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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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    Tyrone Sock often thinks of his father when he looks at his son. Grief is a strange combination of what has happened and what won’t. Craig Read More »

  • US Pacific fisheries treaty negotiations under time pressure

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    After nearly a full day of board deliberations on 25 proposed regulatory changes, the Cook Inlet personal-use fishery remains largely unchanged in the midst of a Read More »

  • Nigel Farage vows to kick EU fishermen out of UK waters in Reform bombshell

    Nigel Farage has vowed to kick EU fishermen out of British waters in a move which will come as a major boost to many who campaigned Read More »

  • Massachusetts lobstermen are pissed off over NOAA’s Fisheries Observer Program, and I don’t blame ’em.

    The specter of increased observer coverage on the decks of their boats is not sitting well with Massachusetts lobstermen, whose resistance to the NOAA Fisheries plan Read More »
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    Letter: Pleas for help from Louisiana shrimpers fall on deaf ears

    The Louisiana shrimp industry is in crisis; putting our 15,000 jobs and $1.3 billion industry at risk. During the legislative session, hundreds of shrimpers, dock owners and Read More »

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  • Feds Sidestep Law to Let BC’s Biggest Fishery Sell Pacific hake as Farm Feed

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    Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 18, 2021

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    Disaster in Sri Lanka: Fishing community affected by MV X-Press Pearl shipwreck to receive Rs. 5000 allowance

    Gampaha District Secretary Sunil Jayalath stated that an allowance of Rs. 5000 will be given to 9883 fishing families who lost their livelihood due to the Read More »

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  • STEVE URBON: Fisherman calls his enforcement options “starting a payment plan with the anti-Christ.”

    September 14, 2012 — Fisherman Stephen Morris still recalls when the Coast Guard “ruined Christmas” in 2005. He was captain of the dragger Jessica and Susan Read More »

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  • Commercial fishermen file first suit over Saturday’s oil spill in Galveston Bay

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    Vineyard Wind to Miss Startup Target Over Permit Delay

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    MAIB Report – Flooding and sinking of Fishing Trawler Ocean Quest

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