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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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    Orange, yellow, blue, and even ‘Halloween’: The rarest lobster colors, explained

    It may feel like a new, brightly colored lobster has been pulled off the New England coast and onto your social media feeds every other week Read More »
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    Remembering America’s Forgotten ‘Fish Evangelist’

    The Eat More Fish campaign distributed posters that implored patriots to “Save the meat for our soldiers and allies,” or, simply, “Eat the carp!” One of Read More »

  • Victim of Random Attack Looks For a Way To Feed His Family – The family of Nicholas Philemonoff is collecting donations at Alaska USA – video

    Halibut fishing is how Nicholas Philemonoff supports his family. “I have been doing really good at it for the last five or six years, running my Read More »
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    Coast Guard rescues 3 from commercial fishing vessel fire near Pascagoula, Mississippi

    The Coast Guard rescued three people from a commercial fishing vessel on fire offshore Pascagoula, Mississippi, Thursday. All three people aboard F/V Lucky Angel were returned Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ Fiberglass Scalloper, 3408 Cat, Limited Access Part Time Scallop Permit

    To review specifications, information and 10 photos, >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<11:31 Read More »

  • Quinault Indian Nation join West Coast crabbers on strike

    Fleets from Central California to the Canadian border are refusing to fish as the crabbing season opens along the coast. The strike is due to a Read More »

  • Northern Gulf of Maine State Waters Exempted Scallop Fishery Meeting Scheduled

    The Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will take public comment on a possible state waters exempted scallop fishery in the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) scallop Read More »

  • Ocean conditions appear improving for salmon

    Warm water temperatures in the north Pacific Ocean are starting to cool after three years, but their effect on Northwest salmon will persist for another year Read More »

  • Parasitic lampreys feed on bumper Fraser River sockeye run

    The parasitic Pacific lamprey is taking a bite out of the estimated more than 21 million sockeye returning to the Fraser River this year — a Read More »
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    MLA Withdraws from TRT April 2019 Agreement Due to “serious data flaws”

    On August 30, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) sent a letter to Chris Oliver, head of NOAA Fisheries, withdrawing support for the April 2019 Take Reduction Read More »

  • Maine lobstermen figured out how to make more money off their catches

    A lobstermen-only fishing organization has purchased a local lobster wholesale business, extending the reach of its members further down the distribution chain and giving them a Read More »
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    Will Morro Bay wind farms be the demise of Port San Luis?

    I heard about the proposed Morro Bay Offshore Wind Farm awhile back but didn’t really think too much about it. But now I understand there is Read More »
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    X15-Powered Lobster Boats on the Water, the first commercial fishing application of this engine.

    When Steve Corkum Jr. of Yarmouth Sea Products couldn’t find a yard prepared to build 15 lobster boats in a single order, he started his own Read More »

  • Small Norwegian fishing boat confronted Russian warship during live-shooting exercise

    “This is Russian warship, you need to leave the area”, was the message chief mate Øystein Orten got over the radio as his crew was about Read More »
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    Long Island: Wind farm meetings scheduled – Politicians and fishermen have doubts about visibility and impediments to fishing

    New York State on Monday will hold a public meeting in Southampton to discuss its blueprint for wind energy and the recently released federal government call Read More »

  • Kenai, East Forelands setnets open for first period

    A skiff called the Santa Maria, flying a pirate flag, skidded into the Nikiski beach, grating to a heavy halt. The crew efficiently hauled the boat Read More »

  • Fraser River Sockeye run estimated at nearly seven million

    It won’t be a super sockeye run this year. But salmon fishermen of all stripes should be allowed to get their nets or lines in the Read More »

  • Gladiator: Swordfish Life Cycle

    As a fishery biologist working aboard commercial fishing vessels back in the 1990s, I can still remember the first broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius) I saw captured Read More »
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    Washington: Commercial Fisherman Kenneth Elliott Layfield has passed away

    Ken was born April 7, 1959, in Oak Harbor, Washington to Mary Ann and Clarence Elliott Layfield, preceded in death by his mother, father, sister Anita, Read More »
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    Ocean Fisheries Ltd: Propspeed foul-release coatings has now become a must-do job at all haul outs.

    Propspeed, leading innovator of underwater foul-release coatings, announced today it has been selected by Ocean Fisheries Ltd. as the preferred foul-release coating for its fleet of Read More »

  • Seafood fraud cases plummet as NOAA cuts investigators

    In a sprawling warehouse five miles inland from the port of Newark, N.J.,  Scott Doyle was dwarfed by the metal shipping container that had just arrived Read More »
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    Tugboat Rex is back in service

    Ralph Criteser donated his trusty tugboat to the Port of Toledo when he closed down his moorage on the Yaquina River in early 2019. At his Read More »

  • Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO): Tougher penalties still needed in the offshore: MP

    While the number of foreign offshore fishing vessels dropping gear outside Canada’s 200-mile limit has declined significantly since the 1990s, what remains the same is the Read More »
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    The Latest BULLETIN HURRICANE MATTHEW – 800 AM EDT WED OCT 05 2016

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  • Fishing boat Captain Craig Sock honoured for Bravery

    Craig “Jumbo” Sock, the Elsipogtog fishing boat captain who lost his life while rescuing members of his crew in 2021, was honoured Thursday with the Governor Read More »

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