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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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    Blue collar fishermen deserve to make a living, not persecution from weak minded politicians and wealthy enviros

    Austen Brown started fishing commercially with his father off California’s coast when he was only 8 years old. By the time he was 13, Austen was Read More »
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    Supreme Court Strips Power from Federal Agencies—Overturning Decades-Old Precedent

    The Supreme Court overturned a landmark ruling Friday that gave widespread power to federal agencies, a seismic ruling that has the power to upend how the Read More »
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    Chief William Saulis: Search for missing scallop dragger shifts to new areas

    The RCMP says the search for five missing scallop fishermen and their boat that sank off southwest Nova Scotia has moved to new targeted areas. The Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ DMR Trawler/Scalloper/Lobster, CAT 3408

    This vessel had extensive rebuild and is presently used as a herring carrier. Specifications, and information and  photos, Click here To see all the boats in this Read More »
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    Maine DMR wants to close the pogy fishery to newcomers for 2 years while it crafts a new FMP/Enforcement plan.

    “Closing fisheries is kind of a radical step and a dangerous step because it eliminates diversity,” said Commissioner Pat Keliher. “We’re not saying close it in Read More »
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    The public is credited with helping Cape Breton fishermen through Coronavirus impacted lobster season

    Herb Nash, president of the 4Vn management board, said catches were decent this year and those prices made the crustaceans a meal for everybody instead of Read More »

  • 3MMI – Scientist Muzzled on the Sockeye Collapse, Why Coho Prices Have Climbed So High…

    We have an exclusive interview with Department of Fisheries & Ocean Scientist Kristi Miller who’s study on the collapse of the Fraser River Sockeye resulted in Read More »
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    Fishing boat runs aground in Lerwick harbour

    A rescue operation is underway this afternoon (Wednesday) after the local whitefish trawler Copious LK985 ran aground in Lerwick harbour. The incident happened in the shallow Read More »

  • Input on possible Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary fishing closures sought

    Sanctuary officials agreed to the four additional meetings to address the issue last month after fishermen and divers loudly voiced their opposition to a series of Read More »

  • Arctic Nations Sign Declaration to Prevent Unregulated Fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean

    The five states that surround the central Arctic Ocean – Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark in respect of Greenland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Russian Federation, Read More »

  • Is NOAA studying river herring to death?

    If you’ve been following the (mis)management of river herring over the last few years, you may not even be surprised at the latest shenanigans of the Read More »

  • Eight crew members rescued from sinking boat after crash during fish transfer

    Eight people had to be rescued from a fishing boat after it crashed into its sister vessel and began to sink south east of Fair Isle. Read More »
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    Commercial crab season to open Monday but local crabbers want another test done

    Following several delays, the commercial Dungeness crab fishing season for Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties is opening Jan. 15, the California Department of Fish and Read More »

  • Arctic mystery fish caught recently in Nunavut waters identified

    Nigel Hussey, a researcher who works with the Ocean Tracking Network, says the fish some speculated was a goblin shark is actually the mysterious “long-nosed chimaera” — mysterious because they’re rarely Read More »

  • Seal cull not yet warranted despite large salmon diet say researchers

    Harbour seals off B.C.’s South Coast may consume up to 60 per cent of the Strait of Georgia’s young chinook and coho salmon every year, according Read More »

  • WDFW Regional Director Guy Norman gets an earful

    WDFW Regional Director Guy Norman visited the county board of commissioners to discuss land acquisition and other issues and heard lots of input, with harshest criticism directed Read More »
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    Near Fish Farms, Lobster Catches Plummet

    Lobster fishers catch fewer market-sized lobsters, and see fewer fertile females, in areas close to fish farms in Nova Scotia, according to new research led by Read More »

  • Pot Half Full: Cordova boats find success in Kodiak crab despite uncertainties  

    As crab fisheries around the state become increasingly unstable over the last two years, fishermen have found reliable opportunities in Kodiak. Several Cordova vessels and captains Read More »

  • Alaska Bearing Sea snow Crab Season Shaping Up As Less Icy

    After a 2012 Bering Sea snow crab season that saw unusually severe sea ice inhibit fishermen’s efforts to catch almost 89 million pounds of the shellfish, Read More »

  • Port of Savannah leads in the export of shark fins

    For the last three years the port of Savannah has been the U.S. leader in the export of shark fins, a legal but controversial trade item Read More »

  • 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 »

  • Former fisherman Paul Ciaramitaro pays homage to disappearing industry – Of wooden boats and iron men

    Paul Ciaramitaro grew up working on the Gloucester waterfront, in a family where money was hard to come by. His hard-knock life has been marked at Read More »
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    Canadian government likely has not met constitutional obligations to First Nations

    The precedent set by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Marshall cases recognizes the First Nations’ right to fish under the Peace and Friendship Treaties Read More »

  • Actual press release: “Policy makers and ecologists must develop a more constructive dialogue to save the planet”

    From the talk not action department and TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN comes this laughable press release: Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday July 19, 2016 – An international consensus demands human Read More »

  • Larry Avery Sees Opportunities For Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board

    Larry Avery is a man who sees opportunity where others may see only a meal. And he will create opportunities while bringing decades of business-building acumen Read More »

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