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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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  • Togiak Herring Update: Herring Harvested Tuesday and Wednesday

    Fishermen participating in the ongoing Togiak sac-roe herring fishery have finally started harvesting herring. KDLG’s Mike Mason has this update. here  21:40 Read More »

  • “Snappy Dresser” Peter MacKay says $280M CETA fisheries fund never meant to be ‘slush fund’

    Ottawa and the provincial government have been at odds over the interpretation of the $280-million fisheries fund for , with the province claiming the federal government Read More »

  • Two well-known marine survival companies become one as LRSE of Tiverton, RI, buys Landrigan Corporation of Boston

    Jim O’Connor got his start in the life raft and survival equipment business in 1978 working for Landrigan Corporation of Boston and on Sept. 1, he Read More »
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    Britain’s fishing industry: Jim Portus exposes the government’s betrayal of the fishing industry

    The UK’s fishing industry was almost universally ecstatic about the referendum vote to leave the European Union in June 2016. Meanwhile, United Kingdom Independence Party leader Read More »

  • Reasons to Reject the Law of the Sea Treaty

    Oceans cover 71 percent of Earth’s surface. As the new focal point of the environmental agenda, oceans are the subject of the United Nations Convention on Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 4, 2024

    The baywide catch yesterday topped a million for the first time this season, with a haul of 1.6 million fish. Messages to the Fleet – Shout Read More »

  • Invader green crabs from Europe threaten havoc in Puget Sound

    Emily Grason and Sean McDonald trudge through the mud of San Juan Island’s Westcott Bay on the hunt for something they hope not to find: A 3-inch Read More »

  • SLO County supervisors vote 3-2 to oppose Chumash National Heritage Marine Sanctuary

    After hours of public comment and discussion, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 passing a resolution to oppose the proposed Chumash National Read More »

  • Massachusetts lobstermen are pissed off over NOAA’s Fisheries Observer Program, and I don’t blame ’em.

    The specter of increased observer coverage on the decks of their boats is not sitting well with Massachusetts lobstermen, whose resistance to the NOAA Fisheries plan Read More »
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    Offshore wind farms will damage New Jersey’s economies and ruin it’s ocean views

    The hundreds of wind turbines due to be built up to 20 miles off New Jersey in the next five years or so will spoil ocean Read More »
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    Inquest: No evidence British submarine sank French trawler in 2004

    Ever since the boat sank, the families of the sailors have demanded a proper investigation into the men’s deaths. They have maintained over the years that Read More »

  • Processors denied in challenge to Gulf rockfish program – Alaska Dispatch

    The rockfish program implemented in 2012 allocated shares of the total harvest  to vessel owners, but did not guarantee processors a share of the harvest, as  Read More »

  • Sen. Durbin criticizes plan to cut Great Lakes program funding

    Durbin says cuts would have a major impact on federal programs created to address ecological problems facing the Great Lakes, including fighting the spread of Asian 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 »
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    FISH-NL charges Offshore Fishery Association with advertising ‘misleading’ information

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says an ongoing advertising campaign by the Offshore Fishery Association promoting its economic impact is Read More »
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    Zephyr is latest pelagic giant to join Whalsay fleet

    Zephyr, Whalsay’s latest pelagic trawler should be heading to the fishing grounds to catch mackerel at the end of next week and has already completed fishing Read More »

  • Kasich calls fishing regulations ‘ridiculous’ – says it’s rampant environmentalism

    Kasich told a group of fishermen and fishing industry members at the Yankee Fisherman’s Cooperative in Seabrook that he would do what he could to limit Read More »
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    Celebrity trawlerman enjoys new lease of life on dry land

    While the fall in the pound since the Brexit vote has provided a boost for exporters a veteran of the fishing business sees opportunities to grow Read More »
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    Fishermen slap down Sturgeon over EU crusade and say she’s ignoring Brexit’s GRAND PRIZE

    Ms Sturgeon and her SNP party have consistently warned leaving the EU would be devastating for Scotland’s fishing industry, with “thousands” of jobs at risk. However, Read More »

  • Maine Lobstering Union Mourns Fallen Lobsterman Jeremy Philbrook

    The IAM Maine Lobstering Union (IMLU) Local 207 mourns the loss of member Jeremy Philbrook, who died on the job last week after falling overboard and Read More »

  • Commercial fishermen on Outer Banks struggling

    WANCHESE — An 11th-generation Outer Banks fisherman, Jamie Wescott took a gamble recently in rough weather and worked until midnight netting 500 pounds of croaker. He hit Read More »
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    Opinion: Maine’s plan for lobster lines an improvement

    A federal proposal to cut fishing lines off the Maine coast was dead in the water to lobstermen, who said it would put either their lives Read More »
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    It’s wild salmon health vs. money and jobs as B.C.’s fish farm fight comes to a head

    For some, salmon farms are a blight on the landscape. Not for the way they look, but because of the threat they believe these large aquaculture Read More »
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    Ben Platt: Whales aren’t at risk from crab fishing along California’s coast

    Anyone who lives in or near California’s many historic fishing communities like Morro Bay, Monterey, or Half Moon Bay, has probably heard the term “ropeless” crab Read More »

  • Fishermen Plan Demonstration during NEFMC Meeting in Plymouth Wednesday, 2 to 4 p.m.

    The Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance is the group spearheading Wednesday’s demonstration, which is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. outside the fisheries council meeting at the Read More »

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