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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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    Spend a day in the life of a Florida tuna fisherman

    A white scar carved across Carl Roby’s hand tells the story of the time a tuna, a creature he has spent decades harvesting, almost won. It Read More »

  • Green Crab found near Pool’s Cove – Could be a serious issue in Fortune Bay

    According to Cynthia McKenzie, a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans, the green crab has established a foothold in the Pool’s Cove area of Fortune Bay. Read More »
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    Cutting-edge hybrid boat built by a P.E.I. company goes to its new home in New Brunswick

    The vessel and the green technology were developed by P.E.I. engineering company Aspin Kemp & Associates.  The lobster boat is called Hybrid One. Company CEO Jason Read More »

  • Feds say no to fish-kill preventive water releases from Trinity Lake used to cool the Klamath and Trinity rivers

    Federal officials today told local tribes and North Coast officials that extra water releases from Trinity Lake used to cool the Klamath and Trinity rivers for Read More »
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    Warmer Northumberland Strait not good news for lobster fishery

    As climate change warms the waters around Prince Edward Island, it could bring a new threat of disease to lobsters. University of Maine researcher Richard Wahle Read More »

  • Busy evening as Dutch fly-shooter makes first landing in Newlyn.

    Around 7pm and the fly-shooter Annalijdia enters Newlyn, the first since the Dew-Genen-Ny stopped fishing back in the early 90s… Lots of photos, lots of vessels, Read More »
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    Shorthanded – Shrimp industry fears worker shortage

    The Texas shrimp industry is celebrating a handful of recent legislative wins while also dreading next year’s shrimp season if changes aren’t made to the seasonal Read More »

  • Painful Cuts for Groundfishermen Take Effect

    Vineyard Gazette – “These painful cuts will be felt far beyond the docks and will impose economic hardship on our coastal communities.” continued Read More »
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    Fishing company fined $59,000, vessel seized after illegal bottom trawling

    A deep sea fishing company has had its vessel seized and fined $59,000 after illegal bottom trawling by a skipper on his first high sea job. Read More »
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    UPDATED! Bail Fundraiser: Fisherman steals a King Salmon fire truck Saturday Night, drives to the bar with emergency lights on

    An Eagle River man stole a fire truck from the King Salmon Fire Station Saturday night and drove 15 miles with lights flashing to a bar Read More »

  • FISH-NL calls for reopening of Terms of Union with Canada; state of fisheries national shame and international disgrace 

    The President of the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says the province’s Terms of Union with Canada must be reopened with Read More »
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    Shrimper Steve, the Spot Prawn King

    Before the mid-2000s, when the first Spot Prawn Festival took place in Vancouver and The 100-Mile Diet was published, nearly all of B.C.’s spot prawns were sent Read More »

  • Committee to consider buying fishermen out of business

    A committee to examine a buyback program for the fishing industry could be organized as soon as this year, a federal official said, as fishermen prepare Read More »

  • Frank Blum – Boost production to keep S.C. seafood industry afloat

    Where did, where does, where will your seafood come from? The year 1995 was a pivotal point for South Carolina seafood production. From 1950 to 1995 Read More »
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    A seventh dead humpback whale has washed up on the Jersey Shore

    State and marine mammal experts had responded on Friday, Jan 13 to Brigantine Beach a half-mile beyond a former U.S. Coast Guard station. There was much speculation Read More »

  • This Weekend: Marathon Seafood Festival celebrates locally caught seafood

     Those attending can enjoy indigenous offerings like dolphin, Key West pink shrimp, spiny lobster, stone crab claws and crackers piled high with creamy smoked fish dip, Read More »

  • Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: NOAA fishing report just shows tip of economic iceberg

    Yes, the numbers are grim. The latest NOAA annual report on the Northeast groundfishery shows that landings were down by 24.9 percent across the region, while Read More »

  • Bering Sea Opies and the reality of the Deadliest Catch….Chris Miller

    When I started fishing at the age of seventeen, I remember hearing stories from other fishermen about two fabled Alaskan fisheries: Bristol Bay gillnetting and Bering Sea Read More »

  • Fishermen in Cornwall urged to stay safe during ‘deadliest month of the year’

    As  research reveals more fishermen die in January than in any other month of the year, the lifesaving charity has launched a hard-hitting campaign encouraging fishermen Read More »

  • WATCH: Fishing Vessel Battles Chetco River Bar (Nearly Loses)

    Check out this amazing video posted to facebook showing an inbound fishing vessel crossing the Chetco River (Brooking) bar near Brooking, Oregon. The footage is grainy but if Read More »
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    Feds review this year’s right-whale protections

    It was enough. But was it too much? That’s the question Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants to answer after a season of unprecedented measures to protect Read More »

  • Can they save the fish? Environmentalists push back against bills

    “We think that the conservation requirements are working and more can — and should — be done to actually improve fishery management from a comprehensive point Read More »

  • Editorial: NOAA no longer has an excuse for grant delays

    Six months ago, there was a glow of enthusiasm around the embattled Gloucester waterfront over the news that, while hardly meeting the full demands of the Read More »

  • 700 pounds of poached shrimp seized from F/V Way Maker in Gulf of Mexico – No Permit – No Turtle Extruder

    A joint effort by the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and  Atmospheric Administration resulted in the seizure of 700 pounds of  illegally-caught shrimp in Read More »

  • Fukushima nuclear pollution hasn’t hit B.C. shore, says researcher Jay Cullen

    Four years after a massive earthquake struck Japan, creating a nuclear disaster in Fukushima, research shows nuclear pollution is making its way towards B.C., but isn’t affecting Read More »

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