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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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  • National Marine Fisheries Service seeks input on coral protection

    The proposal came in response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group seeking to extend endangered species protection to additional animals. Read More »

  • Louisiana: New restrictions create burden for local crabbers

    For Whitney Curole of Des Allemands, being a fisherman is an “always” kind of thing — he’s been a crabber since his teenage years, following in Read More »
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    4 Dead After Russian Ship Catches Fire Near South Korea

    A Russian-flagged fishing vessel caught fire off the coast of South Korea, leaving four out of the 25 sailors on board dead, Russia’s state-run media reported Read More »

  • Big Trouble Looms For California Salmon — And For Fishermen

    The West Coast’s historic drought has strained many Californians — from farmers who’ve watched their lands dry up, to rural residents forced to drink and cook Read More »
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    Video Update: Coast Guard rescues 3 fishermen and a dog from disabled vessel near Wachapreague, Va

    The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen and a dog Saturday after their vessel became disabled and ran aground two miles off Wachapreague Inlet. Watchstanders in the Read More »
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    Parasitic sea lice plagues global farmed salmon industry

    A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world. The tiny lice attach themselves to salmon and feed on them, killing or Read More »

  • Nils E. Stolpe: Flotsam and Jetsam FishNet-USA/December 8, 2013

    More astroturf “activism” in herring management – And on the subject of who’s doing and who’s not doing real research to better determine the status of Read More »
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    A Letter to the Editor: Wind farm utility causing onshore problems

    New England has regional noise/vibration problems since the Block Island Wind Farm started. Indeed, one could note, regional wind turbines no longer typify “green energy.” In Read More »

  • Burgeoning sea otter population in southern Southeast Alaska depletes commercial fishery species

    Sea otters enjoy feeding on sea cucumbers, sea urchins, Dungeness crabs and geoducks. Unfortunately, so do people. In southern Southeast Alaska, commercial fisheries for these invertebrate Read More »
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    Virginia: Heavily lobbied menhaden bill finally emerges

    After weeks of intensive, behind-closed-doors lobbying, the Chesapeake Bay’s oily, inedible menhaden fish finally landed on the General Assembly’s plate. After more than 90 minutes of debate, Read More »

  • Federal law requiring a million salmon is ignored by Dan Bacher

    On one historic day in 1992, I marched through the State Capitol Building and adjoining Senate Offices with hundreds of recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen and environmentalists Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Steel Gladding and Hearn Lobster Boat, Cummins 855 Diesel

    To review specifications, information, and 23 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:28 Read More »
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    AquaBounty cleared to export genetically-engineered salmon eggs to U.S.

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted a ban on genetically-engineered salmon imports, allowing the company AquaBounty to export eggs it is producing at its Read More »
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    Deadliest Catch Captains Admit They Went to the Wrong Graveyard When Burying Phil

    Back in 2010, along with his coworkers, family, and friends, fans of Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch,” were shocked to learn about the untimely death of Captain Phil Read More »

  • Bloody, red Cod Livers has Long Harbour fisherman suspicious of nearby Vale Smelter operation

    Andy Murphy of Long Harbour said last spring he was finding herring with bloody red-coloured innards, something he insists is a result of Vale’s smelter operations in the Read More »
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    Dungeness Crab season’s delay causing instability

    Randy Smith stood on the harbor sidewalk talking with a group of fellow fishermen, their large commercial fishing boats – piled high with empty crab traps Read More »

  • Opioid Crisis Taking Toll On Maine Lobster Industry

    The nation’s opioid crisis has hit hard in Maine, where at least one person died every day last year of drug overdoses. It’s also penetrated the Read More »

  • It’s simple for Alaska: Fish first means no to Chuitna coal project

    In 1920, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Even today we recognize that decision as one of the worst in Read More »

  • Waters to re-open to gill net fishermen

    The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission took action Thursday that re-opens waters in certain exempted areas to allow anchored large-mesh gill net operations beginning June 1. However, Read More »

  • Arrogance Ignorance and Greenpeace

    Just in case you have not heard the story – here is a brief summary. In Peru at night a group of Greenpeace activists drove a Read More »
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    2017 sockeye forecast weak for Cook Inlet

    Upper Cook Inlet’s commercial salmon fishermen are predicted to have another slow season, if the forecast proves accurate. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2017 Read More »
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    Soaring crab prices leave Newfoundland and Labrador harvesters out in the cold

    On July 3, Ocean Choice International frozen snow crab sold at Sam’s Club in Orlando, Fla., for $16.60/lb US, or $20.41 CAD. That works out to Read More »
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    Alaskan red King Crab available in Eugene for first time in 20 years

    Crab season is back and with a special guest. Alaskan red King crab is now available in Eugene after it hasn’t been in 20 years. It’s a Read More »
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    SEA-NL up and running as ‘distinct voice’ of skippers, licensed inshore owner-operators

    Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) elected its first executive during a founding convention earlier this month, and the Board’s first order of business Read More »

  • Maine DMR – “We’re gonna nip ten days off of your scallop fishing season”!

    Maine fishing regulators are proposing to trim 10 days from scallopseason along the state’s southern coast. The state Department of Marine Resources announced the proposed terms Read More »

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