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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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  • Another bump in “Ocean City Inlet” road – Commercial fishing operators say inlet’s all but closed to them as shoaling worsens

    The January nor’easter, which wreaked havoc along the coast, also caused an increase in sediment into the already choking Ocean City Inlet, especially in the areas Read More »
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    New York State more than doubles the number of foreign wind turbines planned off the coast of Long Island

    New York State’s decision last week to award two “massive” offshore wind power contracts to Norwegian energy giant Equinor will more than double the size of Read More »

  • Breaking: Coast Guard searching for missing commercial fisherman between Cape May and Delaware

    South Jersey Times – CAPE MAY — The United States Coast Guard is searching for a lost boater after a commercial fishing boat capsized in the Read More »

  • Levittown fisherman admits $632G illegal catch, gets 7 months

    At a hearing in U.S. District Court in Central Islip late last month,Anthony Joseph, 51, “expressed remorse” before his sentencing, according to his lawyer, Chad Seigel Read More »

  • Carbon Experts at GAO: Feds should do more to stop ocean acidification

    GAO said ocean acidification is worsening because the ocean absorbs about 30 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, making the water more acidic. It can hurt commercial Read More »

  • FFAW Demonstrations Tomorrow (Monday)

    FFAW-Unifor is holding demonstrations for all members and community supporters on Monday, March 28 at 11 am at the Confederation Building in St. John’s & Civic Read More »

  • Save LBI lays out evidence for cause of whale deaths

    On August 4th, 2023, Save Long Beach Island (LBI) filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the ongoing offshore wind energy vessel surveys using high intensity noise Read More »

  • Register for Webinar – Monday, July 29, 2013 6:00 PM – 7:30 – SAFMC Live Q&A Session With Staff Regarding Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 5

      Register for the webinar here    Online video about the amendment here Read More »
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    3 dead after boat sinks near Quebec’s Lower North Shore

    Three people are dead after a fishing vessel capsized and sank just off La Tabatière, on Quebec’s Lower North Shore, Quebec provincial police say. Three others Read More »
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    Get fresh herring and help kids battling cancer this Saturday

    Come get your fresh herring! For the 8th year in a row the Finest at Sea and ‘Fishermen Helping Kids with Cancer’ are hosting a fundraiser Read More »
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    Half Male – Half Female Chesapeake Blue Crab

    This crab, known as a bilateral gynandromorphism, is about 4.5 inches long and is estimated to be in its third year. It has both blue and Read More »

  • Federal officials plan to track every fish and crustacean shipped to U.S. ports

    Before any seafood enters the U.S. market, officials said, it must contain information that federal, state and local officials currently do not ask for: its origin, Read More »
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    FISH-NL Calls For Resignation of Dominic LeBlanc, Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling for Dominic LeBlanc’s resignation in light of his failure to address the current Read More »
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    NOAA Sector ban suffocating shoreside industry in New Bedford

    The hits keep coming from NOAA’s groundfishing ban with financial losses spreading to business that support New Bedford’s fishing fleet. “No one ever really paid attention Read More »
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    Homer halibut fishermen facing more competition from the East Coast

    The International Halibut Commission, or the IPHC, will kick off its annual meeting in Portland Monday. The international regulatory body is expected to slash the total Read More »

  • Fishermen want better fish counts for black sea bass – MRIP is not available during January and February???

    Fishermen are looking for better management of sea bass by fishery regulators after another winter closure of the fishery. “We have no way of knowing how Read More »

  • Baker | Fisheries issues and stories rolling like caplin

    Quite often when you sit down to hammer out a few words about the fishery, or any topic for that matter, it’s sometimes tough to find Read More »

  • COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO HELP FISHERMEN STRANDED 45 MILES OFF PORTLAND, ME

    The Coast Guard is towing a 65-foot fishing boat with four people aboard Thursday, 45 miles southeast of Portland, Maine. At approximately 7:30 a.m. Wednesday a Read More »

  • Australian Maritime Safety Authority conducts crackdown on fishermen taking drugs

    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is undertaking a major campaign across Far North Queensland targeting fishing fleets under the influence of drugs. Five men have already Read More »

  • NEFMC commitee votes to protect corals in Gulf of Maine

    Federal regulars have decided to protect two areas in the Gulf of Maine that are home to slow-growing corals. The protected areas encompass almost 40 square Read More »
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    State of Maine: Real consequences of whale rules

    Here we go again. Federal fisheries regulators have been tightening the screws on Maine lobstermen for decades. Now they are planning to take another turn in Read More »
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    UPDATED: Vessel Safe in Yarmouth Harbor – Pump dropped to fishing boat taking on water off Yarmouth

    A Hercules aircraft has dropped a pump to a 13-metre fishing vessel taking on water off Yarmouth, N.S., and the situation is “stable,” according to the military’s Read More »
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    Trump officials drafted plans to eliminate marine monument off New England

    Senior U.S. Department of Interior officials prepared last fall to eliminate the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the Atlantic coast—even as they had Read More »
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    West Coast fishermen have few options against sea lions

    With the lights of Moss Landing, California, twinkling in the distance, Captain Porter McHenry stood on the top deck of the Merva W, a large  Commercial Read More »
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    Scarborough fisherman Colin Jenkinson celebrates 70 years at sea

    The trade is almost woven into his DNA, he can trace his ancestors – all fishermen of Filey and Scarborough – back to the start of Read More »

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