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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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    PETA lobster complaint not being prosecuted

    The Hancock County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to pursue a complaint against Maine Fair Trade Lobster in Prospect Harbor filed by People for the Read More »

  • Vessel rescues 19 fishermen from burning boat off Bermuda

    A plume of black smoke alerted the crew of a cargo vessel to possible distress. As they pulled closer in the Atlantic Ocean, they found a Read More »
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    Tender capsizes near Clark’s Point, two rescued, one crewman is missing.

    A commercial fishing vessel has capsized in the Nushagak Bay close to Dillingham. The United States Coast Guard received a report Wednesday morning that the F/V Read More »

  • Digby DFO find short and berried lobster and unhailed halibut, clammers get hit also

    In Parker’s Cove on July 21 they found 21 short lobster in a fisherman’s catch. At the Digby wharf on July 29, they found eight berried Read More »

  • Fishermen weigh options, risks as dire limits near – Faces of fishing’s ‘disaster’

    The desperation shows on their faces and in the risks they’re taking to keep their mom-and-pop businesses on a lifeline. If pulse fishing hadn’t occurred, our Read More »
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    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting December 2 thru 6, 2019 in Wilmington, NC

    The public is invited to attend the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to be held in Wilmington, NC, Hotel Ballast 301 North Water Street Wilmington, NC Read More »
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    Commercial fishermen rally in Digby, Ex-fisheries minister calls for pause on out of season fishing and protests

    Several hundred commercial fishermen held a rally Tuesday in Digby, N.S., as tensions continued to simmer over expanded Mi’kmaw lobster fishing in the area. There were Read More »
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    Contessi Launches Fresher Trawler for Arbumasa

    According to Domingo Contessi, F/V Huafeng 827 is much similar to the recently launched fresher F/V Antonia D, a multipurpose double-decked trawler with steel hull and Read More »
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    The Gig Harbor fishing fleet had a bonanza season in Alaska this year

    “This has been our best season in six years,” said Matt Munkres, who skippers the Gig Harbor-based Julien, a 54-foot purse seiner. “And we got good prices, Read More »

  • Schumer: Feds should renew permit to keep cormorants away from Oneida Lake

    Schumer said. “For the thousands of New Yorkers who rely on Oneida Lake for their livelihood, for anglers, and for summer recreation, the return of the Read More »

  • Entangled Humpback rescued from fish farm ropes by fisheries officials

    A juvenile humpback whale was thrashing in the water north of Klemtu, B.C. yesterday for 12 hours, struggling to breathe as ropes from an empty aquaculture Read More »

  • The latest craze in Japan is year-old used fisherman jeans!

    No one breaks in a pair of jeans better than a man who breaks through the ocean. Now it seems a new obsession is sweeping the Read More »

  • Women in the fishing industry highlighted in Portholes Project

    NEW BEDFORD — During March, the Working Waterfront Festival’s Portholes Project will present three programs exploring the theme “Women in the Industry.”The programs kick off at 7 p.m. Read More »

  • Big Fish Offshore Wind Producers Catch Attention Of Texas Fishermen

    There is a fight on the open seas in Texas’ Gulf, not between sailors and pirates but between two of America’s most ambitious offshore wind producers. Read More »

  • Fishing boat captain from East Lyme pleads guilty in tax evasion case

    Peter P. Torres, a commercial fishing boat captain from East Lyme, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to failing to file tax returns on approximately Read More »

  • Nova Scotia: Proposed five cent lobster levy is out of bounds says MLA

    “I honestly don’t know where Keith Colwell gets off thinking he can impose a five cent a pound tax on lobster without getting the approval of Read More »
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    Man dies after falling overboard from fishing boat

    A fisherman has died after going overboard from local whitefish trawler Copious 30 miles south east of Sumburgh in the early hours of the morning on Read More »

  • ‘Wicked Tuna’ star Paul Hebert agrees to plead guilty, sentencing deal would keep him out of jail

    Wicked Tuna” cast member Paul Hebert, facing federal charges in Vermont that he illegally collected more than $44,000 in Social Security, disability and Medicaid payments for Read More »

  • Nova Scotia scallop fishery to experiment with diver-caught scallops

    Diver-caught scallops are a premium item on some Nova Scotia restaurant menus, but until now the shellfish served often came from as far away as Mexico. Read More »
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    SAR air base for Labrador

    Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) congratulates board member Merv Wiseman for spearheading a resolution approved this past weekend by the Liberal Party of Read More »

  • Video – Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Winchester Bay, Ore.

    A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a fisherman who had reportedly suffered a seizure aboard the fishing vessel Hecate, about 9 miles west of Winchester Bay, Thursday Read More »
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    Fishery policy should by guided by existing managing bodies, not back-door lobbying campaigns

    These groups include fishermen’s organisations and representatives from other bodies including marine compliance, science and environmental agencies. The RIFGs are designed to enable all interested parties Read More »
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    Black sea bass poachers on Buzzards Bay return with the season

    Harbormaster and shellfish employees waded knee-deep in the Wareham River last weekend, fetching dead, floating fish and dropping them into black plastic trash bags. Each fish Read More »

  • Cable Under Gardiner’s Bay Sparks Debate – Trustees, baymen talk wind farm landing sites

    When officials of Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island company that plans to construct an offshore wind farm 30 miles from Montauk, presented its plans to the Read More »
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    Video: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman with severe abdominal pain132 miles east of Cape Cod

    At approximately 6:30 a.m., on Tuesday, Coast Guard District One watchstanders received a notification from the crew of the commercial fishing vessel Mary Anne, home-ported in Read More »

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