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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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    A day at sea – Cod, skate, discards and an observer

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  • Drive to Mine the Deep Sea Raises Concerns Over Impacts

    Armed with new high-tech equipment, mining companies are targeting vast areas of the deep ocean for mineral extraction. But with few regulations in place, critics fear Read More »

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    The Icelandic Marine Research Institute’s annual spring expedition from May 18 to 30 concluded that the ocean temperature off Iceland has not been lower in 18 Read More »

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    Rhode Island starts mandatory wild shellfishing education and certification program

    The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has introduced a mandatory education and certification program for commercial harvesters of wild shellfish. A DEM press release describes Read More »

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    Canadian Dungeness crab prices are skyrocketing, as B.C. fishermen try to meet growing demand for the luxury crustacean in China. The crab variety has become hugely Read More »
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    Federal regulations are sinking New Hampshire’s historic fishing industry

    On New Hampshire’s Seacoast, Granite State fishermen tell the tale of an out-of-control federal agency more dangerous than any sea monster. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Read More »

  • Petition to help menhaden industry (and your fishery as well) And please forward this message to as many people as you can. Thank You.

    The Pew people, with the help of recreational fishermen and their billions of dollars, are campaigning to short circuit the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s menhaden management Read More »

  • Lobster Trails – A finely honed supply line delivers fresh crustaceans to global markets

    Salt water glistens on their yellow slickers in the cold morning sunlight as the two young men reach over the starboard side of the boat with Read More »

  • Carla Samson’s charges dropped in Phillip Boudreau ‘murder for lobster’ case

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    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission announced last week that the female spawning stock biomass for Atlantic striped bass has continued to decline since 2004 and Read More »

  • Turkey’s unilateral decision to exceed catch limits threatening Bluefin tuna recovery

    Documents seen by The Associated Press and EU comments on Friday show that during an intense meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Read More »

  • Dec. 20, 2012 NEFMC Meeting and Live Streaming Information

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    Commissioner Patrick Keliher said today that’s there is a “50-50” chance the start of the season on March 22 will be pushed back. Read more here  Read More »

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    8 Things the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program Does for You!

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    Oregon fishermen tell stories of strange events on the Pacific Ocean that have made them shudder over the past half dozen years. The Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery Read More »
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    Brad Pettinger steps down from Oregon trawl commission

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  • The untold truth of the Petit de Grat tragedy

    Several readers from Isle Madame share my distain for those who falsely depict lobster stealer  as a case of “murder for lobster.” Here’s a letter from one of them, a life-long Petit-de-Grat resident Read More »
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    Are There Too Many Harbor Seals in British Columbia?

    Earlier this year, Roy Jones Jr., a hereditary chief with the Haida First Nation, took a trip up the Skeena River, one of British Columbia’s prime Read More »
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    The Eli Seibold Destination Fund

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