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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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  • BP Partner Anadarko E-Mails Seen Showing Role in Doomed Well

    Anadarko Petroleum Corp. officials urged BP Plc to drill deeper into the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history Read More »

  • Western Gulf Fishermen’s Association have voiced their opposition DFO’s logbook plans

    WGFA president Craig Avery raised his group’s concerns with Colin MacIsaac, PEI chief of resource management with DFO. MacIsaac was attending the group’s annual meeting. “We Read More »

  • Louisiana Fisheries 2013, will take place at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd. focuses on commercial fishing

    HOUMA, La. (AP) – A program on seafood promotion and marketing for commercial  fishermen will be held Wednesday and Thursday in Houma. Sponsors include the LSU Read More »
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    North Carolina Commercial Fishermen can’t stay afloat under biased regulations

    Many commercial fishermen feel like they’ve been playing defense for a decade, fighting for their livelihood. “It’s a hard day to fight when you get up Read More »

  • The Gulf of Maine: Poster Child for Global Weirding?

    Since it’s snowing this evening, again, I though I’d write something on climate, which I know is not weather. As so often, the great state of Read More »
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    Irish Fishing fleet could be ‘slashed’ because of Brexit,

    Ireland’s fishing fleet is likely to be slashed because of Brexit, an interim Government report on the impact of Brexit on the fishing industry has concluded. Read More »

  • Ground fish – Explaining the markets – The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong

    An experienced fish plant operator explains the glut of cod  on the world market, why the bottom has dropped out of our salt-fish markets and why Read More »
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    Spanish Fishermen Who Crept Into Ireland, Under-Recorded, Got Pinched, Issued €9,000 Fine!

    A Spanish fishing boat has sparked outrage in Ireland after it was caught deceptively under-recording the amount of fish it caught, in a move that is Read More »

  • The need for real science in Magnuson by Carmine Gorga

    If there are no fish at docks in Gloucester, it is not because there are no fish in the ocean.  It is because the National Oceanic Read More »

  • Small-boat scallop fishermen worry about being overwhelmed by larger boats in the Gulf of Maine

    Since the start of the scallop season this month, Jim Wotton has dragged heavy dredges along the seabed off Gloucester, hauling in as much as 200 Read More »
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    Nonprofit would bring sea otters back to Oregon. Commercial fishing industry isn’t so sure

    “For about 110 years now, there’s been a big hole in our environment,” said Peter Hatch, a Siletz tribal member living in Corvallis.,, Hatch recently joined Read More »
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    American lobster population, habitat preferences shifting, study finds

    American lobsters along Maine’s coast have relocated to new habitats, while the population simultaneously shrunk in abundance and grew older, according to a new study by Read More »

  • Whistleblowers say Interior Department diverted $48 Million in Klamath Basin fish funds to farmers

    The site of some of the fiercest environmental wars over water in recent years is now the subject of a federal investigation into millions of dollars Read More »

  • MSA Reauth: Changes Proposed for U.S. Fisheries Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    This past Tuesday, the draft bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act was released by the U.S. House.  The Magnuson-Stevens Act is a big deal because this Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 3, 2015

    The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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    North Atlantic Right Whales – Proposed Pot/Trap Fisheries Regulations – Available for Public Comment

    Today, we released our proposed modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to further reduce the impacts of entanglement in fishing gear on right whales in U.S. waters. Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’: Who is the Richest Captain in the Series?

    The richest captain in Deadliest Catch is season 19 star Sig Hansen, captain of F/V Northwestern. Sig has a reported net worth of $3.5 million and Read More »
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    California oil spill forces fisheries to wait at least 2-4 weeks before restrictions lift

    “Nothing,” Terese Pearson, who runs the 50-year-old business with her husband, Tommy, said of the empty state of the tanks, now nearly two weeks after an Read More »

  • Somethin’ just ain’t right! Fisheries institute revamp removes Rothschild

    DARTMOUTH — A revamp of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute will mean that acclaimed marine scientist Dr. Brian Rothschild at UMass Dartmouth will be out as co-director after Read More »

  • Legislation threatens Alaska fishing economy

    The Seward Phoenix LOG – The healthy fisheries that support commercial and sport fishing also create tourism opportunities for Alaska communities. Unfortunately, our fisheries are at Read More »
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    “Protect the Gulf of Maine”: Fishermen to Rally in Augusta April 28th

    Leaders in the lobster fishing industry are planning a “Protect the Gulf of Maine” rally in Augusta next week to highlight issues related to the development Read More »

  • Cooke Aquaculture announces $203M Scottish purchase

    New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture is buying the Scottish subsidiary of Marine Harvest in the Orkney and Shetland Islands in a deal worth $203 million. The company operates Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Libby Lobster boat, 375HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo

    Specifications, information and 9 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here12:22 Read More »

  • Sea Scallop mother lode found off Cape May – “Ten billion is my best guess”

    “Normally we’d see one scallop per square meter, which is actually good recruitment. We had a wide range of more than 100 per square meter and Read More »
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    Wind farms creating ‘death zone’ at sea says ex-Greenpeace boss

    Drilling foundations for offshore wind turbines and sound pulses used to prepare for the 900-foot towers may be creating a “death zone” for whales, a former Read More »

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