Massachusetts Division of Fisheries

Tag Archives: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries

Discard Mortality: What happens when a fisherman tosses a fish back overboard? It’s not a frivolous question.

December 26, 2015 Marine Science, New England

What happens when a fisherman tosses a fish back overboard? It’s not a frivolous question. The government bases catch quotas and other rules in part on the mortality of tossed fish, and there isn’t always accurate data available about how many fish survive the fling. Now, a group of New England scientists says it’s finding that a surprisingly high percentage of the lucky fish might live to swim another day. Read the article here 08:44

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
April 2024

M T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30

« Mar

April 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

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

Recent Posts
- Oprah debuts new online store with Maine lobster
  
  Up your game Amazon. There’s a new online shopping destination that’s Oprah approved. The O store, launched by the Oprah Winfrey Network last week, provides online access to Read More »
- Fishermen slap down Sturgeon over EU crusade and say she’s ignoring Brexit’s GRAND PRIZE
  
  Ms Sturgeon and her SNP party have consistently warned leaving the EU would be devastating for Scotland’s fishing industry, with “thousands” of jobs at risk. However, Read More »
- Recreational, commercial shrimp season closes in state waters
  
  Georgia’s commercial and recreational food shrimp season closed on Thursday, Jan. 18, and will open again in May. This season saw 184 licensed shrimp trawlers in Read More »
- Last Man Standing: A Man and the River
  
  Slicing across the tranquil Tennessee River, Leon Bivens looked across the dark blue expanse ahead — at the lights of the factories reflecting off the water and Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 86.7′ Steel Stern Trawler, CAT 3508, Lister-30 KW Genset, Price Reduced!
  
  Specifications, information and 26 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 16:52 Read More »
- Wind Industry Should be Prosecuted for Fraud
  
  The claim that wind farms are environmentally friendly is a joke, since millions of endangered bird species have been killed by the turbines themselves. Marine life, Read More »
- 7 charged with smuggling endangered fish bladders to China; hundreds seized at US border
  
  SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in San Diego say seven people have been charged in a scheme to sell the bladders of an endangered Mexican fish Read More »
- School Principle bans seafood from lunches because one student has a seafood allergy! BRILLIANT!
  
  One of the largest elementary schools on P.E.I. has banned seafood from students’ lunches because a student has a life-threatening allergy. Parents at Stratford Elementary received Read More »
- More fluke could be coming for Connecticut fishermen
  
  Last week, the MAFMC and the ASMFC increased the annual coastwide commercial quota for summer flounder for 2019-21 to 11.53 million pounds. While states will continue Read More »
- A little story about my day at sea yesterday
  
  So we leave to go fishing at 0330 with an observer that the government forces us to take. Now the young man is a likable enough Read More »
- Georgia: Impacts of Coronavirus pandemic on selling shrimp
  
  It’s been three months since the start of shrimp season. Back in June, a McIntosh County shrimp boat captain said his first catch could have been Read More »
- Never Ever Start a Trip on a Friday! – Friday the 13th – Supersitions at Sea – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch
  
  Friday is the worst day to set out to sea, while Sunday is best. A life of danger and uncertainty has seafarers observing a strict set of Read More »
- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today declared a commercial fishery failure – We know what that mean’s. Nothing!
  
  “We understand the economic significance this historic oyster fishery has for fishermen and related businesses in the panhandle of Florida,” said Secretary Pritzker. more@wctv Read More »
- Maine: Lobster license squatting
  
  Maine has a fairly complicated system for limiting entry into the lucrative lobster fishing industry. As presently constructed, some would-be fishermen might wait a decade or Read More »
- Tests show progress toward lifting of Dungeness closure
  
  Sport-crabbers could be back on South Coast bays in less than two weeks, and the state’s commercial crabbing fleet is eyeing a Dec. 15 opener after Read More »
- Naknek-Kvichak fishermen eagerly await the 16 million sockeye run to show
  
  With just 100,000 sockeye counted as harvest, and 65,000 counted as escapement, skippers and crew play the waiting game in Bristol Bay’s largest fishing district. The Naknek-Kvichak Read More »
- New England fishing industry blames government limits for downfall – They’re right, but citizens don’t “get it” in Knoxville!
  
  As fishermen are sidelined, taking their boats out of service for lack of work, New England’s marine industry that repairs, stores and cleans boats is next Read More »
- Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 11, 2021
  
  Messages to the fleet, – Hey Pooh Bear. Did your satin pillowcase arrive OK? Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve checked in. You know that Read More »
- Vessel Incidental Discharge Act awaits action – If you wash your deck or pump a bildge, it affects you.
  
  Commercial fishermen like Bradley Styron, owner and operator of Quality Seafood of Cedar Island, wash their decks and pump out their bilge water on a regular Read More »
- Marine Piping: It’s Not Rocket Science
  
  The maritime industry, over time, has been unusually resistant to change in many aspects of how it operates. Arguably, the ‘biggest’ advances on the water spanning Read More »
- U.S. Coast Guard to honor Jonesport teen who drowned saving father in 1972
  
  JONESPORT, Maine — It’s been more than 40 years since Alvin Beal drowned on Oct. 17, 1972, at the age of 17 while rescuing his father Read More »
- Californians urge Gov Newsom pause in Delta Tunnel planning during Coronavirus crisis
  
  The state of California is continuing ahead with plans for the Delta Tunnel, a project to divert more water from Northern California for San Joaquin Valley Read More »
- Lobster fishermen hope to cut costs with shipping containers
  
  If Joe Boudreau gets his way, the only hand that touches a lobster before it reaches a customer in Asia, Europe or United States will be Read More »
- The Top 5 Challenges Facing the New NOAA Administrator
  
  The Senate confirmed the appointment of Dr. Kathryn Sullivan to be the new administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She replaces Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Read More »
- Scientists to investigate coral crisis on Kauai’s north shore
  
  “The disease is a tissue-loss disease,” said USGS Wildlife Disease Specialist Thierry Work. “If you look at these corals, they are losing tissues and we think Read More »