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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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  • AK plans to cut salmon bycatch in Bering Sea pollock fishery; Comments wanted

    Federal fish managers are proposing changes to the Bering Sea pollock fishery to better reduce bycatch of Chinook and chum salmon, and they want input from Read More »

  • ONE LAST PUSH! ADD YOUR VOICE TO FISHING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLING FOR PROTECTION OF BRISTOL BAY

    Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishermen are battling a proposal by a Canadian mining company to develop the “Pebble Mine”. If built, this copper and gold mine would Read More »
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    Nova Scotia Lobster Fishermen Fed Up with Mis-Communication By DFO

    Lobster fishermen in Southwestern, Nova Scotia are frustrated and disappointed with the lack of direction, mis-communication, and overall support from Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) regional Read More »

  • Feds charge mining company and executives with criminal pollution in Southwest Alaska

    An Australian-led mining company owned by an offshore corporation and five of its top officials and employees conspired to dump waste from a platinum mine into Read More »

  • New South Wales mock share-auction website crashes!

    ABOUT 90 fishers who took time off to learn how to stay in the changing industry have been left with no help due to a crashing Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman 25 miles off Nantucket

    The Coast Guard medevaced a seriously injured fisherman Saturday from a boat 25 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts. A man aboard the fishing vessel Hera contacted Read More »

  • Final ASMFC hearings for Draft FMP to regulate Jonah crab fishery tonight in New Bedford, tomorrow night in Narragansett

    The public hearings are scheduled for Wednesday night in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Thursday night in Narragansett, Rhode Island.  July 8, 2015 5:00 pm, Fairfield Inn Read More »

  • Caught off-guard by 2010’s sockeye record, processing plants have geared up for a repeat

    VICTORIA — B.C.’s commercial fishing industry has been building capacity to handle this year’s forecast big sockeye run after being caught off guard by the record Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 14, 2015

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 15:22 Read More »

  • Fish and Ocean Grabbing: The Case of Commercial Fisheries

    On April 8, 2009, a story in the New York Times quoted the administrator of NOAA (the federal agency in charge of managing OUR oceans) as Read More »

  • NOAA’s unlawful regulation – Lack of fairness, parity at play in at-sea monitors

    It is sadly ironic that the U.S. government is likely to put the final nail in the coffin of the industry. As this column outlined in Read More »
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    Trial begins to settle $2.8M fishing tourney prize

    It started in the open ocean off Maryland last summer and it’s likely to conclude in a federal courtroom in Baltimore. The battle over $2.8 million Read More »

  • Stock Island Fishermen bank on stone crab to salvage season

    Commercial trap fishermen are banking on a healthy stone crab season to help cover losses from a shaky start to spiny lobster season that was more Read More »

  • 1 man rescued as Coast Guard Searches for Missing Waterman off Tangier Island

    The Coast Guard says one waterman is still missing after a boat went down with two people on board. The Coast Guard says a distress signal Read More »

  • New Critical Turtle Habitat in Place, Somone should tell the Turtles! “We’re in a natural lull”

    MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests on the South Carolina coast is down sharply this year but apparently there is no Read More »

  • Science. Lots of science.

    Scientists stress need for national marine biodiversity observation network continued Early Warning Signs of Population Collapse continued Goosefish Capture Small Puffins Over Deep Water of Northwest Read More »

  • Illegal Filming of Illegal Fishing – Evidence Leads to Bust!

    The owners and an associate of an outdoor film company, Montana Wild, were issued 38 state citations and 11 federal citations, resulting in $5, 950 in Read More »

  • Divers seek lost crab pots in Washington waters

    Recreational and commercial crabbing in Washington’s inland waters is a popular pastime and an important seafood industry. But thousands of crab pots are lost every year, Read More »

  • Hawaii’s longline fleet dodges hurricanes – Can they survive the Enviro Tsunami?

    Bigeye tuna caught by Hawaii’s longline industry is in short supply right now as the fleet dodges Hurricane Ignacio and Hurricane Jimena. Some longline vessels that Read More »

  • F/V Bill B II Runs Aground off Martha’s Vineyard, Coast Guard helicopter crew safely hoisted the fishermen

    BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews rescued two fishermen from a grounded vessel near Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., Thursday at approximately 6 a.m. Watchstanders from Sector Southeastern New England received notification, via VFH channel 16 Read More »

  • Season was ‘all over the board,’ says P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association as unsettled spring lobster fishery closes – video

    P.E.I.’s spring lobster fishery closed Monday and many fishermen hauled their traps to put another unsettling year behind them.,, Some fishermen say the Island needs more Read More »

  • Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Annapolis, MD: December 9-12, 2013

    The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s December meeting in Annapolis, Maryland. December 9-12, 2013 Westin Annapolis Hotel 100 Westgate Circle Annapolis, Read More »

  • Cheap at sea, pricey on the plate: The voodoo of lobster economics

    To the best of my recollection, Larry the Lobster showed up in one of Lloyd Robicheau’s traps some time between dawn and 8 a.m. on a Read More »

  • Northeast Groundfish Vessel Landings Up, Revenues Top $330 Million in Fishing Year 2011- Northeast Fisheries Science Center

    Landings, gross revenues, and  net revenues per vessel reached three-year highs for Northeast groundfish  vessels during the fishing year that ended in April 2012! Read More Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fishermen’s Association seeks more members, better payouts

    The name isn’t the only thing changing for the group formerly called the Alaska Independent Fishermen’s Marketing Association. Now dubbed the Bristol Bay Fishermen’s Association, the Read More »

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