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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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    Boasberg sets deadline for new North Atlantic Right Whale Protections no later than May 31, 2021

    The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife and the Humane Society of the United States sued the federal government for violating the Read More »

  • Some imported farmed seafood is a toxic cocktail – sometimes laced with antibiotics and pesticides that are not allowed in Canadian food production.

    Vancouver Free Press. – Have a look at the frozen shrimp in your local grocery store and you’ll see that most of it is imported from Read More »

  • Saint John’s: Bernie Halloran looking to open seal processing plant

    The owner of a popular seal skin retail store in downtown St. John’s says he’s looking to open his own processing plant somewhere in the province. Read More »
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    NOAA OLE closes a successful investigation after numerous Observers filed complaints against an Alaskan-based vessel

    “This was a large, time consuming investigation involving many violations, victims, and witnesses,” said Kevin Heck, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of OLE’s Alaska Division. NOAA’s Office Read More »

  • Putting lipstick on the ENGO Pig – Oregon fishermen and ENGOs in collaboration

    During a recent lunch at Sharkbite’s Seafood Cafe in Coos Bay, area fishermen broke bread with an unlikely lunch mate — an attorney from the environmental Read More »
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    LETTER: Hope doesn’t float

    I write in response to the article, “Twillingate fisherman concerned about proposed changes to crab stock classification” by Adam Randell,,, I agree the proposed precautionary approach Read More »
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    Free dental care offered to fisherman and their families

    Between 14 September and 14 December 2023, Smiles at Sea – now in its seventh year – will open its doors to fishermen suffering from dental Read More »

  • Mid-Atlantic Council Votes to Reduce Spiny Dogfish Quota for 2016

    At last week’s meeting in Philadelphia, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council recommended a substantial cut in the spiny dogfish commercial quota for next year. Following a Read More »

  • Uganda: Army to Replace Fishing Enforcement Officers

    Wakiso — State minister for Fisheries Zurubabel Nyiira Mijumbi has said UPDF officers will replace law enforcement officers in fighting illegal fishing. “We are going to Read More »

  • Battle over natural gas port proposal resurfaces

    Gov. Christie’s Office reaffirmed to the maritime administration that the state was opposed to the amended application [withdrawn in 2012], which essentially is this current project,” Read More »

  • A new report acknowledged the ongoing damage done by dams on the Columbia River. But that’s only part of the story.

    The Biden administration released a report this week acknowledging “the historic, ongoing, and cumulative damage and injustices that the federal dams on the Columbia River have Read More »
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    Kentucky State Fish and Wildlife Department seeking input on entrepreneurial solutions for Asian carp problem

    Asian carp swim by the millions in Kentucky’s waterways, threatening to crowd out native fish in some of the state’s most cherished fishing destinations – including Read More »

  • Furey says changes to cod catch are an ‘affront’ to N.L. in letter to federal fisheries minister

    In a letter to Diane Lebouthillier, dated July 3, Furey says the provincial government is concerned about the changes, announced June 26. “Changes that provide increased Read More »

  • Sipekne’katik First Nation granted a temporary adjournment to allow for mediation with the Crown

    A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has granted a joint request from the Sipekne’katik First Nation and the Attorney General of Canada to adjourn trial dates that Read More »
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    2017-2018 Minke Whale Unusual Mortality Event along the Atlantic Coast

    Since January 2017, elevated minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) mortalities have occurred along the Atlantic coast from Maine through South Carolina. A table of stranding numbers by Read More »
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    N.S. fisherman trapped by Russian shelling as he tries to drive Ukrainians to safety

    A Canadian attempting to drive Ukrainians displaced by the war to safety says Russian shelling has trapped him in the city of Chernihiv for three days Read More »

  • Activists, NMFS face off in federal court over ahi quotas “This is allowing them to fish without limits,” ??

    Environmentalists on Friday asked a federal judge to stop the National Marine Fisheries Service from allowing Hawaii-based fishermen to attribute some of the bigeye tuna they Read More »

  • Sept 24 – 26 NEFMC Meeting – Live Streaming Informatio​n

    The public is invited to attend the September 24 – 26, 2013 New England Fishery Management Council meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Cape Codder Resort, Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 78′ Steel Longliner, 400HP Twin Cat 3406 Diesels

    To review specifications, information, and 40 photos’, >click here<, A turn key vessel in excellent condition. To see all the boats in this series >click here< 12:30 Read More »
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    Struggling seafood processor hopes to come back stronger under new ownership as ‘New Peter Pan’

    Peter Pan, the seafood processing company with an array of plants in Southwest Alaska, had been struggling to keep up with competitors. So when its owner, Read More »

  • 5-Year Crab Fishing Ban Lifted in Kamchatka

    During the years of the ban the population of crab  in Kamchatka region had grown from 38 million to 151 million,  despite illegal fishing that brought poachers an estimated $500 million  in revenue every year. Read More »

  • A Community Fishery Starts In Montauk

    New York Sea Grant, based in Riverhead, has been advocating the new wrinkle on the old fish business, and in Montauk, the Concerned Citizens of Montauk Read More »
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    Fishing Company of Alaska is sold, ending a turbulent run in North Pacific harvests

    Renton-based Fishing Company of Alaska has sold its three factory trawlers and catch quotas to two other seafood companies, a move that will end more than Read More »
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    Ocean City not relenting in battle against offshore wind farm

    Ocean City is not giving up its fight against a proposed offshore wind energy farm seeking state permission to run an underground transmission line through town Read More »

  • Sign of the times? No. Government Ineptitude. New Hampshire Fishing fleet up for sale

     What fishermen are reporting is that “there are cod all over,”  But what fishermen see is not given credence by federal regulators, Goethel said, so yesterday Read More »

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