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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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  • What are your thoughts on the future of this region? U.S. Arctic Research Commission to meet in Unalaska

    Is enough being done to protect the endangered Steller sea lion? What about offshore oil development? Does the oil rig Kulluk represent a bright economic future, Read More »
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    Bristol Bay red king crab fishery trends toward closure as fleet reports slow fishing, aging stock

    This season, the 54-vessel fleet has reported slow, spotty fishing, and the stock continues to show signs of decline. The current quota — 3.8 million pounds Read More »
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    Bluefin tuna shoals off Jersey ignite fishing quota debate

    Jersey’s commercial fishing fleet wants their share of an emerging bluefin tuna market which is currently being exploited by French crews. For the second consecutive year bluefin Read More »
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    Family hoping for return of lost shrimper after Coast Guard stops search near Port Aransas

    The family of a Florida shrimper lost at sea is hoping for his discovery despite the discontinuing of a Coast Guard search for him. “I know Read More »

  • David and Ellen Goethel talk with Roger Wood About Their Favorite Subjects

    David Goethel of Hampton may have retired from commercial fishing, but he’s still on the water on a regular basis.  Ellen Goethel, his wife and partner Read More »
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    Ropeless Fishing! Marina firm develops tech that could help whale entanglement

    The Ropeless Fisher System, or pop-up system, contains a netting device holding buoys that are attached to the crab pot. When the fishermen on the surface Read More »

  • Ireland should follow Britain out of the EU

    County Donegal skippers like Michael Callaghan have long learned to contend with rasping North Atlantic gales and 30-foot waves — but nothing prepared them for the Read More »
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    P.E.I. fishermen exploring compensation if damage done to fisheries

    The Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association is exploring ways members could be compensated if damage is done to local fisheries. The topic was on the agenda Read More »
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    Coast Guard medevacs sick fisherman 42 miles off Nantucket

    A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod helicopter crew medevaced a sick 54-year-old man from the 87-foot fishing boat Generation Sunday night 42 miles off Nantucket. Read More »

  • Taxpayers foot bill to retrieve sunken tires from failed offshore environmental project

    What to do with a million used tires? Dump them in the ocean, of course. As unthinkable as that idea is today, back in 1972, that Read More »

  • Thai fishing industry criticised for forced labour and violence – Why is our government allowing Thailand seafood to compete with ours?

    Seventeen per cent of the mainly undocumented Myanmar and Cambodian fishermen surveyed were forced to work under threat of financial penalty, violence or denunciation to the Read More »

  • $750,000 in federal funds for New Brunswick harbours

    CHARLOTTE COUNTY, N. B. — The  $750,000 over two years in harbour improvements at Dipper Harbour and Seeleys Cove, N.B. The project involves the construction of Read More »

  • Our View: Fishery managers need management | SouthCoastToday.com

    UMass Dartmouth’s School of Marine Science and Technology, housed in New Bedford’s South End, wrote the book on scallop surveys. SMAST’s peer-reviewed survey data convinced federal regulators Read More »

  • Whale wars: Humpbacks versus Orcas focus of new study

    It’s a strange marine phenomenon: humpback whales actively defend other marine mammals like seals and grey whales from orca attacks, according to a new study. But Read More »
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    Maine: Pogie fishing season gets underway

    Russell Libby turned to his crew at CBS Lobster and Bait on Union Wharf on Monday afternoon, telling them another boat was due in five minutes. Read More »

  • Horseshoe crab debate pinches N.J. lawman, environmentalists

    Last month, New Jersey state Sen. Jeff Van Drew, a Democrat who represents parts of Cape May and Cumberland counties, introduced legislation that would lift a Read More »

  • Forgotten no more

    For the third year in a row, Portuguese sailors stood at in St. John’s for a man named Dionisiv Esteves and laid a wreath in his Read More »

  • Now Here’s an Eel Story! Maine Wardens, take note!

    Eel Removed From Man After Getting Stuck- Although this type of eel is known as an invasive species in parts of the United States, this isn’t Read More »

  • UCIDA again sues over fed management of Cook Inlet salmon fishery

    UCIDA and Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund are suing the National Marine Fisheries Service over the decision to transfer control of the fishery from federal to state Read More »

  • This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Gov. Parnell talks Chuitna/Pebble Mines, water rights, radiation testing

    Governor Parnell took questions from Alaskans yesterday on APRN’s Talk of Alaska. Of fishing interest:   A set netter asked about his stance on the proposed Chuitna Read More »

  • NOAA wants fewer lobster fishing buoy lines to protect whales

    Federal officials want Northeast fishermen to use more traps on fewer buoy lines to keep whales from getting entangled in vertical ropes, according to an announcement Friday Read More »

  • Subcommittee Pushes DOC to Release Judge’s Review of NOAA Fishery Enforcement Cases

    Dec 6, 2012 Washington DC – Today in a letter to the Department of Commerce (DOC), Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Paul Broun, M.D. (R-GA) requested the Read More »

  • Alabama Red Snapper Reporting System – Snapper checks show fear of exceeding quota unfounded

    Preliminary numbers from the Alabama Red Snapper Reporting System, aka Snapper Check, indicate the fear that Alabama anglers would exceed the 2017 quota were unfounded. “Using the Read More »

  • Judge invalidates all permits for fishing by aquarium trade

    An Oahu Circuit Court order essentially called a halt Friday to the $2 million commercial aquarium trade in Hawaii until environmental reviews are performed. After seven Read More »

  • Kodiak Hiring choice questioned – From King Crab Capital to Hard on Bottom Trawl Capital of the World.

    The city of Kodiak and the borough just approved the ultimate insider – one who has long represented such huge trawl interests as the at-sea factory Read More »

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