in Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge

    The town is primarily opposed to proposals in the plan that exert federal control over fisheries, in the coastal waters that fall within refuge boundaries, that Read More »
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    Are Spanish trawlers in Cornwall ‘getting landing figures up’ so they can claim link to UK during Brexit talks?

    It could be just a coincidence but the arrival of what are understood to be Spanish trawlers in Cornwall has left some wondering if something fishy Read More »

  • Three from Maine charged with poaching elvers from NJ creek

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    The Fisherman Who Saved Fishtown

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  • Icicle sues Alaska fisherman over $41k in unpaid credit

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  • Georgia waters opening to shrimping June 10

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  • New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Hearing to air proposal to reduce take in scallop fishing

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    P.E.I. lobster fishermen report up and down fall season

    Traps across Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 25 came out of the water Wednesday, Oct. 10, marking the end of a mixed bag of a fall lobster Read More »

  • Man eats 25 crab claws in 17 min. in Keys contest

    Alfredo Munoz of Moses Lake cracked and consumed 25 claws in 17 minutes and 35 seconds during Saturday’s contest that attracted more than 50 competitors at Read More »

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  • Boat crash damages pier, docks at Ventura Harbor

    Multiple docks and a pier at the Ventura Harbor were damaged Wednesday in a boat crash, the Ventura Harbor Patrol said. The patrol received many reports Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Feb 22, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 09:56 Read More »

  • Judge: NMFS Erred in Beluga Whale Estimates, Maybe the 18 Beluga’s waiting for import permit approval would give them a benchmark!

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  • Christie gets it right on off-shore drilling, Virginia’s governor, not so much

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  • Trump official says government won’t stand in the way of removing Klamath dams

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