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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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  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 18, 2014

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • Commercial fisherman killed, 3 others pulled to safety, after boat capsizes near St. Lucie Inlet

    PORT SALERNO, Fla. – A commercial fisherman from Belle Glade is dead and  several others are recovering after investigators said a giant wave capsized  their boat Read More »

  • Maine and Canadian Lobster Industries Seek to Balance Competition and Cooperation – What about Collaboration?!!!

    “The biggest, two-clawed lobster resource in the world – we’ve got an amazing opportunity together to market,” said Geoff Irvine, who runs the Lobster Council of Read More »
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    Conservationists, West Coast bottom fishermen embrace ‘grand bargain’

    People who love fresh Northwest seafood and the sea should take note of what happened this week in a hotel conference room by Portland’s airport. There, Read More »

  • Maine lobsterman creates revolutionary product with simple tweak – The EZ Block

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  • Final Miss Ally service honours skipper Katlin Nickerson

    WOODS HARBOUR — Katlin Nickerson’s birthday was Friday. The young fishing boat captain, lost at sea last month with four others in the Miss Ally disaster, Read More »

  • Yakama Nation Treaty Rights: 1917 illegal-fishing conviction is finally overturned

    Justice can come slowly. In this case it has taken nearly a century. It is the story of treaty rights, Washington’s belated efforts to correct wrongs Read More »

  • Peter Shelley to NEFMC: Shut Down New England Cod Fishery

    Last Wednesday, January 30, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to cut catch limits for New England’s cod stocks by 66-71% from their 2012 levels. Read More »

  • Ten-Year Review for Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands Crab Ratz Management Program

    North Pacific Fishery Management Council June 2016 – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   This document is a 10 year review of the Bering Sea/ Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Rationalization Read More »

  • Menhaden reductions could make for tighter bait market

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  • ASMFC 2015 Winter Meeting – Alexandria, Virginia February 3, 08:00, thru February 5, 2015

    Please note: Due to inclement weather in the Northeast, several changes have been made to Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s schedules in order to provide additional time for Read More »

  • Stepping Away – Furlong | Blunt truths I learned at The Broadcast – Loved every second of it

    It was April 11th, 2005. The theme rolled, the red light went on,,,, I’ve learned so many things about our province and the fishery through The Broadcast. Read More »

  • Dead mullet troubles in Anna Maria Island

    “Fisher folk have been harvesting mullet this way for many generations. They have a recognized right to a way of life and a livelihood from the Read More »

  • Here’s the First Fish to Ever Be Taken Off the Endangered Species List

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A tiny minnow that lives only in Oregon backwaters is the first fish ever taken off U.S. Endangered Species Act protection because Read More »
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    Global Ocean Cooling in September

    We have seen lots of claims about the temperature records for 2016 and 2015 proving dangerous man made warming.  At least one senator stated that in a Read More »
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    Clearwater Seafoods to pursue legal options after surf clam licence goes to First Nations group

    Clearwater Seafoods says it will be pursuing legal options after its monopoly on Arctic surf clams came to an end Wednesday when a new licence for Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescue boat, helicopter crew rescue fisherman off Monomoy Island, Mass.

    Coast Guard Station Chatham and Air Station Cape Cod crews teamed up to rescue a fisherman Tuesday four miles east of Monomoy Island. A crewmember aboard the Read More »

  • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Jekyll Island, GA March 6-10, 2017

    The public is invited to attend the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to be held at The Westin Jekyll Island, 110 Ocean Way, Jekyll Island, GA 31527, USA. Read More »

  • Seafood industry, trade minister bullish on CETA fallout

    The recently signed free trade deal between Canada and the European Union should boost seafood exports and create more jobs in fishing communities, according to Trade Read More »

  • ITS HUGE! Grey Sole limits nearly doubled as scientists use ’empirical approach’ to set new specifications

    Meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the New England Fishery Management Council approved an acceptable biological catch of 878 metric tons of witch flounder, also known as Read More »

  • NEFMC Meeting – Plymouth, Ma Sept. 25 – 27, 2012 Audio Tapes

    AUDIO: NEFMC’s Sept. 26 Meeting Reviews Assessments for Yellowtail, Scallops and Herring Listen  to the public’s comments regarding the SSC’s report on ABC recommendations for herring Read More »

  • Bellingham fishermen rescued from boat in 70 mph windstorm

    U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued three fishermen Thursday morning, March 10, from a boat that broke loose at a Bellingham harbor in an intense windstorm. A Read More »

  • The American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act: S-1322 – Sam Parisi, Gloucester

    Last year I served on a panel to review applicants for S-K Grant money in Saint Petersburg, along with ten other experienced fisherman thru out the Read More »

  • Questionable Management of Commercial Fisheries – US Senate candidate R.I. State Rep Bobby Nardolillo

    Point Judith: State Representative Bobby Nardolillo, a GOP Candidate for the US Senate in 2018, made a formal statement today on the plight of the Ocean Read More »
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    Spend a day in the life of a Florida tuna fisherman

    A white scar carved across Carl Roby’s hand tells the story of the time a tuna, a creature he has spent decades harvesting, almost won. It Read More »

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