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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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  • One Great Lakes invasive species may have found a niche

    Can invasive species be good news – rather than bad – for native fish in the Great Lakes?  That sounds counterintuitive, but a new study shows Read More »
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    Truro lobsterman says rules to protect right whales costly to his business

    Cheryl Souza is ending her lobster sales after October. But third-generation lobsterman Billy Souza, as it turns out, is considering quitting as well. “It’s all the Read More »

  • These guys are pissed! Apalachicola Bay Oystermen rage at possible bay closure

    Frustrated over talk Apalachicola Bay might be shut down to oyster harvesting this winter, Franklin County seafood workers angrily confronted the president of their workers association Read More »
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    UK-wide funding scheme supports purchase of life-saving safety equipment for fishermen

    The new UK-wide funding scheme, which is being delivered by Seafish in co-operation with the MCA and Trinity House, is open to owners of active UK Read More »
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    9 missing after fishing boat capsizes in South Korea

    South Korean coast guard vessels and aircraft on Sunday were searching for nine fishermen who disappeared after their boat capsized off the country’s southwestern coast. The Read More »
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    Maine Department of Marine Resources Submits Right Whale Proposal to NMFS

    In response to requirements under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has submitted Read More »

  • Atlantic Hurricane Season: What to Expect In 2016

    Colorado State University edged up its seasonal Atlantic hurricane forecast to 15, three more than in an average year. The new prediction is that six of Read More »
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    SEA-NL: Investigation into foreign control/corporate concentration in fish processing sector required

    SEA-NL is calling on Premier Andrew Furey to launch an investigation into foreign control/corporate concentration in the province’s fish processing sector to coincide with a similar Read More »
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    Herring Decline Mystery Spawns New Studies

    Throughout the coastal waters of New England, the annual migration of river herring has been a seasonal “must see” event. Watching thousands of small fish swim Read More »

  • Sweden delivers salvo in lobster ban fight – Stand by for News!

    NOAA Fisheries will brief staff from the Massachusetts congressional delegation Friday on Sweden’s response to the joint U.S.-Canadian scientific effort to keep the American lobster from Read More »

  • Protecting Maine lobsters by banning pesticides gets tepid support

    AUGUSTA — A bill designed to protect Maine’s $340 million lobster industry by banning two pesticides that have been partially blamed for decimating lobster populations in Read More »

  • Owner and Captain indicted on conspiracy charges for dumping oil, pollutants into Blaine Harbor

    Bingham Fox, owner of the fishing vessel Native Sun, and his son Randall Fox, the boat’s captain, first dumped the waste in 2011 and continued to Read More »
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    Norton Sound crab fishery bounces back with record year following fishing hiatus

    The 2022 commercial crabbing season had the best harvest since 2017, according to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. And when adjusted for inflation, ADF&G Read More »
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    South Carolina: The 35th annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival returns

    It’s oh-fish-ial! The 35th annual Blessing of the Fleet and Seafood Festival is returning this weekend. The festival has one purpose: To celebrate Mount Pleasant’s local fishing and shrimping industry. Held Read More »

  • What about the jobs?! Assateague National Seashore: Commercial fishing, Aquaculture ban proposed

    Chincoteague officials are preparing to respond to a plan that could put an end to commercial fishing, aquaculture and the horseshoe crab harvest within the boundaries Read More »
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    This story has a Twist! F/V Jenny Lynn had been disabled since Monday.

    A commercial fisherman was rescued Thursday by the Coast Guard after his vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico 18 miles west of the city. The Read More »

  • Disgraced Murkowski Senate Aide and convicted Poacher Arne Fuglvog, Moves from Federal Prison to Federal Fisheries Lobbyist. What a Country, huh?

    Alaska Dispatch – Arne Fuglvog, a former fisheries advisor to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and commercial fisherman, who stepped down when he was charged with overfishing Read More »

  • Declining worm harvest poses challenge for diggers, scientists

    It’s a dirty job, but digging for blood and sand worms along the Maine coast can pay well, particularly in areas of the state where it Read More »

  • Stricter West Coast fishing rules spur new technology aimed at recovering groundfish species

    Sara Skamser has to do a lot less convincing these days. The owner of Newport’s Foulweather Trawl fishing net company has been a trusted business partner of Read More »

  • North Carolina Commercial Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Illegally Harvesting and Selling Atlantic Striped Bass

    The announced that today in federal court, James Ralph Craddock, 71, of Manns Harbor, pleaded guilty to federal charges regarding the illegal harvest and sale of Read More »
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    ‘I will miss it. There’s no doubt about that’: Caribou Fisherman’s Wharf Harbour Manager retires after 36 years

    Fifty years-ago, the Caribou Fisherman’s wharf would receive routine visits from Bayview boys riding over on their bicycles. “I was just fascinated with coming to the Read More »

  • More than 400 call for new rules on fish farming in Nova Scotia

    More than 400 people from community organizations across Nova Scotia turned out for a rally in Halifax on Thursday to issue a joint call for aquaculture Read More »
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    New measures to protect striped bass being eyed for the fall.

    Fishermen were given the floor at a meeting of the civilian Marine Resources Advisory Council in Setauket to suggest and opine on measures to limit so-called Read More »

  • FISH-NL renews call for province to allow in outside buyers; ensure provincially owned quotas caught by inshore harvesters

    In light of declining south coast cod stocks, the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is renewing its call that the provincial Read More »

  • BOEM seeks interest in North Carolina offshore wind

    DECEMBER 17, 2012 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published a Call for Information and Nominations to gauge offshore wind industry interest in Read More »

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