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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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    FISH-NL’s warnings of rising unrest play out, crab harvesters hold protest fishery off Port aux Choix

    Predictions by the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) of rising unrest in the province’s fishing industry are playing out as inshore Read More »

  • Carbon Emissions Threaten The Fishing Industry By Shrinking Fish Sizes

    Check the links. Its a Pew Allstar Cast! Plenty of those Oldie but Goody’s. A team of researchers projecting carbon emissions into the future has determined that Read More »
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    DEEP fires employee whose guns were seized after he was accused of threatening coworkers

    Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said Saturday it has dismissed John Hirschfeld, a 25-year employee who was suspended earlier this summer after the agency said Read More »

  • Dwayne Samson to be sentenced in ‘murder for lobster’ death of Philip Boudreau

    Two days in Supreme Court in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., have been set aside for the sentencing hearing of Dwayne Samson, the captain of the Twin Maggies, Read More »

  • N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries: Dealers will no longer need permit for pound-netted flounder

    The state’s marine fisheries division has rescinded a regulation requiring seafood dealers to hold a special permit to buy flounder from pound net fishermen and to Read More »

  • News from the Deckboss

    A hundred bucks a hide!,   Lots of news, plus the Dutch Harbor report, today on The Brig,   The new list of IPHC nominees is out By Read More »

  • ‘Simply catastrophic’: California salmon season to be restricted or shut down — again

    California’s fishing industry is bracing for another bad year as federal managers Monday announced plans to heavily restrict or prohibit salmon fishing again, after cancelling the Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Young Bros. (Slippery 38) Lobster Boat, 6 Cylinder Cummins 6BTA Diesel

    Specifications, information and 11 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:25 Read More »
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    S.C. Lawmakers set aside $3.2M for projects. Where the money’s going? Some to Port Royal’s shrimp docks

    A handful of local projects will see at least $3.2 million in state tax dollars, thanks to money earmarked by Beaufort County legislators in the state Read More »

  • Greenland and the EU – Fishing, it’s not just an industry, it’s our lifeblood

    “Growth and welfare – scenarios for the development of Greenland” seminar in Brussels – In the following, I will therefore concentrate on the subject that I Read More »

  • First Nations woman wins discrimination battle over fishing captain licence

    The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that a Nova Scotia aboriginal community discriminated against a female member by denying her work in the local fishing Read More »

  • How oil damages fish hearts: Five years of research since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Scientists with the Ecotoxicology Program at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle have been working to understand those effects. “Along with our research partners,” said Read More »
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    Chasing Demons: 75 Years On, D-Day Haunts, Drives Its Vets

    They are back, some for the first time since war stole their innocence 75 years ago on Normandy’s D-Day beaches. They are back on battlefields where Read More »

  • Marine power company’s decade-long project culminates with energy savings system launch

    The major selling point? The system — using software developed by Nasa scientists — eliminates the need for the auxiliary engine — the one used to Read More »
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    Crew of lost crabbing vessel declared legally dead

    The six men lost when their crabbing boat sank on a cold morning in the Bering Sea last month were declared legally dead at an unusual court Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, August 3

    The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, August 3 includes an update on the effort to certify Alaska’s salmon fisheries as sustainable under the MSC label. The Read More »
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    Ocracoke’s Two Blanches

    Blanche Howard Joliff was a young teenager when her father, Stacy Howard, decided in 1934 that he needed another boat. He commissioned a master boatbuilder, Tom Read More »
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    Georgia extends shrimp trawling season until Jan. 15, announce the opening of commercial harvest of jellyfish

    The state has extended the food shrimp harvest season 15 days until Jan. 15 and announced the opening of the season for the commercial harvest of Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40’x15′ North Shore Lobster Boat, 450HP, Cummins QSL9 Diesel

    To review specifications, information, and 6 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 10:15 Read More »
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    King crabs invade UK waters threatening native species

    Invasive king crabs have made their way to British shores, sparking fears that local brown crab and scallop populations could be decimated. This week, fishers in Read More »
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    Maine Lobstermen’s Association to replace longtime leader

    The largest commercial fishing industry group on the East Coast will elect a new leader this Friday for the first time in 27 yearsa Cutler fisherman, Read More »

  • The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is in session in Newark, DE Jun 13-16 2016

    The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s April meeting to be held at the Courtyard Marriott Newark Montauk Yacht Club, 400 David Hollowell Dr Newark, Read More »

  • Baker | Will rule change spark boat-building boom? Bigger Boats – Rapidly changing fishery

    This week on The Fisheries Broadcast we revealed a little tidbit of news that could have some big implications for both the fishery and the boat Read More »
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    In America’s largest salmon fishery, preparations begin for coronavirus prevention ahead of the season

    Around Bristol Bay, community leaders, health facilities and local entities are working to coordinate their preparations for the coronavirus. Thousands of fishermen, processors, and cannery workers Read More »

  • All hands on deck for Alaska plan to solve marine worker shortage

    With our massive land endowment and bragging rights as the largest state in the nation, it’s easy to lose sight of an important fact – Alaska Read More »

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