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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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  • Our View: White House putting politics ahead of fishery science

    Something happened Monday that made us wonder if there wasn’t finally some progress being made in fisheries management. About 150 businesses, organizations and individuals with interests Read More »
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    Something Irritated Her Eye; She Pulled Out A Cattle Worm (Photo)

    During the summer of 2016, Abby Beckley was working as a deck hand on a commercial fishing boat near Southeast Alaska when her left eye started Read More »
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    Unified Command oversees fuel and oil removal from grounded F/V Sea Angels with possible presence of unexploded military ordnance nearby

    The Unified Command is overseeing lightering operations to remove the fuel from aboard the grounded fishing vessel Sea Angels, which are being completed by a contractor Read More »

  • Rare Shark Feeding Frenzy in North Carolina

     Click enlarge, bottom right for full screen view. 11:57 Read More »

  • Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail: Katherine V a lone survivor and fishing legend

    A Great Lakes gill net fish tug, the Katherine V was built in 1928 on the shores of northern Lake Huron in Rogers City by Native Read More »
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    Alaska Board of Fish gets earful on herring, salmon proposals

    More than 200 people turned out in Sitka to testify about herring and salmon fisheries in front of the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Tuesday. And Read More »
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    Cocaine in the Water Is Hurting River Eels

    The Earth’s waters are laced with drugs—from prescription and over-the counter medications, to caffeine, to antibiotics from personal care products. Marine environments are also tainted with Read More »
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    Wow. Just, Wow. A belly full of fish ramps up seal debate

    If you have a weak stomach, the video might be difficult to watch. But for fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador, the images of a seal Read More »

  • How today’s gillnet policy grounded Skamakowa’s Marty Kuller

    SKAMOKAWA — When Marty Kuller was growing up in Seward, Alaska, commercial fishermen walked tall, and little boys like Kuller looked up to them. “Growing up as a Read More »

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  • Five Maine fishermen plead guilty in herring scheme

    The trial of five fishermen accused of a multi-year scheme to sell unreported Atlantic herring and falsify fishing records ended Monday when the defendants all pleaded Read More »

  • Mexican shark fisherman survives 13 months on fish, birds and turtles – washes ashore on the remote Marshall Islands

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and Read More »
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    Searching for Keith – A detective’s quest reveals how one idealistic fisheries observer may have collided with criminals and desperate migrants—and paid for it with his life.

    Long before Karsten von Hoesslin first heard the name Keith Davis, before he spent countless unpaid hours tugging at investigative threads and careening into dead ends Read More »

  • Looming conflict between First Nation and feds traps herring fisherman in between.

    In Bella Bella, the Heiltsuk Nation is preparing to block any attempts to catch herring by 20 commercial fishing vessels currently anchored in Shearwater, where they Read More »

  • Opening day brings big shrimp in small numbers

    Calm seas and hot weather greeted fishermen Tuesday morning on the first day of shrimp season in Mississippi. Shrimpers were allowed to drop their nets beginning Read More »
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    Baltimore Canyon “urban sanctuary” off OC worries fishermen

    Capt. Monty Hawkins of Morning Star Fishing in Ocean City said the protection of one small patch of ocean does nothing to protect the ocean environment as a Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Jake Harris Sentenced To Prison After Police Chase

    Jacob “Jake” Harris, who headlined the show until 2012, was convicted of driving under the influence and possession with intent to manufacture or distribute heroin. He Read More »
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    Family of dead fisherman allegedly denied $30K benefit over owing dues to FFAW

    The family of a fisherman who was killed in a car crash last week says they are being denied a $30,000 benefit because his union card Read More »

  • Oregon – Wave energy a travesty of governmental process

    Three former Oregon State University undergrads have already received more than a half-million bucks in public money to build a wave energy facility near the Nestucca Read More »

  • N.J. lawmakers ask Trump’s new commerce secretary to stop flounder cuts

    It’s not clear how much Wilbur Ross knows about fishing or the complex world of marine regulations. But some members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation hope Read More »

  • Federal Waters off Texas Close to Shrimping on May 15, 2024

    The shrimp fishery is closed annually off Texas to allow brown shrimp to reach a larger and more valuable size prior to harvest, and to prevent Read More »
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    Alaska Halibut Season Opens March 10

    Pacific halibut season opens Sunday, March 10 statewide in Alaska. NOAA Fisheries filed notice of their effectiveness in the Federal Register today, which will publish March 7, 2023. The regulations, adopted Read More »

  • Island silverside fishery sees strong prices

    Fishermen catching Atlantic silverside on Prince Edward Island are seeing a rise in demand as the lobster industry increasingly uses the small fish as bait. Read Read More »

  • Maine’s most fertile scalloping ground to close on Sunday

    Fishing regulators are shutting down Maine’s most productive scallop fishing grounds for the season to protect the valuable shellfish. Cobscook Bay is the most important scalloping Read More »
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    UPDATED: Two Carlos Rafael Vessels Sink Overnight in New Bedford Harbor – will remain submerged until at least Tuesday

    Two Carlos Rafael vessels sank early Monday morning by Leonard’s Warf, according to Ed Anthes Washburn, the executive director of the Harbor Development Commission, Washburn said Read More »

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