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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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  • Examining the Impacts of Whales on Commerical Fisheries – Lenfest Ocean Program

    At the International Whaling Commission (IWC), a principle argument used by some pro-whaling countries to resume whaling has been that whales eat large amounts of fish Read More »

  • Third Time’s a Charm for F/V Paige Marie

    When owner David Sorensen brought his 58-foot seiner F/V Paige Marie into the Columbia River last December, his 42-year old steel boat was showing its age, Read More »
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    Amid Hamptons Mansions, East End Fishermen Beat On Against The Tide

    On Gosman’s dock in Montauk, seagulls hovering above, I was greeted by the smells of gasoline and fish as I walked on the worn, white-speckled planks. Read More »

  • Brooklyn Seafood Dealer Pleads Guilty for Illegally Trafficking American Eels

    Tommy Water Zhou pled guilty in federal district court in Norfolk, Virginia, to trafficking more than $150,361 worth of juvenile American eels, aka “elvers” or “glass Read More »
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    Deadliest Catch: What Happened to the F/V Northwestern?

    The only boat to appear in all 19 seasons of the show, the F/V Northwestern is owned by the Hansen family and skippered by Sig Hansen, Read More »

  • 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals backs fishermen in antitrust suit

    A federal court order blocking Pacific Seafood Group from purchasing Ocean Gold Seafoods will remain until a trial into whether the sale would create a monopoly. Read More »

  • Letter to the Editor: Writer’s rhetoric offensive to fishermen – Russell A. Sherman, Captain, F/V Lady Jane, Gloucester

    I found the letter submitted by Mr. Smith of Manchester (the Times, Thursday, May 9) not only misinformed but offensive. Early on, Mr. Smith seems to Read More »
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    Right whale defenders question energy industry donations

    A group opposing wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts released a report Tuesday that documents contributions from wind energy developers to environmental groups in the Read More »
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    Portland City Council freezes development along waterfront

    A task force appointed by City Manager Jon Jennings could begin looking at how to protect the marine industry and manage contrasting uses of Commercial Street Read More »

  • Geoduck quota within reach for Lower Elwha Klallam tribe despite China’s ban

    PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe expects to meet its geoduck quota despite an indefinite Chinese ban on shellfish imports from Northern California to Read More »

  • John Swinney urged to pursue ‘sensible’ policies for fishing

    Fishing chiefs have urged the new first minster to “right the wrongs” of the Bute House Agreement and put their industry towards the top of his Read More »
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    Trawler captain dumped fish to save ship

    A judge has stepped in to settle allegations of misreporting catch by a fishing company, after a trawler captain had to dump 30,000 kilograms of southern Read More »

  • NSC’s policy director Vito Giacalone to appear on “Greater Boston” with Emily Rooney tonight on WGBH-TV

    NSC’s policy director Vito Giacalone will appear on tonight’s episode of “Greater Boston” with Emily Rooney on WGBH-TV, Boston’s PBS television station. Giacalone  will be discussing Read More »
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    Giant waves and slimy seas: 2018 crab harvest a mixed bag for Conception Bay fishermen

    The 2018 snow crab harvest is presenting some big challenges for fishermen in Conception Bay, but a record price is helping save what could otherwise be Read More »

  • Boat captain arrested in lobster case

    A Marathon commercial fisherman wanted by state wildlife officers for allegedly fishing for lobster with untagged traps turned himself in Thursday after returning from Cuba. Ricardo Read More »

  • Amidst divide between set net and seiner fleets, Board of Fisheries passes gear changes for both

    Alaska’s Board of Fisheries approved small changes for the local salmon set net and purse seine fleets at its meeting in Kodiak last week, January 9th – Read More »

  • Seal product ban in Europe upheld by WTO panel – Video

    A World Trade Organization panel today upheld a European ban against Canadian seal products, even though it found the European Union had also violated international trade rules. Read More »

  • Elver fishermen split on derby-vs-quota proposals to cut harvest

    “You’re going to have people who just don’t reach their quota,” fisherman Billy Milliken of Jonesport told Keliher, which will mean money that legally could be Read More »
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    Meet the families working to keep fisheries alive on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie

    Lake Erie fisherman Tim Martin knows that his business has helped strengthen local food systems. He and his four family members harvest and process their own Read More »

  • AK New Year kicks off with cod; goes all year round

    This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch….January marks the start of Alaska’s largest fisheries – and that means more jobs than any other Alaska industry!  More Read More »
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    A NASA Diver/Commercial Fisherman is Among the Cast on CBS Reality Show

    Tough As Nails. It takes 12 Americans from all walks of life whose common thread is that they work in tough, gritty jobs — ironworker, firefighter, Read More »
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    North Pacific council votes to hike observer fees in 2021

    The costs for on-board fisheries observers will be increasing, and no one in the industry is particularly happy about it. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council Read More »

  • San Diego’s commercial fishing industry has some tenants concerned that Driscoll’s Wharf owner Tom Driscoll is trying to drive them out.

    A landlord’s attempts to get the decaying Driscoll’s Wharf back into ship shape and revitalize San Diego’s commercial fishing industry has some tenants concerned that he Read More »

  • Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford rules against net ban as ‘legal absurdity’

    In a sweeping judgment in favor of Wakulla County commercial mullet fishermen, Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford on Tuesday ordered a halt to enforcement of Florida’s constitutional Read More »
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    When Lowestoft boats went to fish from Canada

    There was an interesting time, way back in the early 1950s, when several drifter/trawlers and trawlers from Lowestoft were sent on the long trip to Nova Read More »

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