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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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   The Big Green Money Machine – how anti-fishing activists are taking over NOAA

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   CONQUEST OF THE OCEAN - Taking over the fishing regulations of a nation involves vanity and corruption -

   

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  • McCurdy – Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union exploring shipping out unprocessed cod to the US

    “It was a disaster last year, and we can’t afford to repeat that in 2014,” he told reporters. “We’re going to need cod as part of Read More »

  • Ryan Cleary – Russell Wangersky’s column demands a response 

    I wish to respond to Russell Wangersky’s Jan. 28th column (Fish harvesters have the most to lose), by noting with interest how Wangersky gets along with Read More »

  • ICYMI: A look into Magnuson-Stevens with On the Record with Greta Van Susteren

    Posted by Committee Press Office on September 16, 2013 – Last week, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren took a look at Northeastern fishermen whose Read More »

  • Massachusetts Fishing Partnership – Safety training for SouthCoast fishermen an eye-opener

    Thirty-three fishermen and SMAST students and staff tried out, for the first time for many of them, fire extinguishers, flares, bailout pumps, life rafts and survival Read More »

  • Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery: Commercial fishing just about done for season

    “I was really grateful for the late season buyers,” said Carolyn Smith of the F/V Sadie S, who fishes for Icicle Seafoods. She and her crew Read More »
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    Carcass of right whale being towed to P.E.I. to determine cause of death

    The Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada were expected to beach a dead right whale on a Prince Edward Island shore Wednesday in a Read More »
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    California Dungeness crab season faces delays in parts of state

    The opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least Dec. 1 in the waters north of Bodega Head State Marine Reserve Read More »

  • ODFW seeks new members for Fishery Permit Review Board

    The permit review board evaluates limited entry permit denials made by ODFW and considers requests for permit transfers for the following commercial fisheries: sea urchin, roe Read More »

  • Four Nova Scotia cases involving federal fishing violations have resulted in fines totalling $136,420

    Convictions resulted from “extensive investigations” involving fishery officers from Sydney, Bridgewater and Meteghan, said a news release. [email protected] Related Read More »

  • 5 Vancouver Island native bands get commercial fishery – Supreme Court of Canada dismisses federal government appeal ending decades-long legal fight

    Five First Nations on Vancouver Island, who are part of the collective known as the Nuu-chah-nulth, have had their right to catch and sell nearly all species Read More »

  • “And I see Lori in my head, and I’ve got to kick, you know, I’ve just got to kick,” – Overboard shrimper opens up about life-saving swim

    A routine shrimping trip on the Gulf took a turn for the worst Sunday night. A seasoned shrimper was headed back to shore with his catch Read More »

  • King: Offended by cooking show

    On Jan 16, Saturday eve, we were watching a cooking show on WACA-TV (cable TV in Ashland) where the top item on the menu was a Read More »

  • Police find 2 bodies near missing fishermen’s boat – 1 body recovered earlier near Tabusintac on Saturday

    Two bodies have been found close to a submerged boat off the coast of New Brunswick, a day after a boat capsized with three crew members Read More »

  • Community Development Quota entities also affect Kodiak fisheries

    Fishermen all over America wonder about the special fishing rights given to the Western Alaska near shore villages, about 65 of them by name, in the Read More »

  • Alaska Delegation Asks For Consensus Among CDQ Groups

    Coastal Villages Region Fund, the state’s largest Community Development Quota group, has been asking for more fish for their fishermen. It would require Congress amending the Read More »

  • Nova Scotia tuna fishermen say Shea, MacAulay pandering to locals

    Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea says the fear of longliners entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence to fish tuna this year is a non-issue being fanned Read More »

  • Why is the status for American eel considered depleted in U.S waters? ASMFC

    Stock Status – From a biological perspective, much is still unknown about the species. Information is limited about their abundance, status at all life stages, and Read More »

  • Petition urges NOAA Gloucester shutdown

    With the regulated industry facing a virtual implosion based on a disputed legal ruling, an online petition campaign has been initiated to pressure Congress to close Read More »

  • Bodies of missing fishermen found in Brazos River

    The Coast Guard and local agencies have located the bodies of Phillip and Brandon Orr, Wednesday. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department search crews located Brandon at approximately 10 Read More »

  • rescueME Introduced to Commercial Market – the world’s smallest personal locator beacon

    Marine communication and safety specialist Ocean Signal presents what they call the world’s smallest personal locator beacon at this year’s Seawork International, through U.K. distributors International Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44′ LeBlanc Cape Forchu Sword/Tuna, CAT 3406, Loaded!

    Specifications, information and 17 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:19 Related Read More »

  • Letter: Fishermen’s aid can’t trump Sandy – Captain PAUL COHAN, F/V Sasquatch Gloucester

    To the editor: While we (fishermen) have been burdened by a callous, vindictive, government agency admittedly bent on the ultimate destruction of the families, economies, and Read More »
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    As climate changes, so do fish populations – but not rules for catching them

    The problem isn’t the fish. There are plenty of fish – but they’re the wrong fish. Warming water and other shifting ocean conditions have pushed the Read More »

  • Mine spill ‘unlikely’ to harm spawning Fraser sockeye

    The Mount Polley mine tailings pond spill is “unlikely” to significantly harm Fraser River sockeye now returning to spawn in fouled Quesnel Lake, according to the Read More »
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    New turbines just as lethal as Annapolis turbines

    Much more needs to be said and written about the testing of tidal stream turbines in Minas Passage. Graham Daborn, emeritus professor at Acadia University, wrote Read More »

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