The Grey Zone: Trump’s rhetoric casts shadow over disputed lobster ground

June 20, 2025 Canada, International, International News, National

Maritime lobster fishers are about to return to waters claimed by both Canada and the United States. Captains are anxious to see whether the rhetoric by President Donald Trump and pressure from Maine congressman Jared Golden results in increased American pressure. “It remains to be seen – nobody knows,” said Brian Guptil, president of the Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association, about the reception Canadian fishing vessels will get this season in an area of water dubbed the Grey Zone. “We’ve heard reports of big coast guard cutters spending a little more time in the area, but we’ll have to wait and see.” The Grey Zone is a 700-square-kilometre area of water long claimed by both Canada and the United States in the Gulf of Maine. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:46

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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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