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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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  • Territory dedicates WPFMC funded projects – Fisheries Council welcomed with ava ceremony

    The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council dedicated on Friday and Saturday several projects that were funded by the Read More »

  • Fish farm rejected by Nova Scotia government, risk to wild salmon cited

    The province’s Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Sterling Belliveau, said Fisheries and Oceans Canada expressed concern about the salmon farm’s impact on wild salmon in the Read More »

  • The Esther II: A father’s boat, a son’s heart

    TREMONT –  Back in the 1940s and ‘50s, Charles Orville Trask used to set out from Bass Harbor and head 20 miles offshore to lobster fish and Read More »
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    ‘We don’t leave our friends behind’

    The story is as chilling as it is all too familiar here in America’s oldest fishing village, where for centuries fishermen, in pursuit of the ocean’s Read More »

  • Amended Employment Insurance rules will make it easier for self-employed fishermen to enroll

    Changes to federal rules surrounding employment insurance will soon make it easier for self-employed fishermen to enroll in the program. The amendments will scrap EI fishing Read More »
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    Necropsy on third North Atlantic right whale shows evidence of blunt trauma

    Preliminary findings from the third necropsy of a 33-year-old right whale — named Comet – show evidence which is highly compatible with death due to blunt Read More »
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    Whale conservationist tackles fishing industry

    A whale conservationist with a radical style says he intends to move forward with a “whale safety” initiative petition for 2020 in Massachusetts to ban vertical Read More »

  • NOAA releases $8.3M to Massachusetts for groundfish disaster

    Ed Barrett, a commercial fisherman from Marshfield, thinks the money will help a lot of fishermen missed in the first round of disaster aid released last Read More »

  • My Turn: Support reductions of Chinook salmon bycatch By Gary Ault and Eric Jordan

    Juneau Empire – Alaska’s king salmon are facing troubled times. Returns to state rivers stretching from Cook Inlet to the Yukon have been much lower than Read More »
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    Push to investigate land-based salmon farming option for expanding Tasmanian industry

    Tasmania’s Shooters and Fishers Party is pushing for land-based salmon farming, saying the move would silence the industry’s critics. The party believes with the industry’s projected Read More »

  • Volusia planning artificial reefs a mile from shore

    “You know I have been a big supporter of our artificial reefs program,” Councilwoman Pat Northey said Thursday of the system the county has been rapidly Read More »

  • U.S. Representative Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) this week introduced H.R. 2705, establishing a pilot program on the Stanislaus River to protect native salmon and steelhead fish populations.

    “This pilot program will help us take action to save the threatened native fish and advance our collective knowledge of controlling non-native predator fish in California. Read More »
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    Seafood Expo North America 2019 gets underway in Boston

    It was a weekend of hard work for global seafood product suppliers and processing vendors, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in anticipation of this year’s Seafood Read More »
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    Trump administration backs off Florida drilling proposal

    In the face of vocal bipartisan opposition, the Trump administration said Tuesday it would not allow offshore oil and gas drilling in Florida waters, partially rolling Read More »

  • Can I repossess a boat without a recorded preferred ship mortgage?

    Q: I loaned $62,000 to a boat owner and required him to sign a security agreement in the form of a Preferred Ship Mortgage. The collateral Read More »

  • Lobstermen blockade lobster Beach Point plant

    CBCNews –The blockade went up at the Beach Point plant early in the afternoon. RCMP were on the scene and the protest was peaceful. At least Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 24, 2020

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<12:02 Read More »
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    Facing Dismal Salmon Population Forecast, Fishermen’s Groups Call for Immediate Closure of Season, Request Disaster Assistance

    Facing some of the worst salmon fishery numbers in California’s recorded history, a coalition of sport and commercial fishermen’s groups is calling on state regulators to Read More »

  • Lobster prices rocket on supply downturn

    Lobster prices are at extremely high levels as supply remains low at the summer’s close. Prices are in the mid-$17/lb. range for the price of tails and lobster Read More »

  • NPFMC Ecosystem Committee, February 5, 2012, 8:30 am (Pacific Time)

     Ecosystem Committee DRAFT Agenda updated 1/25/2013  Tuesday, February 5, 2013 8:30am – 12:30pm Benson Hotel, Portland, OR To listen to committee meeting via webex, go to: Read More »
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    NY State, Fishermen Map Out Possible Conflicts At Sea To Help Clear Way For Future Wind Turbines

    Commercial fishermen from throughout the South Fork last week pored over nautical charts showing the broad swaths of ocean south of Long Island being considered for Read More »

  • North Carolina: New commercial fishing fund in Senate budget plan

    RALEIGH — The state Senate has passed a budget bill that includes a new commercial fishing fund proposed by the N.C. Fisheries Association and backed by Read More »

  • Just now – F/V Miss Trish bound from Gloucester

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  • Reminder : Your Webinar is on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST NEFMC SSC Meeting

    Join us on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST Agenda: The New England Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will Read More »
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    A “very black day for Britain” – Yorkshire’s last distant-water fishery has been scuppered

    The failure to land a deal allowing the UK to fish in Norwegian sub-Arctic waters means the crew of the £52m Kirkella, which lands into Hull, Read More »

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