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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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  • Oregon and South Carolina lawmakers protect U.S. Coast Guard air stations in Newport and in Charleston

    A provision included in the U.S. Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2015 will keep the air station in Newport open for at least two more years. Read More »

  • Gulf Shrimpers Taking a Beating Thanks to Cheap Imported Shrimp.

    Previously crippled by disease, imported shrimp from countries such as Indonesia have made a major comeback and have flooded the U.S. market, experts say. In summary, Read More »
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    14 Stocks Reviewed, 2019 Northeast Groundfish Operational Assessment Report is Available

    Pre-publication copies of our report on the 2019 operational assessments for 14 Northeast groundfish stocks are now available. The document will be reformatted later for publication Read More »
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    Lady Sarah captain ‘pretty gutted’ after boat runs aground near Lake Ellesmere

    The captain of a fishing vessel that ran aground near Lake Ellesmere is “pretty gutted”. The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) received a distress call from Read More »
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    UPDATED: Coast Guard, good Samaritans assist rescue of 4 from capsized vessel near Raspberry Island, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk crew and good Samaritans assisted with the rescue of the captain and three crew members Monday from a capsized fishing vessel Read More »

  • Southeast AK pink salmon catch for 2014 to be “average”

    The Southeast Alaska pink salmon harvest in 2014 is predicted to be in the average range, with a point  estimate of 22 million fish (80% confidence Read More »

  • Voracious protected seals starting to overrun waters off New England

    But what is the cost? Nils Stolpe, a Florida-based fishing industry journalist and advocate, calculated that since each seal consumed 5 percent of its body weight Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 23, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 12:02 Read More »

  • Local Nanaimo scientists featured in film on salmon

    Two scientists from Nanaimo figure prominently in a feature-length movie that examines whether European salmon viruses are linked to the decline in Pacific salmon stocks. continued Read More »

  • A sudden increase in the number White cross jellyfish in Bay of Fundy

    There has been a sudden increase in the number of white cross jellyfish in the Bay of Fundy in recent weeks, and a researcher says the scientific world Read More »

  • Angry Newfoundland fishery workers in formed picket line Tuesday to protest the latest cuts to inshore shrimp quotas.

    Earlier this month, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced a 9,000-tonne cut from the inshore fishery for northern shrimp quotas, while only 1,000 was cut Read More »

  • Shellfish harvest area closed

    PANAMA CITY – The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has temporarily closed a shellfish harvest area in the western part of North Bay as Read More »

  • New Hampshire: NOAA monitoring fee will kill local fishing industry

    Local fishermen say the looming cost of paying $700 per day, for at-sea monitors, could put them out of business by the end of the year. Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s spiny lobster review panel, Monday, Feb 9, 0:900

    Open to the public in Key West, Florida, and accessible via webinar. Click here for information, and here to access webinar. 19:50 Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ RI Marine Longliner/Lobster,1983, Lobster,Longliner Steel, Detroit

    Specifications, and information Click here  14:23 Read More »

  • Do Not Allow Proposed Environmentally Damaging Aquaculture Activities Regulations – Coalition to Canadian Prime Minister

    Business leaders, commercial and recreational fishing associations, scientists, lawyers and environmentalists are calling on Prime Minister Harper to halt the implementation of the proposed Aquaculture Activities Read More »

  • Actor Rhys Ifans brands seal hunt ‘inhumane’

    The Amazing Spider-Man  branded the killing of the marine mammals for their skins as “an off-season cash grab” for the Canadian fishing industry in a letter Read More »
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    California: 3 commercial fishermen rescued off Sonoma Coast by fellow crabbers

    Three commercial crabbers whose boat went down several miles off the Sonoma Coast were rescued late Tuesday afternoon through a combination of close communication and sheer Read More »
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    B.C. spot prawn industry nets new markets close to home

    For forty years, Guy Johnston has worked six-week stints on his fishing boat without a break harvesting spot prawns on the central coast of British Columbia. Read More »
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    Bottom trawling ban for key UK fishing sites

    The Marine Management Organisation says it plans to safeguard fishing areas in Dogger Bank and South Dorset by completely banning bottom trawling. The sites are already Read More »

  • Gloucester Lobsterman fined $10K for illegal landings in plea deal – Apology to ‘entire fleet’ delivered in courtroom

    The Gloucester lobsterman accused of landing 183 illegal lobsters last November pleaded guilty to 20 of the counts, and was fined $10,000. All other charges against him were dismissed under Read More »

  • Two Close Calls!

    It was a close call for the crew of a small fishing boat in West Cork recently when a much larger boat steamrollered passed them with Read More »

  • Is the clue to shrinking halibut in their stomachs — and those of arrowtooth flounder?

    Fish stomachs may help solve the mystery of why Alaska halibut today are so small for their age. Halibut weights are about a third of what Read More »

  • Coast Guard busy from Coast to Coast!

    BOSTON — Rescue crews from the Coast Guard  Cutter Escanaba, a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Boston assisted F/V Titan approximately 72 nautical miles east of Portsmouth, Read More »
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    Court dismissal ends lobster dealer’s potboiler

    A saga involving allegations of skullduggery by a Mount Desert Island lobster dealer on the waters of Blue Hill Bay reached its final chapter last week Read More »

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