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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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  • Auction scheduled for lease rights for wind farm, Fishermen seeking to block

    The lease rights to develop a wind-energy farm on 79,350 acres of ocean 11.5 miles from Jones Beach could be granted by federal regulators this week. Read More »
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    In New England, “The resource keeps diminishing.” Clammers Dig Through The Pandemic For Fewer Shellfish

    In Maine, the largest clam producing state, fishermen produced their lowest haul in more than 90 years at a little more than 1.3 million pounds in Read More »
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    Fisheries officials seize 316 Canadian crab traps set in U.S. water, along with four vessels as part of annual sting

    “You have people who push the envelope because it may be worth it for them to do that if they don’t get caught, because there’s money Read More »

  • Oversight Hearing on Examining the Creation and Management of Marine Monuments and Sanctuaries Wednesday, March 15, 2017 10:00 AM

    Oversight Hearing on: “Examining the Creation and Management of Marine Monuments and Sanctuaries”  Click here to read the memo  Witnesses and Testimony: Dr. John Bruno Professor, Read More »
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    THE 2018 MAKO SEASON IS SAVED!

    The United States and other nations recently finished up a week of tuna, swordfish and shark management discussions at the 2017 annual meeting of International Commission Read More »
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    DFO says south coast cod numbers down – ‘This new assessment model is overly pessimistic,’ Atlantic Groundfish Council

    Cod stocks are at critical levels off the south coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the new model used by the Department of Fisheries and Read More »

  • Midcoast lobsterman charged with exceeding 800-trap limit

    A local lobsterman from the local village of Spruce Head has been charged with using more traps than state law allows, according to state officials. The Read More »
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    Our View: New NOAA administrator right to emphasize collaboration

    Mike Pentony took over as the regional administrator for NOAA’s Northeast fisheries division about a year ago and he’s received good marks from some quarters of Read More »

  • Penzance fishing trawler Algrie which crashed into Plymouth rocks once caught a nuclear attack submarine

    The Cornish fishing trawler that crashed into rocks in front of spectators in Plymouth this weekend has run into trouble before – when it caught a Read More »
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    Star ship Enterprise – Biggest beam trawler yet arrives in Newlyn

      Sporting new company colours, the Enterprise PZ99 has joined the OceanFish fleet in Newlyn, and at 42 meters and 471 tons she is by far the Read More »

  • NTSB Issues Safety Alert on Personal Locator Devices for Mariners

    A new safety alert issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to provide each crewmember with a personal locator device. These devices improve a mariner’s Read More »

  • Obama’s Marine Monument Expansion “Betrays US Fishermen,” Says Western Pacific Fishery Council

    The voting members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) from the State of Hawaii, Territories of American Samoa, and Guam and the Commonwealth Read More »
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    Fish Farming – Bio-security for Fish Rearing: Re-circulating Aquaculture Systems

    Re-circulating Aquaculture is a technique for raising water borne animals in a closed (usually indoor) system which minimizes water consumption, provides maximum control of the livestock’s Read More »

  • Pending Labor Day Ban On Harvesting Draws Grumbles From Long Island Sound Lobstermen

    The moratorium is mean to boost a lobster population that has decreased 95 percent. Darling is one of the few. He said the Long Island Sound Read More »

  • 2013 WINTER DEMERSAL SHELF ROCKFISH FISHERY ANNOUNCEMENT

     Sitka. . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) announced today that the 2013 directed commercial fishery for Demersal Shelf Rockfish (DSR) will open in Read More »

  • New Bedford Fishermen’s Pension Fund can’t tread water – That’s just wrong.

    Everyone knows by now that the federal government has clamped down on fishing for all the reasons I don’t need to get into here. So that Read More »
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    Great Catch: Oregon’s fishing industry

    It’s a business like any other — and unlike any other — and for those who fish the Oregon coast, it’s all about pride in doing Read More »
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    World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Grossly ‘Unprofitable’, Essentially Worthless

    A new report commissioned by the Norwegian government contradicts Boris Johnson’s recent claim in Parliament that offshore wind costs have fallen by 70% in a decade. It confirms that the UK’s Read More »

  • Fishing friends perrish aboard capsized New Zealand charter boat crossing the Kaipara Bar

    Seven men died and the search for one person who is presumed dead and the boat, the Francie, which capsized yesterday in Kaipara Harbour continued on Read More »

  • What’s It Really Like to be a Commercial Fisher? – An interview with California Fisherman Mike Hudson

    On the June 8, 2014 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I talk with Mike Hudson, veteran commercial fisher.  Can you actually make a living sustainably Read More »
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    More than six month delay to north-east ice plant has fishermen calling the build a ‘fiasco’

    Plans for £400,000 ice plant at Macduff were welcomed last year, with hopes it would increase landings and reduce time and costs for local boats. But Read More »

  • Commercial fishing captain who pleaded guilty to federal poaching charges is missing

    A commercial-fishing boat found Wednesday without its 67-year-old operator triggered a search by U.S. Coast Guard aircraft and boats off Key West. The search for Dennis Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman Larry H. Robbins has passed away

    Larry Harold Robbins, 45, left this world too soon Dec. 21, 2020. Your wings were ready, but our hearts were not; Heaven has gained an amazing Read More »
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    NCFA – Storm Damage Info Needed – Need Cold Storage Due To Power Outage? More Info For You!!!

    Wanchese Fish Co. has offered the use of their cold storage facility in Suffolk VA for anyone that needs it. If you have a fish house Read More »
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    Fisherman loses most of his lobster traps in fire

    A Sydney Mines fisherman said he’s looking at a long winter ahead, after a fire caused by kids playing with a lighter destroyed three-quarters of his Read More »

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