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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

• Recent Posts

  • Rhode Island Fishermen Arrested for Illegal Striped Bass Fishing

    Three Rhode Island men were arrested by state environmental police for  activity over the past two months, according to the state Department of Environmental Management. Raymond Read More »

  • Open invitation issued for Parade of Boats to welcome the Charles W. Morgan

    NEW BEDFORD — Almost anything that floats, that is at least 15 feet long and is fast enough is welcome in the Charles W. Morgan Homecoming Read More »

  • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to discuss closing Georgetown Hole, other areas, to fishing

    Murrells Inlet seafood dealer Chris Conklin will be sworn as a new member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council at the start of the council’s Read More »

  • Pacific hake offshore fishery of the United States and Canada, has entered assessment for MSC re-certification.

    The mid-water trawl fishery became MSC certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery in the autumn of 2009. Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) is also known commercially as Read More »
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    The Big Fish

    Whoever said that nothing good ever happens after midnight has never hung out at Pier 38 during the early morning hours. That’s the time when a Read More »

  • Chris McCaffity – SAFMC Regulatory Amendment 14 Public Comments

    I am Chris McCaffity, a commercial fisherman who has been offering simple solutions that would almost eliminate the MILLION+ pounds of dead regulatory discards currently being Read More »

  • Lobster Glut – Cape Breton plants struggle to handle extra lobster

    Record landings along parts of the Cape Breton coast have resulted in a backlog of lobster. As a result, large buyers in Area 26B, from Pleasant Read More »

  • House bill HR 1335 would add ‘flexibility’ to federal fishing law (Still in session at post time)

    A bill sponsored by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, was debated on the House floor and appeared likely to be approved. The bill would reauthorize the four-decade-old Read More »

  • NS: Cooke Aquaculture must pay back $9-million provincial loan, with interest

    “The forgiveness of the loan to Cooke Aquaculture depends on the company’s ability to meet certain targets by the end of 2015, including 400 new FTEs Read More »

  • New Hampshire’s Yankee Co-op to use federal funds for equipment, repairs

    According to Seabrook Yankee Fisherman’s Cooperative manager Peter Kendall, the Granite State’s portion of that is $1,136,400, with $267,200 headed to the Co-op for much-needed equipment and repairs. Read More »

  • Electronic fish data monitoring considered – Presentation at SAFMC Meeting

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is weighing the pros and cons of transitioning to an electronic monitoring system for federally managed fisheries, according to a Read More »
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    Last ditch effort? MLU gets legislative backing for court fight over Right Whale closure

    In some of Maine’s biggest lobster harbors such as Stonington and Deer Isle, the closure of nearly 1,000 square miles of fishing territory is a big Read More »

  • Stone crabs season turns sour after a super start – Poor harvest called lousy luck, nothing more

    When commercial fisherman Shane Dooley of Pine Island pulled his first stone crab trap of the season on Oct. 15, he laughed out loud. It was Read More »

  • Redland Bay in the claws of Crabman and Crab Watch Qld

    A Redland Bay man who has seen his once secluded fishing spot turn into a hotspot for illegal crabbing has taken matters into his own hands. Read More »

  • Openings for BC sockeye fishery

    The prized Fraser River sockeye-salmon fishing season is opening along southwestern British Columbia for what could be a banner year. Federal Fisheries spokeswoman Jennifer Nener says Read More »

  • Gulf oil spill settlement claims administrator says BP’s allegations of fraud are ‘spurious,’ ‘unfounded’

    Patrick Juneau, court-appointed administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims settlement program, came out swinging in a response to BP allegations that his payment Read More »

  • North Haven fisherman found dead aboard circling boat

    A 78-year-old North Haven man was confirmed to have died Friday afternoon aboard his lobster boat that was found racing in circles off the Rockland breakwater. Read More »

  • Is Japan’s whaling program scientific research?

    Professor Allan Boyle from the University of Edinburgh argued that if Japan’s lethal whaling program was not scientific research, “then neither are the research activities of Read More »
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    Submissions for Charleston Fishermen Memorial due March 31

    The deadline to request name engravings for the Charleston Fishermen Memorial at the Charleston Marina for this past year is March 31. To add a name Read More »
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    Editorial: Deals for Shem Creek docks worth a look

    Mount Pleasant is poised to take a direct role in propping up the local seafood industry by buying the Wando dock at the mouth of the Read More »

  • Pallone, Gov. Christie requests federal disaster declaration for New Jersey fishing industry

    http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2012/11/gov_christie_requests_federal_1.html http://www.ahherald.com/newsbrief-mainmenu-2/monmouth-county-news/14137-pallone-urges-the-department-of-commerce-to-declare-a-federal-fishery-resource-disaster-in-new-jersey Read More »
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    Maine lobstermen appeal to the public to fund legal fight against federal regulations

    Without the financial means to fight both the government and environmental activists, lobstermen said their very existence is at stake. Lobstermen speaking at the press conference Read More »
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    Barge, diver raise sunken lobster boat

    The big winds that pummeled eastern Maine late in November did plenty of damage along the coast, including the sinking of the lobster boat Robin A. Read More »

  • UMass researchers land $4.4M from NOAA for scallop study

    “The funding provided by NOAA is essential to support critical science being done at SMAST in collaboration with the fishing industry,” said Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, Read More »
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    Whale that washed up on Jersey Shore beach had fractured skull, propellor wounds

    A deceased 30-foot humpback female whale that washed up on the beach in Seaside Park last week had propeller wounds and a fractured skull, according to preliminary Read More »

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