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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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    NEFMC Honors Lou Goodreau for 45-Year Career on Staff

    The New England Fishery Management Council opened the first day of its April 12-14, 2022 hybrid meeting in Mystic, CT by paying tribute to Lou Goodreau, Read More »

  • Maritime Fishermen’s Union Local 4 buys life jackets for fishermen

    sou’wester – The province’s fishing industry is working on becoming safer, with more fishermen recognizing the importance and comfort of state-of-the-art life jackets. To aid this Read More »
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    Offshore wind farms threaten New Jersey’s shellfish industry. Should fishing communities be compensated?

    Earlier this month, New Jersey announced it would join eight other states that are seeking a regional approach to compensate fishing communities for the impending losses. Read More »
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    Coast Guard searching for missing commercial fisherman off South Padre Island, Texas

    The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 35-year-old fisherman in the water off South Padre Island, Texas, Saturday. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center Read More »

  • ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you’

    The Working Waterfront Festival takes place this weekend and features the traditional Blessing of the Fleet, to be held Sunday afternoon on the State Pier. This Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43’X15′ Novi Lobster Boat with Area 2 Permit

    To review specifications, information, and 10 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:30 Read More »

  • Editorial: Fishery aid package should be among top Markey priorities

    To some, the special election victory by Congressman Ed Markey Tuesday leaves Gloucester and Massachusetts fishermen without a definitive voice in the U.S. Senate. Just 3 Read More »

  • Turf War: Lobster fishermen charged after confrontation with First Nations

    Anthony Peter-Paul expected his first season as a lobster fisherman to be tough and profitable, but it turned into a situation where, he says, he “felt Read More »
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    Biden bureaucrats and woke environmentalists are regulating Maine lobstermen out of existence

    Have you been shopping recently and suffered from severe sticker shock on household staples? Sure, inflation and supply chain issues are contributors to soaring costs, but Read More »

  • Elyse Moore: ‘Flip dog’ in the shadhouse: Recalling the Connecticut River days when fish and rum ran freely

    SOUTH HADLEY — In 1733, the first recorded retail purchase of 30 Connecticut River shad for a penny apiece in Northampton launched a fisheries industry that Read More »
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    Into the Storm: The True Story of a Harrowing Ocean Rescue

    The plane was cold and the engines were loud inside the cabin. Ben Cournia slipped in foam earplugs to drown out the noise. Tendrils of light Read More »

  • Longtime Gloucester Fisherman Sam Parisi discusses regulatory issues he wants you to know about

    My name is Sam Parisi I am a proud third generation Fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts. My involvement in the fishing industry spans well over fifty years, Read More »
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    Australian Lobster Sector Claws Back Trade After China Ban

    Australia’s rock lobster exports are worth half a billion US dollars a year — and in normal times, 94 percent of them go to China. But Read More »

  • Seafreeze Ltd. News Flash – China Fishing Ban – Order your Squid Today! Call Ken Loud at Seafreeze Ltd. 401-234-1878

      NEWS FLASH – I’d like to share with you some market information for squid. Early this week, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture released a notice that China Read More »
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    Coast Guard establishes Area Command Post ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia

    The Seventh Coast Guard District has established an Area Command Post in advance of Tropical Storm Idalia, Monday, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Read More »

  • Firefighters pull deceased male from harbor on Christmas Eve

    The Gloucester Fire Department pulled a body from the Inner Harbor in the waters off Jodrey State Fish Pier on Parker Street on Christmas Eve. Fire Read More »

  • Year one of Eastport tidal turbine research presents challenges

    EASTPORT, Maine — Months of underwater testing in Cobscook Bay of experimental, tidal-based electrical generation technologies were not without its challenges, according to a research report Read More »
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    Sexist much? Al Gross says it takes ‘cajones’ to do a job

    In Al Gross’ latest radio ad, he says that in spite of what he has said on the record, he’s not really a liberal, but an Read More »
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    FISH-NL accuses FFAW of conflict of interest in accepting funds from offshore oil companies/industry regulator

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) questions the ability of the FFAW-Unifor to hold the offshore oil industry to account for Read More »
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    Funeral procession for fisherman Gus “Scotch Gus” Graham to pass his regular pubs along Freeman Street Grimsby to honour much-loved town character

    Mourners have been urged to line Grimsby streets to say farewell to one of the town’s best-known fishermen. The funeral cortege carrying Angus “Scotch Gus” Graham Read More »

  • City loses bid to have catch share tossed By Richard Gaines

    The plaintiffs included U.S. Congressmen John Tierney, whose district includes Gloucester, and Barney Frank, who represents New Bedford.  The Conservation Law Foundation was allowed to intervene, Read More »

  • President Obama just gave $500 million of Your Money to the UN Green Fund

    Guest essay by Eric Worrall- Tyrants and dictators, shady international arms dealers, brutal leaders of broken, basket case nations like President for Life Robert Mugabe, will Read More »

  • That Peter Shelley. He’s got all the answers! – Why can’t the US be more like the Canadians?

    You don’t usually hear much Canada envy from New England’s fishing industry. But last week, commercial fishermen Vito Giacalone, Richie Canastra, and Jimmy Odlin wrote to Read More »
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    Cuomo’s latest green-power fiasco

    Since 2015, Gov. Cuomo has been hyping his scheme to remake the state’s electric grid so that by 2030 half of the state’s electricity will come Read More »

  • Sockeye run at halfway point double 10-year average, over 20,000 a day crossing Bonneville Dam

    With summer Chinook adult spawner counts on track to achieve preseason return estimates, and sockeye salmon numbers looking even better than advertised, Oregon and Washington fisheries Read More »

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