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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 Poacher and the Dirty Dealer Caper – Cape Cod Oyster theft case unveiled

    A West Yarmouth man has been indicted in the theft of more than $40,000 worth of oysters and equipment from beds off Dennis and Barnstable last Read More »

  • Long Island, NY: County Attorney To Explore Legal Action On Behalf of Commercial Fishing Industry

    The Suffolk County Legislature at its July 29 General Meeting unanimously passed a resolution, sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I-Montauk), asking the County Attorney Read More »

  • Governor Walker names two good Alaskans to North Pacific Fishery Management Council

    “Alaska strong” is the phrase that best describes Gov. Bill Walker’s recent nominations of Theresa Peterson and Buck Laukitis to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Read More »

  • More women in P.E.I. lobster fishery are becoming Captains!

    While lobster fishing has long been one of the backbones of the P.E.I. economy, a woman at the helm of a fishing boat hasn’t been a Read More »
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    Virginia’s Latest Pricey Boondoggle: Offshore Wind Power

    As reported in an earlier article, Virginia’s green electric power plan calls for 5,000 MW of offshore wind generating capacity to be built in the next decade Read More »

  • Cod quotas slashed on Cape Cod

    As of Wednesday cod quotas for Cape Cod fishermen have been  slashed 61 percent on Georges Bank and 77 percent in the Gulf of Maine (north Read More »
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    Nils Stolpe – Summer Flounder Management – Can it get any worse?

    Summer flounder, also known as fluke, support recreational and commercial fisheries that are among the most important in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England. They have Read More »
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    Peter Pan Seafoods to require employees to be vaccinated

    A seafood processing company with operations in Alaska and Washington state will require its employees to be vaccinated,,, The policy will be enacted in tiers. The Read More »

  • Rep Bill Cassidy and Sen. David Vitter – H.R. 1430, the Offshore Fairness Act of 2013.

    This legislation will give states in the Gulf of Mexico and the south Atlantic the option to expand their offshore jurisdiction up to 10 miles off Read More »

  • From Virginia, another idea for reversing crab decline

    The latest idea for pulling Chesapeake blue crabs back from the brink of disaster — a fascinating and frustrating subject about which everyone seems to have Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Young Bros. Lobster/Tuna, 6 Cylinder Detroit 6-V-92, North Lights – 8 KW Genset

    Specifications, information and 29 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:51 Read More »
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    Doug Dixon, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, Receives King Neptune Award

    To recognize his life-long contribution to the North Pacific Fishing Industry and his countless hours of community service, the Norwegian Commercial Club (NCC) presented John Douglas Read More »

  • How a Supreme Court case involving herring fishermen affects the Little Sisters of the Poor

    A Supreme Court case being argued this week could have significant implications for a decade-long religious liberty battle fought by the Little Sisters of the Poor. Read More »

  • Long List of Factors Stressing Out (poisoning) Narragansett Bay

    The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program has developed a draft report on the status of Narragansett Bay entitled “State of the Bay and its Watershed.”  Numerous factors, Read More »

  • Work on fishing safety needed

    It’s been well documented that commercial fishing can be deadly. In the past five years, more than 30 fishermen have died on the job in this Read More »
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    Sea to Table: Bringing the Bounty of the Sea to You With Meghan Lapp, and Michael Gambardella

    Open to the public and free of charge. For more information, please contact the Town of Stonington Economic Development Commission at 860-235-9180. The La Grua Center is located Read More »

  • Announcement of the notice of availability for Amendment 14 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

    John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office  Click here to see the Notice – Comments must be received by October 11, 2013 – You may submit Read More »
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    Possible wind farm sites 17 miles off Hamptons identified

    A federal agency has identified a swath of the South Shore 17 miles off the coast of the Hamptons as a potential area for new offshore Read More »

  • Gulf’s next wind auction puts focus on Louisiana after Texas shuns renewables

    After the Gulf of Mexico’s first-ever offshore wind lease auction drew zero bids for sites in the waters off Texas last year, federal regulators plan to Read More »
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    “Hundreds if not thousands of jobs,,, New Bedford about to become hub for offshore wind

    The state has announced lease agreements with Vineyard Wind and Mayflower Wind at the facility from 2023 to 2027, and are worth more than $32.5 million. Read More »

  • Zappa 1 tuna fishermen handed five-year suspension after guilty pleas

    Three men who fished out of the Antigonish area are banned from the catch-and-release bluefin tuna fishery for five years after pleading guilty to a total of Read More »
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    Fisherman hits jackpot, becomes millionaire overnight

    A fisherman in the Jevani area of ​​Gwadar hit a jackpot and became a millionaire overnight after he caught a rare croaker fish weighing 48 kilogrammes Read More »

  • Former Board of Fisheries nominee charged with Permanent Fund fraud

    A former head of the United Cook Inlet Drift Association and Alaska Board of  nominee is being charged with illegally collecting $7,422 in Alaska Permanent Fund Read More »

  • It takes fish to make fish – Larry Engel

    The uptick in silvers to the Mat-Su is part of what we on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fish and Wildlife Commission were asking for last February when Read More »

  • From the newsvine archives! F/V Endurance- Foto Friday, Fri Aug 5, 2011

    Took a road trip to New Bedford to visit ish2dant, and tour the F/V Endurance, our Foto Friday subject. More photos, >click to read<  16:41 An Read More »

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