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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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    Ice and weather causing problems for Northern Peninsula crab fishers

    In a normal season fish harvester Ronald Patey of Englee would have caught his crab quota by now. However, bad weather and ice are causing problems Read More »

  • One year later: few violations reported in new marine protected areas, poaching a concern

    COAST CITIES — Poaching. Lobster traps where they shouldn’t be. Spearfishing protected species. These are the kinds of violations Cyndy Pourroy, a warden with the California Department of Read More »

  • Fishermen report slow mullet season

    With peak mullet season winding down, local fishermen hoping to cash in by selling their catches at the fish houses are reporting a lesser harvest than Read More »

  • Halibut stock stable, flat harvest likely

    Stocks have stabilized and bycatch is as low as it’s been since 1960, however the halibut quota for next year will edge down after being raised Read More »

  • The Noise of EDF – What Has Been Known to Fishermen and Must Become Reality. or. Putting Lipstick on the EDF Pig?

    November 8, 2012 — EDF supports greater involvement of fishermen in the stock assessment process. … Taking steps to engage non-government scientists in the stock assessment Read More »
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    Massive monster sharks ‘as big as two buses’ still roaming seas, claim experts

    Megalodons are huge prehistoric sharks measuring a massive 18 metres in length with razor sharp seven-inch teeth. That makes them almost twice as long as the Read More »

  • “The fact is, law abiding, licensed commercial fishermen are considered by our government to be the most dangerous people in America.”

    In September 1983 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Balelo v Baldridge decided the first court challenge against the government policy of placing federal Read More »
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    Saltwater Science Speaker Series presents oral histories of Georgia shrimpers

    On June 29, the Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant held the first of three events in this summer’s Saltwater Science Speakers Series. Their anthropology project Read More »

  • Collins vows to help rebuild Harpswell waterfront during visit

    U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, vowed to help secure funding to rebuild Harpswell’s storm-damaged working waterfront during a visit to the town on Saturday, Jan. 20. Read More »
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    Commercial crab fishery closed for 2023-2024 season

    The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the commercial red and blue king crab fishery for the 2023-2024 season, the sixth year in a Read More »

  • Sudden disappearance of sardines has serious economic and ecological effects on the B.C. coast

    A $32-million commercial fishery has inexplicably and completely collapsed this year on the B.C. coast. The sardine seine fleet has gone home after failing to catch Read More »

  • In St. John’s 150 years ago, a giant squid had its picture taken. That photo would ignite the world’s imagination

    Before one remarkable moment in downtown St. John’s a century and a half ago, the giant squid lived only in the tall tales of sailors and Read More »
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    Michelle Malkin Investigates – Fishing Wars | Drowning in Regulations

    Commercial fishing boats in New England are going under at an alarming rate, and hard-working families are being demonized by a multimillion-dollar environmental industry whose only Read More »

  • Rough Weather Conditions Forces Stop on Search for Missing Crew

    The Falkland Islands Government has called off the search for the remaining crew members of the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, which was reported to be taking Read More »

  • The failed swiftboating of US Commerce Inspector General Todd Zinser – Former commerce agents plead guilty to fraud against inspector general’s office

    Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser said Tuesday that the former agents waged a smear campaign against his office while they were under investigation. “In addition Read More »
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    National Fish & Seafood ceases operations

    National Fish & Seafood, the East Gloucester seafood processor which has been stung by a slew of criminal prosecutions involving its upper management and the bankruptcy 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 »
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    Todays Offshore Wind Farm Propaganda (from a real pro) – NOIA: VA Offshore Wind is a Win for Americans

    NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement after Dominion Energy and its partner Ørsted began construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Project: “This research Read More »

  • Wake up: Non-indigenous species are a danger to Alaska’s waters

    One example of an aquatic invasion: In June 2010, researchers discovered Didemnum vexillum — also known as “rock vomit” — in Whiting Harbor near Sitka. This Read More »
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    Nova Scotia: Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan asking sides to meet to de-escalate lobster fishing tensions

    And late Friday afternoon the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs declared a state of emergency for mainland Nova Scotia because of what it calls political Read More »

  • Coast Guard investigating the cause of the collision and sinking of Scallop F/V Last Stand

    The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of an accident that sunk a scallop boat April 28 six miles off Cape May.  The 42-foot scallop boat, Read More »

  • Commercial harvester says seals, not climate change, is the reason for decline of cod in New England

    An Associated Press story recently drew a comparison between the decline of cod in the United States with what happened to the northern cod stocks in Read More »
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    Nfld. & Labrador to research live seafood cold storage at Gander International, Port aux Basques for International Export

    The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is looking into creating new areas for cold storage of live seafood in the province, allowing more product headed Read More »

  • Hundreds Prince Edward Island Lobstermen gather for lobster price protest – Video

    Close to 800 fishermen gathered at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans office in Charlottetown Thursday, demanding a higher price for lobster. “Here we are making Read More »

  • A tribute to Herbert (Herbie) Jensen

    Herb started commercial fishing at a young age with his Uncle Jerry Clock. From there he grew into his legacy as a Prince William Sound and Read More »

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