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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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    HUNTER prawn fishermen have been left on the breadline a few weeks from Christmas as a Senate inquiry into the Williamtown RAAF base contamination scandal kicks Read More »
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    Sunken fishing trawler Dianne found by searchers off Queensland coast

    Police say they have found the commercial fishing trawler Dianne in which six men are believed to have drowned when it sank in heavy seas on Read More »
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    RIMPAC battle lines forming – “They bomb right where we fish,”

    It’s the 26th exercise since RIMPAC began in 1971 and the third iteration of the Oceans4Peace Coalition, which works to turn the heads of the public Read More »
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    F/V Bald Eagle II: Shrimp trawler hauled off the beach, now under tow

    After sitting on the edge of the surf off Southern Shores for the last eight days, F/V Bald Eagle II returned to the sea thanks to Read More »
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    Skipper Christopher Lee Jarman admits trawler grounding charge

    The skipper of a fishing boat that ran aground near Canterbury’s Lake Ellesmere has admitted he failed to ensure a proper look-out was kept. The 22-metre Read More »

  • Hypothetically Speaking, Electronic Monitoring Cost Reports Released

    Observer Committee members, Herring Committee members, and Herring Advisory Panel members, Please see below for links to reports re. cost information related to electronic monitoring (EM).  Read More »

  • North Carolina: New rules set for gill-net fishing

    Gill-net fishermen have new requirements designed to protect an addition to the endangered species list. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently signed an agreement with Read More »

  • Thank you for considerin​g my comments/ DeepWater Wind – Barbara Durkin

    Narragansett Town Council 25 Fifth Ave. Narragansett, RI  02882 Dear President Callaghan and Members: It was a rare Democratic process I participated in  on May 6, 2013 on the Read More »

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    Video: Terrier Inherited by Fisherman Adapts to New Life on the Waves

    After inheriting Maggie the Welsh terrier from his grandpa, commercial fisherman Kale Pixey was determined to integrate her into his life. “Pretty crazy with the lifestyle Read More »

  • Maine alewives heading for newly opened fishways this week – In time, the St. Croix River could have the largest alewife run in the country.

    BAILEYVILLE Me.— Alewives are expected to swim upriver of the Grand Falls dam on  eastern Maine’s St. Croix River this week for the first time in Read More »
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    Consultation process questioned for waters off Cape Breton designated as Marine Protected Area

    An area three quarters the size of Prince Edward Island has been declared as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) just off eastern Cape Breton and the Read More »
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    Underwater cables linked to deformities and poor swimming ability in lobsters

    Marine scientists used a specialist aquarium laboratory at St Abbs Marine Station in the Borders to expose more than 4,000 lobster and crab eggs to a Read More »
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    Fishing Vessel Orion is the latest new trawler from Macduff Shipyards

    The steel-hulled Orion has an aluminium wheelhouse and mast, and is laid out on largely conventional lines with the cabins, engine room, fishroom and fresh water tank Read More »

  • Louisiana’s Shrimpers deserve some help

    It is no secret that Louisiana’s shrimpers have seen troubled times in recent years. They have battled rising costs, falling prices and vicious competition — much Read More »

  • Auditors question spending at Louisiana fisheries agency

    Here are some preliminary findings from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office, which raises questions about spending in the state’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from 2010 Read More »

  • Yukon River king salmon pour over the Canada border

     A surge of Yukon River king salmon crossed the Canada border this week, which fulfilled a treaty obligation to deliver Chinook to their Canadian spawning grounds.  Read More »

  • Sea stories beckon large audience as Fishers hook the crowd with talent (they can very taleted!)

    Wet Dog Cafe was full to the brim with diners Friday night; there was a waiting list to snag a table. Waiters weaved in between patrons, Read More »

  • Shell fisheries chairman charged with firing gun during argument

    Leonard H. Voss Jr., 61, of Smyrna, was charged by Delaware State Police with possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, aggravated menacing, terroristic Read More »
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    Feb. 14 deadline for bids on Tanner crab test fishery

    State fisheries officials have set a Feb. 14 deadline for bids to participate in a Prince William Sound test fishery from Feb. 22 through April 7, Read More »

  • Update: Lubchenco leaving NOAA, says she ‘returned fishing to profitability’

    Her departure from the Obama administration will end a four-year regimen that promised revitalization of the fisheries via a new economic system based on privatization known Read More »

  • Commercial fishing groups suing over sea turtles – Video report

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  • FFAW says Shrimp Quota Cuts Having Noticeable Impact on Communities

    The FFAW admits the average person may not fully understand the impact cuts to shrimp quota could have on rural parts of the province. This year Read More »

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  • PInks are out competing sockeye salmon for food at sea, report says

    Growing numbers of pink salmon are out competing sockeyes for food in the ocean, causing the reds to grow slower and smaller. That’s the claim of Read More »

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