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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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    Conflicts, Lax Oversight Shroud This Secretive Fisheries Fund

    In the past 10 years, millions of dollars have flowed through an obscure federal fund aimed at supporting commercial tuna fishermen in Hawaii and three U.S. Read More »

  • Do you have what it takes to be a Bering Sea Fisherman? The BSVS.ME Website will set you straight!

    LIFE OF A WARRIOR Wonder what it is like on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea? Here you will find information on the profession of Read More »
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    The Legacy of the N.H.-Maine Lobster War and Why It May Wage On

    “That’s the line we’d use. We probably used it a century or so, between the New Hampshire and fishermen.” That’s Jack Newick, a lifelong lobsterman from Read More »

  • Hollywood Elitist Leonardo DiCaprio and Hollywood Elitist Oceana spy on fishing industry with “Global Fishing Watch”

    Thinking of poaching a protected reef? Big Data is watching you, with a little help from the “Wolf of Wall Street” and an ocean watchdog. And Read More »

  • Wilful Blindness from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada has put back on the table the idea of ​​reintroducing groundfish trawling, counter to what minister Shea said in 2009. A new Read More »
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    “Oiled: A Fisherman’s Journey” – A deeply personal memoir

    Derrell Short, a retired commercial fisherman and handyman, has completed his new book “Oiled: A Fisherman’s Journey”: an exclusive account of the author’s time as a Read More »
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    Latest joke in labour circus; FFAW’s top executives acclaimed after thousands blocked from union election: FISH-NL

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) calls the final slate of candidates for the FFAW-Unifor executive the latest joke in an Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 92′ Rodriguez Scalloper/Shrimper

    To review specifications, information, 35 photos’, and a video, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here<  10:50 Read More »
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    Boris accused of ‘throwing the fishing industry under a trawler’ as huge Brexit row erupts

    Former Prime Minister Mr Johnson had previously insisted “taking back control” of fishing was one of the prizes of ending Britain’s 47-year membership to the EU. Read More »

  • Rolls-Royce to Design, Equip Canadian Stern Trawler

    The shipbuilding company in Norway has received an order from a Canadian company for a shrimp stern trawler to be designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce, whose Read More »
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    Parallels: What does Coronavirus pandemic have in common with the 1992 cod moratorium?

    Barbecues, swims in cool waters and the warm summer breeze — typical beats of summer across Canada, even in 1992. That year’s summer meant a seismic Read More »
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    Family of Newfoundland fisherman Isaac Kettle fairly certain he has been found

    It wasn’t how they wanted to find him, but Isaac Kettle’s family is comforted in knowing that at least his body can finally come home. “This Read More »
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    Coast Guard medevacs Commercial Fisherman 55 miles offshore of Lake Charles, Louisiana

    The Coast Guard medevaced a mariner from an 86-foot fishing vessel approximately 55 miles offshore Lake Charles, Louisiana, Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received Read More »

  • Lobster industry rebounds with low dollar and high prices – Lobster exports from Nova Scotia are worth $385M

    Nova Scotia’s largest lobster fishery is enjoying a banner season thanks in part to low fuel prices and a low Canadian dollar. Jamie Osborne, a lobster Read More »

  • Alaska State Troopers: 6 boats seized for fishing outside permitted area in Southwest

    Six fishing vessels were seized this month after their operators were discovered drifting gillnets one to two nautical miles outside an open fishing area in Kulukak Read More »

  • Warming waters pose dangers to Arctic cod, research finds – saffron cod, pollock and Pacific cod could thrive!

    A research project being conducted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists has found that even a moderate warming of waters could spell dire consequences for the Read More »

  • Alaska judge rejects setnetters’ bid for additional fishing time in Cook Inlet – It’s all in the language

    Judge Andrew Guidi ruled Thursday that when the state Board of Fisheries decided commercial fishermen “may” be entitled to an extra 51 hours of fishing time this year, that is Read More »
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    Proposed Industrial Salmon Farm near Acadia an Environmental and Economic Disaster for Maine

    Frenchman Bay United, the coalition leading the opposition to a proposal by Norwegian investors to build a massive salmon in Frenchman Bay next to Acadia National Read More »
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    Clyde fishing ban: ‘No scientific evidence of creel fishing impact on cod spawning’

    A Scottish university professor says science around the effect of creel fishing on cod spawning is ‘completely lacking’ as trawlermen continue to be impacted by a Read More »
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    Huh!!! Massachusetts Lobster Poachers Charged!

    You can call it the “Illegalest Catch” after a lobster boat docked in Beverly was caught taking in illegal and undersized lobsters.,, Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers, Read More »
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    F/V Nicola Faith: Body found off Wirral coastline confirmed as missing fisherman Ross Ballantine

    A body found off the Wirral coastline on Friday, March 12, is that of Ross Ballantine, police have confirmed. The 39-year-old was reported missing, along with Read More »

  • Shut up, and Pay up. BP gets slick in trying to undermine gulf oil spill settlement

    It would be perfectly proper for BP, the giant British oil company, to feel a sense of corporate remorse. “Buyer’s remorse,” however? That’s a different story. Read More »
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    Nova Scotia looks to keep redfish quota as other provinces want in

    A Nova Scotia seafood company is urging the federal government to wait several years before starting a large-scale commercial harvest for redfish in the Gulf of Read More »

  • Stakeholders ponder Fundy’s future – Fishermen consider condition of bay; politicians contemplate power possibilities

    Hubert Saulnier quit school at 15 to fish and spent the next 45 years hauling his living from the waters of the Bay of Fundy. “I’m Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Duffy Lobster/Scalloper, 500HP, 6 Cylinder Lugger

    Specifications, information and 14 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here  13:18 Read More »

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