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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 Canadian firm that is a subsidiary of the largest aquaculture operator in Maine pleaded guilty Friday in a Canadian courtroom to using illegal pesticides that Read More »

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    In the fall of 1993, a film crew in search of shrimp pulled up to a seafood market on the island’s northeastern edge. They would need Read More »

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    Washington fish spill ‘a sad case of déjà vu,’ NL-CAR says

    Leo White is shining a light on escapes of farmed fish here in Newfoundland after a recent incident at a Cooke Aquaculture site in Washington. White, Read More »

  • BC: Fishing-boat captain from Courtenay presumed drowned near Kelsey Bay

    RCMP and a coast guard crew are looking for the body of a 48-year-old Courtenay man believed to have drowned after his commercial fishing vessel overturned Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 01, 2021

    Sadly, former Senator Marc Basnight passed away this week at the age of 73. More about that elsewhere in this update. I have written a personal Read More »
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    Canada’s sockeye salmon find their way home again after 50 years

    For the first time in over 50 years, spawning sockeye salmon will return to Okanagan Lake in British Columbia,,, A fish ladder, left inoperable after the Read More »

  • Congressmen scramble to try to save NOAA research lab

    A century-old research lab near Beaufort may be saved from the chopping block, depending on the success of legislative wrangling by two North Carolina congressmen. “You Read More »

  • An ocean of ambition

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    New net opens a way to help fishermen and protect cod

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    Study says seals eat more Chinook than Southern resident killer whales

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    “I’m not here for prizes. I’m here for glory.” Lobstermen Go Racing

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for December 11, 2020

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    On the Road: Law Court to hear case in Houlton

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    Lorraine Loomis: What we don’t know about of harbor seals and California sea lions could be hurting salmon, orcas

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    Tassal recommends shareholders accept $1.1 billion takeover bid from Canadian seafood giant Cooke

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