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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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    Converted Great Lakes Fishing Tug makes fishing possible for the disabled

    A specially designed boat is connecting those with physical challenges to the joys of fishing on the water. “It’s amazing. I can’t believe it took so Read More »

  • Obama brings fresh attention to an expanded marine sanctuary (and the fishermen it hurts)

    Yesterday, while visiting Hawaii’s Midway Atoll, President Obama officially made the size of a marine monument twice the size of Texas while highlighting his Climate Change Read More »

  • The Long Haul, Part 4 – Protected Seals Raise Many Questions

    In years past, seal hunters received a bounty of five dollars a nose to keep the population in check. Now, seals are federally protected, and their Read More »

  • Danny Danny Danny. What the Hell ya doin’ boy? Maine elver fisherman guilty of reporting less than half of $700,000 income

    Danny Deraps from Ellsworth has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for underreporting his 2012 landings, which earned him more than $700,000 that season. The Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 26, 2015

    Click to read the  To read all the updates, click here  18:36:45 Read More »

  • Fairhaven Shipyard and its neighbors are at odds over noise and dust complaints

    Residents of Middle and Water Streets describe living near the shipyard as living in “a nightmare,” “a war zone” and “a dentist’s office.” It’s not just Read More »

  • Newfoundland: Escaped farmed salmon could cause problems, council warns. No big deal says DFO!

    The Salmonid Council of Newfoundland and Labrador warns a recent escape of farmed salmon could cause problems with the wild Atlantic salmon population. continued Read More »

  • Canadian Coast Guard goes high-tech – Communications system worth $50m has been installed in Halifax, N.L.

    The Canadian Coast Guard’s new $50-million communications system has been installed in Halifax after five years of development. It is a massive project that the coast Read More »
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    Proposed bill would make offshore wind developers create compensation fund

    The fund would provide compensation if construction or operation of a facility damages fisheries or the marine environment, and if the developer creates fewer jobs than Read More »
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    Magnuson management – how well is it working?

    “Through investment and sacrifice on the part of our commercial and recreational fishermen,  today, landings by U.S. commercial fishermen—and the value they get for those landings—are Read More »
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    Northern California Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Opener Pushed Back to Dec. 31

    The director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced an additional 15-day delay for the upcoming commercial Dungeness crab season, based on Read More »
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    Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation supports LD 101 to pause offshore wind development in state waters

    Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation (PMFHF) is supporting LD 101 which would pause all wind energy projects in state waters. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Billy Read More »
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    Our View: Lobster gear changes not yet warranted

    A plan to drastically reduce the amount of fishing line in the waters off Maine has lobstermen up and down the coast worried about their future. Read More »

  • Quincy legislator Ayers pushes fish farm proposal

    Four granite sewage storage tanks built more than a century ago have sat unused on Moon Island for decades, since Boston built a treatment plant on Read More »
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    On the hook-At-sea monitoring fees are the latest threat to NH’s dwindling fishing industry

    Working as both a biologist and a fisherman, David Goethel brings a unique perspective to the state and federal fishery management boards he’s an adviser on. “I’ve Read More »
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    ‘You’re not making a whole lot of money but you’re making a little bit’ – Cheap lobster on P.E.I. is bittersweet

    A P.E.I. lobster fisherman who couldn’t sell part of his catch on Saturday decided to pack his blue half-ton truck with lobster and head to the Read More »

  • Government Considers Protecting Iliamna Harbor Seals Under Endangered Species Act

    Mysterious harbor seals are the latest point of contention in the Pebble mine debate as the government considers the possibility of listing Iliamna Lake Harbor Seals Read More »
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    Prince Charles, sea lice, & why salmon farming sucks – Norwegian investors hope to delouse the salmon industry with new facility in Maryland

    Business media worldwide have for weeks failed to mention that fact in amplifying a July 7, 2020 announcement that the Norwegian firm AquaCon plans to build Read More »

  • NPFMC Shares Future of Electronic Monitoring Program with Fishermen

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is trying to figure out the best way to use video and camera technology for catch monitoring, and it’s on Read More »

  • Division of Marine Fisheries is working to minimize disruption and gear conflicts that could be caused by an upcoming sonar survey

    To assist the industry in avoiding conflicts with the survey, MarineFisheries will collect and publish on its web site information from Tetra Tech on the location of Read More »
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    Redfish rebound in Gulf of St. Lawrence show no signs of slowdown

    Redfish biomass surged by 20 per cent last year and is now estimated at a staggering three million tonnes, according to Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Read More »

  • Crisis Hotline: New option for farmers, ranchers, loggers and fishermen in Oregon

    A new hotline, the Agristress Helpline, launched in Oregon in September. It is tailored to support those who work in agriculture, forestry or the fishing industry Read More »

  • “Fatigue continues to be a major problem in the commercial fishing fleet,” Capt. Bruce Jones, Commander Sector Columbia River

    GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard, working closely with the Washington Department of Ecology, safely coordinated the refloating of the 44-foot fishing vessel Adrianna, Read More »

  • Subsistence gillnets on Alaska’s Kenai, Kasilof rivers get go-ahead

    Anglers on the most heavily used river in the state will be joined by another group of fishermen this year after the Federal Subsistence Board voted to Read More »
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    Cape May fishermen chase scallops despite risks, trade-offs

    Scallops caught by boats based in southern Cape May County may end up on your plate at a local restaurant, or in the frozen foods section Read More »

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