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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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  • Maui Wildfire Photos And Updates, Lahaina And Kula

    The number of people killed in the Maui wildfires increased to 93 on Saturday, with two of them identified, according to an update from Maui County. Read More »

  • N.S. activist: Shell cleanup plan includes toxic product

    Shell Canada’s cleanup plan in case of a major oil spill off the coast of Nova Scotia could end up making the problem worse, a Shelburne Read More »
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    Fishermen post shocking video footage of ‘intolerable’ behaviour

    Fishermen have described the conduct of Spanish gill-netters to the northwest of Shetland as “intolerable” after video footage was posted on social media showing a Spanish Read More »

  • Baltic clams and worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 dairy cows

    Scientists have shown that ocean clams and worms are releasing a significant amount of potentially harmful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. The team, from Cardiff University Read More »

  • DRIVE TO DRILL: The growing resistance to Atlantic oil and gas drilling

    (The third in a three-part series. To read the first, “Energy lobbyists behind governors’ crusade for Atlantic drilling,” click here. To read the second, “Gov. McCrory Read More »

  • 2 Alaska fisheries council representatives disqualified from voting on halibut bycatch

    In a move that throws a curveball into the volatile halibut bycatch issue, two Alaska representatives have been disqualified from voting when the matter comes before Read More »

  • Should Japan Hang up the Harpoons? The author refers to them as a sort of “Buddha-of-the-deep”

    Few environmental conflicts are as fraught and intractable as whaling. Frank Zelko is an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont and the Read More »

  • Discovery Channel’s ‘Lobstermen’ Star Captain Tim Handrigan Delivers Live, Fresh Lobsters to Doorsteps Nationwide

    For over 30 years, Legendary New England Lobsterman Tim Handrigan of Discovery Channel’s “Lobstermen” series has been catching Live Maine Lobsters in the deep icy waters of the Read More »

  • Well Preserved

    In 1979, Bumble Bee Seafoods divested some of its properties on the Lower Columbia River. Nine fishermen purchased seven acres in Clifton from the seafood company. Read More »

  • UPDATE: Coast Guard continues to search for missing fisherman south of Montauk, NY

    The Coast Guard and local fishing community continue to search for a 55-year-old man who went missing from a fishing vessel 25 miles south of Montauk, Read More »

  • Ocean Acidification Is an Imminent Threat for Alaska Fishing Communities

    Keeping Alaska’s fisheries wild and sustainable is going to be a serious challenge in the years ahead as our oceans become more acidic, and that in Read More »

  • The Provincetown fishing fleet has had its share of tragedy, Carol Green has formed a committee to raise money for a permanent memorial in Provincetown

    “You wake up, and your life is forever changed,” said Provincetown resident Joan Cordeiro, whose husband, Ernest, died on the Patricia Marie. “They’re gone, and you Read More »

  • NMFS names 10 groups to develop the $20.8 million disaster relief plans

    Earlier this year, Congress appropriated $75 million for those disasters and others throughout the country. Since February, the federal fishery managers have been working with the Read More »
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    Federal Court rules on the side of fishermen on Class B licence policy

    At the end of December, the Federal Court of Canada ruled a judicial review of the decision prohibiting the sale of a Class B licence, in Read More »
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    Long Island: Wind farm meetings scheduled – Politicians and fishermen have doubts about visibility and impediments to fishing

    New York State on Monday will hold a public meeting in Southampton to discuss its blueprint for wind energy and the recently released federal government call Read More »
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    GoodMorningGloucester: Tremendous Turnout for Faye Passanisi’s ‘Port Bliss’ Book Launch Celebration!

    Congratulations to Faye Passanisi for her wildly successful book launch celebration for Port Bliss. The first time author’s party was held in Gloucester at the lovely Read More »

  • Senior NOAA appointee calls for retraction of paper on illegal fishing

    A top US official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, has called for the retraction of a Read More »
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    Canadian Coast Guard knocks down Hardy Bay boat fire

    The Canadian Coast Guard stopped a blaze from ravaging a small fishing boat in Hardy Bay. According to Brian Salisbury with Marine Search and Rescue, the Read More »
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    Maine Lobstering Union that’s suing its former CEO, hires a new management team

    A lobster fishing cooperative that is suing its former CEO in federal court has hired two people to round out its new management team. Lobster 207 Read More »
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    #ShowUsTheRope – Blamed for Right Whale Entanglements, Lobstermen say Show us the rope!

    Snow Cone has triggered an outcry of frustration from fishermen, who say they’re being unfairly blamed for the decline of the critically endangered species. On Wednesday, Read More »

  • What? You don’t have a DSPA 5 on board??

    This photo was taken by Alaska fisherman Steve Mentele. When he’s not fishing, he is a sales rep in the North West for AFG Flameguard USA Read More »

  • 2 commercial fishermen accused of robbing stone-crab traps

    State wildlife officers nabbed two suspected stone-crab trap robbers Friday afternoon near Ballast Key with the help of some eyes in the sky. Both men are Read More »
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    Maine’s lobstermen willing to work with feds to protect whales

    The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is one of the key stakeholders in an effort to better protect the North Atlantic right whales,,, A federal plan that’s being Read More »

  • 3 saved after clam boat F/V Miss Laurie catches fire on Housatonic – F/V Red Witch and others rush to the flame engulfed vessel

    Kevin Jones-Santiago and the rest of the crew aboard the Red Witch were busy sorting clams for market in the Housatonic River on Saturday afternoon when Read More »
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    California Crabbers Could Feel the Pain, State Reaches Tentative Agreement With Enviro Group Over Whale Entanglement

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity have tentatively agreed to settle an ongoing lawsuit, which claims that the state’s Read More »

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