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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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    Iconic in Alaska, classic Xtratuf boot gets a redesign

    Xtratuf has launched a redesigned version of the classic dirt-brown Legacy boot that overwhelmingly outfits sport and commercial fishermen throughout Alaska. Purists needn’t fear, said Bo Read More »
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    In Jones Act dispute, judge allows backed-up Alaska seafood to move to Eastern U.S.

    Companies that haul fish from Alaska to the eastern U.S. can resume shipping what they say is an estimated 26 million pounds of frozen fish that Read More »
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    Proposal would kill more sea lions to protect fish

    More than 1,100 sea lions could be killed annually along a stretch of the Columbia River on the Oregon-Washington border to boost faltering populations of salmon Read More »
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    Large Scale Fin-Fish and Aquatic Farms Could Hamper Maine Aquaculture Industry

    As proposed, the Nordic Aquafarms project would raise more than 72 million pounds of salmon annually on its 56–acre campus in Belfast, Maine. The site would Read More »
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    Opinion: Time for NOAA and Sector IX to strike a deal

    Eighty New Bedford groundfishermen. They’ve had no work now for almost three months. In the end, those are the guys and it is their families who Read More »

  • More Pew Drivel – Global fisheries are declining but can still recover, study says. By Juliet Eilperin.

    The vast majority of the world’s fisheries are declining but could recover if properly managed, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science.  The Read More »
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    BIG WIN! Supreme Court dismisses FFAW-Unifor appeal of FISH-NL’s union status; ordered to pay legal costs

    The province’s Supreme Court has dismissed an FFAW-Unifor appeal of FISH-NL’s status as a properly constituted union, and ordered the FFAW to pay court costs. “The Read More »

  • Judge dismisses lobster lawsuit, U.S.-caught crustaceans remain on

    A California judge has dismissed a case filed by local lobstermen who called foul after a seafood watch group put the fishery on a” Red List” Read More »

  • Costa Rica stands with fishermen – will not protect any shark species of “commercial interest”

    In a move that is being condemned by numerous conservation groups, the government of Costa Rican president, Luis Guillermo Solis has promised the commercial fishing sector Read More »
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    Report on Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act, S. 2346

    Purpose of the Bill: The purpose of S. 2346, the Fishery Failures: Urgently Needed Disaster Declarations Act, is to clarify and expedite the disaster declaration process, Read More »

  • New England shrimp season ends with a whimper

    AP – PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine shrimp fishing season is coming to an end with a whimper. The season officially ends at 11:59 p.m. Read More »

  • Craig Medred: Fish fight end?

    The North Pacific Fisheries Council has taken an unprecedented step to try to increase the value of halibut to the Alaska economy by allowing a yet-to-be-created, Read More »
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    New England clam diggers press through the Coronavirus pandemic

    The clamdiggers, who pull softshell clams for use in chowders and clambakes from tidal muck, have weathered an aging workforce, relentless predators that eat shellfish, warming Read More »

  • Fulcher family-owned processor ‘may be beneficial’ in future

    Greg Fulcher hit US scallop sector headlines recently by paying $7 million to secure the fishing vessel Alaska, complete with permit, from New Bedford, Massachusetts-based Oceans Fleet Read More »

  • EU counters Pew criticism of ‘blurry science’ as bluefin tuna fishing kicks off with 20% hike

    As the European Union (EU)’s bluefin tuna fishing season in the Mediterranean kicks off at pace, Pew Charitable Trusts has warned the science behind this year’s 20% Read More »

  • Sportsmen, commercial fishermen disagree over Columbia River reforms

    Three years ago, Washington and Oregon adopted the most sweeping reforms of lower Columbia River sport and commercial fishing policies since the 1930s. Saturday, in Vancouver, Read More »

  • PInks are out competing sockeye salmon for food at sea, report says

    Growing numbers of pink salmon are out competing sockeyes for food in the ocean, causing the reds to grow slower and smaller. That’s the claim of Read More »

  • Key West: Three admit to illegally taking lobster, fourth defendant still missing

    A lobster-poaching investigation and legal case lasting more than five years hit its climax Monday when three Lower Keys commercial fishermen pleaded guilty in Key West Read More »

  • Public weighs in at Board of Fisheries meeting in Soldotna

    Fishermen and the fisheries-inclined turned out by the dozens Tuesday for an open hearing before the Board of Fisheries to air their concerns on a host Read More »

  • No compensation for East Coast shrimp fishermen hit by Northern Shrimp quota changes

    The federal fisheries minister has flatly rejected the notion of compensating fishermen in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick who are facing reductions in their northern shrimp Read More »
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    Its Deadline for Comments Day on South Fork Wind Farm Environmental Report

    BOEM, which recently finished its draft environmental review of the South Fork Wind Farm, gave the public a chance to weigh in on the document at Read More »

  • Wife identifies crew member aboard missing Seattle-based fishing boat

    A crew member aboard a missing Seattle-based fishing boat has been identified. Coast Guard crews in Alaska are searching for the fishing vessel Destination, a 98-foot Read More »

  • UK fishing industry warned of major post-Brexit compromises

    A parliamentary report by the Lords EU Energy and the Environment Sub-Committee says Britain’s fishing industry will need continued access to European markets if it is Read More »
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    ‘Wicked Tuna’ star William ‘Willbilly’ Hathaway dead at 36

    “Wicked Tuna” star William “Willbilly” Hathaway died in a car crash Saturday, Fox News has learned. He was 36 years old. Maryland State Police’s Salisbury Barrack Read More »
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    Chignik salmon fisheries made $3000 between six permits in 2018

    The exvessel value per permit has been over $100,000 for the past 10 years in the Chignik Management Area. This year, the entire fishery brought in Read More »

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