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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 $180 million satellite to study the world’s oceans in a changing climate will blast off Sunday atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which SpaceX will try Read More »

  • Gulf states get first $113M from BP oil spill pleas

    The five states that border the Gulf of Mexico are getting $113 million to improve the environment. The grants, announced Thursday by the National Fish and Read More »

  • Panama City Decision to Move Ice House is on Thin Ice – Video

    WMBB. – An ice house located at Panama City Marina needs to be moved. The ice house is a large structure about 80 feet long and Read More »

  • Environmentalism as Religion by Michael Crichton

    In 2003 Michael Crichton sent the Ecology industry into a rage by exposing them as a religion. He got away with it because he had both the Read More »
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    Veteran Nushagak drifter, greenhorn daughter have best season ever

    Longtime Bristol Bay fisherman Hector Sanchez of f/v El Nayar hauled in more salmon than ever this year, and it was his daughter Toni Sanchez’s first Read More »

  • ‘Horrible’ season: North Coast crabbers haul in third of average catch

    Asked to describe this year’s nine-week commercial Dungeness crab season that should have lasted seven months, Eureka-based crab fisherman Jubal Hall was quite frank. “It was Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Provincial Fiberglass Lobster/Tuna, 400HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo

    Specifications, information and 3 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:19 Read More »
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    Carlos Rafael’s wife petitions for right to claim vessels

    Two parties, including Carlos Rafael’s wife, filed petitions in district court claiming they possess rights to the property listed in the preliminary order of forfeiture, according Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for November 6th 2017 Has Arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. – We are Direct to Read More »

  • Marine Accidents Investigation Branch: Make wearing lifejackets on fishing boats compulsory

    The wearing of lifejackets on commercial fishing boats should be made compulsory, accident investigators have said. This year had been “particularly bad” for drownings, the Marine Read More »

  • Fish and Game hopes research initiative will help to better manage king salmon

    KENAI – The state of Alaska is spending millions of dollars to try and solve the mystery of what’s happening to the king salmon population. For Read More »
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    China Fishery against court appointing a US trustee

    Beleaguered China Fishery has claimed that the appointment of a United States trustee would subject its bankruptcy estate to “greater costs than benefits” and result in Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 27, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 12:19 Read More »

  • Lobster only major seafood to lose value over 10-year period, report says

    It’s a tale well known in Maine: Lobster prices have tanked over the past decade as the harvest has surged. Among 10 key species that the Read More »

  • The Bottom Line: Embracing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

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  • What the……..Explosive Fed. Mandate Killing Thousands of Red Snapper – Video

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  • James “Whitey” Bulger, guilty of killing Gloucester fisherman John McIntyre, other counts

    Among the 11 the jury found him guilty of was that John McIntyre, a mechanic and fisherman who had been on the Gloucester-based swordfishing vessel Valhalla, when Read More »
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    This Hilton Head shrimp boat is a Lowcountry comeback story — and now a viral photo

    She was surf fishing when she saw the boat, its nets trawling the water, its running lights bright in the ever-darkening sky, and its size made Read More »

  • Five Years After Fukushima, Ocean Radiation Poses Little Risk to U.S.

    March 11 marks the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant explosion in Japan. More than 80 percent of the radioactive material from the explosion leaked into the Read More »

  • Injured Fisherman rescued 600 miles off California coast by the 129th Rescue Wing

    Early Tuesday morning the 129th Rescue Wing flew two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, one MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, and one 4-man Guardian Angel Pararescue team approximately Read More »
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    Hurricane Dorian Update: Dorian becomes the strongest Hurricane in modern records for the Northwestern Bahamas

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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: PRICE REDUCED! 45′ Guimond Tuna/Lobster/Charter (2) Cummins 6CTA8.3L

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    P.E.I. fishermen call for more officers to combat illegal fishing

    The vice president of the Prince County Fishermen’s Association is renewing a push to have more fisheries officers in West Prince. Shelton Barlow, who fishes lobster Read More »
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    Retired Commercial Fisherman Terry L. Huff of Juneau, Alaska, has passed away

    Terry was mostly raised in the Coos Bay, Oregon area where he attended school. After high school in 1975,Terry joined the US Army. After he was Read More »
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    Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force seize more than 12,000 lbs. of IUU Fishing catch off Bahamas

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