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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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    Fields withdraws name from fish board consideration

    It was a quick dip into the state fisheries politics pool for Duncan Fields. The Kodiak resident on Wednesday withdrew his name from consideration for the Board Read More »

  • Not good. Shell to start exploratory drilling in N.S. in 2 years

    Shell Canada has completed 3D seismic imaging off Nova Scotia’s southwestern shore, but the energy giant says it will be at least two years before exploratory Read More »

  • Oregon trawlers re-up their shrimp certification

    The Oregon Trawl Commission learned this week the Oregon pink shrimp it catches will again received certification from the Marine Stewardship Council. The group was the Read More »

  • EU snow crab fishermen illicitly expelled from Barents Sea and Svalbard

    Approximately 19 large boats from several EU countries remain tied up in port out of fear of being arrested for fishing snow crab in the Barents Read More »
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    East Coast Fishermen File Lawsuit Over At-Sea Monitoring Mandate

    WASHINGTON – Today, Cause of Action is announcing that its clients, David Goethel, owner and operator of F/V Ellen Diane, a 44-foot fishing trawler based in Read More »

  • Lobster waiting list debate continues

    The waters off Hancock and Washington County have been very productive for lobster fishermen in the last few years. And when business is good, more people Read More »

  • American Backlash Against Big Wind: States Cut Subsidies & Ban New Wind Power Projects

    If your understanding of the world is limited to what’s printed in the mainstream press, you’d be forgiven for thinking that rural folk can’t wait to Read More »

  • Just Now!! The 7 am opening of the New Bedford to Fairhaven bridge.

    The number one fish port in the USA is open for business and a parade of vessels went through this morning headed to sea to feed Read More »
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    Cuomo Announces $6.7 Million in Cares Act Funding to Assist New York’s Marine Fishing Industry – Application Period Opens Dec. 1

    Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $6.7 million in federal funding is available from the Marine Fisheries Relief Program established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Read More »
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    Bloody effluent still spewing from B.C. fish processing plant, photographer finds

    A photographer on Vancouver Island is again raising concerns about the practice of dumping effluent containing fish blood from fish processing plants. Tavish Campbell says little Read More »

  • Mariner Rescued after 2 Months Adrift at Sea

    A 29-year-old man arrived in good condition to Honolulu Wednesday aboard a Coast Guard small boat after being rescued by merchant mariners in the Southeastern Pacific Read More »

  • Pacific states say tuna talks making slow progress

    Pacific island states expressed frustration Wednesday at a lack of progress in talks aimed at protecting the region’s valuable tuna resources, accusing powerful faraway fishing nations Read More »
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    New Dakota Creek fishing ship will be first in U.S. since 1989

    Commissioning a new ship costs a bundle. Ask Helena Park, CEO and founder of Fisherman’s Finest in Kirkland. She has hired Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes Read More »

  • Crabs to crawfish! – Longview Washington fisherman catching a different crustacean

    TDN.com – Outside of Michael Furford’s mobile home next to the skiff boat he’s repairing, wire crawfish pots stack the wall, almost reaching the roof. Furford said Read More »

  • WCPFC must urgently address bigeye tuna mortality

    Newly released stock assessment that shows bigeye tuna is being overfished underlines why the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) must take decisive action at Read More »

  • Alaska Editorial: Fishery research a crucial investment

    Gov. Sean Parnell visited the Kenai Peninsula this past week, and, as is almost inevitable in this neck of the woods, the discussion turned toward salmon Read More »
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    Vision for New Bedford’s waterfront focuses on fishing, revamped State Pier

    Expanding the scope of New Bedford’s commercial fishing industry — and showcasing it with greater public access on a revitalized, multi-use State Pier — are key Read More »

  • ‘Wharfside Stories’ help unwrap history of Portland’s working waterfront

    For more than 60 years Leland Merrill has made a daily pilgrimage to Widgery Wharf on the city’s waterfront. These days Merrill, now in his early Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 46′ Mussel Ridge Lobster/Tuna, 750HP John Deere, Northern Lights-9 KW Aux.

    Specifications, information and 10 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<12:25 Read More »

  • Board of Fisheries is in Session! Listen Live.

    When in session, the Board of Fish hosts streaming live audio.  Click here  15:44 The Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meeting starts this Friday. Posted Read More »

  • Right whale breeding ground discovered off N.S. Males, whose four to 4.5 metre-long prehensile penis is one of the largest in the animal kingdom

    Why that little tid bit was included in the article is open to speculation! Anyway, Back to the,, Nova Scotia scientists believe they have located the Read More »

  • What are your thoughts on the future of this region? U.S. Arctic Research Commission to meet in Unalaska

    Is enough being done to protect the endangered Steller sea lion? What about offshore oil development? Does the oil rig Kulluk represent a bright economic future, Read More »
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    Body found on West Island, believed to be missing fisherman

    The U.S. Coast Guard says a body found on West Island yesterday, is believed to be the body of a missing fisherman. Around 1:30 a.m. on Read More »

  • North-east boat that sank and killed three fishermen had fatal flaw on deck

    Investigators probing a trawler disaster which left three fishermen dead found a fatal flaw on the deck of the vessel. A survey of the wreck of the Read More »
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    Coast Guard rescues 4 after boat catches fire near Cape May, NJ

    The Coast Guard rescued four people from a life raft after a commercial fishing vessel caught fire about 16 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, Read More »

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