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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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  • The Patriot Ledger – OUR OPINION: Save the whales, but don’t kill lobster fishing

    At the core of the dispute is the claim by NOAA, the National Marine Fisheries Service and others that the whales traversing the seas not far Read More »
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    “Recipe For Disaster” – Filmmaker documents ravages of green crabs

    More than a year ago, Gloucester filmmaker Nubar Alexanian laid out his airtight case against the rapacious European green crabs for Bruce Tarr and the incredulous Read More »
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    Shell, lacked? Lobster catch might be much less this year

    Maine’s lobster haul might be less this year, and prices have drifted downward for both lobstermen and consumers, members of the industry say. American lobster fishing Read More »
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    The Heat is On! Fishermen move protest to FFAW building after Richard Gillett addressed supporters outside DFO

    Demonstrating fishermen have moved their protest from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) building in St. John’. About 60 fishermen Read More »
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    Judge weighs shutting down Southeast Alaska Chinook fishery

    Fishermen in Southeast Alaska could see their season cut short if a federal judge issues an injunction requested by a Washington environmental group to protect the Read More »

  • Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Agents seize catch from illegal shrimper

    The inshore shrimp season closed across most of the Louisiana coast on July 3, but the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that was just Read More »

  • Massachusetts: Local lobstermen busy selves during NMFS lobster/pot ban

    The federally mandated lobster/pot closure aims to protect endangered whales during the three-month stretch when the mammals are known to frequent the restricted waters, according to Read More »
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    Fishing times they are a changing!

    A new strategy for the fishing industry in Cornwall is set to be created as the value of fish landed continues to rise. The Cornwall and Read More »

  • Biden administration sued over Virginia offshore wind farm approval

    A conservative think tank on Monday sued the Biden administration in an effort to reverse approval of what would be the largest offshore wind farm of its Read More »
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    Cuomo Calls for “Citizen Fleet” to Block Offshore Drilling

    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced new legislation to ban offshore oil and gas exploration in New York State’s waters.,, Cuomo has gone one step further Read More »

  • Phyllis A vessel group eyes Railways deal

    If you’re going to restore the oldest commercial fishing boat in Gloucester, why not look into the possibility of purchasing the oldest operating marine railways in Read More »

  • Maine Fishermen Caught More Fish in 2023, Thanks to a Hunger Relief Program and COVID Funds

    Maine fishermen bucked yearslong, industrywide trends last year and caught more fish, a development regulators and industry members said shows the impact of COVID-19 relief funds. Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman near Freeport, Texas

    The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman from a fishing vessel approximately eight miles south of Freeport, Texas, Tuesday morning . At 9:29 a.m., Sector Houston-Galveston Read More »

  • FFAW, offshore shrimp fleet at odds, as LIFO raises its ugly head

    With word of a severe drop in shrimp stock in the prime fishing grounds off southern Labrador, the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union (FFAW-Unifor) is Read More »
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    Lobster boat slams into Sustainable Marine Energy tidal platform at Grand Passage

    Charles Comeau was steaming the P’tit Charles II out of Grand Passage near dawn on Wednesday for one of the last hauls of the season. “I Read More »
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    Fishery groups sue to get rid of Obama‘s New England ocean monument

    We posted an article that wasn’t true, and we need to set the record straight – >click to read< 09:19 A coalition of commercial fishing groups filed Read More »

  • Kuskokwim Chinook salmon Fail to Reach Spawning Grounds

    Kuskokwim Chinook salmon – or Kings as they are known locally – did not make it to the spawning grounds this year as managers had expected. Read More »
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    Royal Canadian Mint Honors Canadians who Landed at Juno Beach 75 years ago

    The Royal Canadian Mint has launched a $2 circulation coin honoring the Canadians who, landing in Normandy, France 75 years ago, helped establish the Allied foothold Read More »

  • Please send me to jail: Fisherman begs judge

    A FISHERMAN has begged a Maroochydore District Court judge to jail him rather than impose a massive fine. Peter John Grennell could be fined up to Read More »

  • Fish markets in San Diego: ‘There is a public demand’

    The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to have lobbyists work on state legislators to get them to amend rules that would make it Read More »

  • Damon Stuebner: USCGC Storis documentary was an 8-year ‘labor of love’

    A Juneau man has made a film about the Storis, a dainty icebreaker by polar standards, that rescued mariners and enforced the law along Alaska’s coast Read More »

  • New regulations aim to protect Florida’s stone crab population

    For Floridians, October has one more holiday than what might be on most calendars: the start of stone crab season. Starting Oct. 15, recreational and commercial Read More »

  • Fisherman told to either drop DFO complaint of controlling agreement or risk losing home

    An inshore fisherman from La Scie whose commercial fishing enterprise is being seized by a receiver for the bank has been given until this Thursday, March Read More »

  • North-east boat that sank and killed three fishermen had fatal flaw on deck

    Investigators probing a trawler disaster which left three fishermen dead found a fatal flaw on the deck of the vessel. A survey of the wreck of the Read More »

  • Seth Macinko – Challenges facing small-scale fisheries – The Privatization Model, Ocean Grabbing

    Rhode Island University Associate Professor Seth Macinko delivering his keynote speech to the delegates of the 6th World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) General Assembly. Published Read More »

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