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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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  • Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level to encourage repopulation

    After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 Read More »

  • A battle between oil and fishing – How an oil industry fiasco saved Kachemak Bay 40 years ago

    The trouble in Homer in 1976 brought world attention to oil politics in the Alaska Legislature and vindicated fishermen who had been fighting oil drilling for Read More »

  • The George W. Collier, a 115-year-old oyster fishing skipjack finally getting new life

    For a decade, the skipjack George W. Collier lay at the end of a long road in Cape Charles, literally and figuratively. The 72-foot-long boat was Read More »

  • North Pacific council makes observer program recommendations

    The motion asked for certain updates to the 2014 deployment plan, suggested information the council would like to see in future reports from the National Marine Read More »
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    How much fishing gear is lost at sea, worldwide?

    The first ever estimate of commercial fishing gear lost in the world’s oceans has been published by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Abandoned, lost or otherwise Read More »
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    That Was Quick!: French Navy backs down from West Cork fishermen

    Simon Coveney confirms French navy will stay outside of Irish waters during their upcoming exercises having come under pressure from West Cork fishermen. The French Navy Read More »

  • Fishermen and politicians: A lost alliance

     On fishermen’s trucks in coastal New England, a popular bumper sticker tells a grim story: “National Marine Fisheries Service: Destroying Commercial Fishermen and their Families Since Read More »

  • Nation’s first regional ocean plan discussed in Portsmouth

    State and federal officials joined members of the public in a roundtable conversation Monday night to discuss a draft of the nation’s first regional ocean plan. Read More »

  • John Oliver trashes bad science and worse media coverage of it

    Comedian John Oliver has done it again. His hour-long, commercial-free “Last Week Tonight” on HBO gives him the flexibility to present long-form pieces (and curse to his heart’s Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Nov. 30, 2015

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 11:02 Read More »

  • H.R. 2168 – West Coast Crab Industry applauds move toward permanent tri-state pact

    A bipartisan bill introduced April 30 would permanently extend a 17-year fishery management agreement for the West Coast’s valuable Dungeness crab fishery. Currently, Washington, Oregon and Read More »

  • Single-day catch of 1 million sockeye buoys Nushagak fishermen in Bristol Bay

    A million salmon caught in a day isn’t unheard of in the wildly productive Bristol Bay commercial fishery, but for one district it proved to be Read More »
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    Operation Roll Call: Royal Canadian Legion hopes to connect all remaining WW II vets in N.L.

    Eight decades after the Second World War was in full force, how many veterans of that conflict are left in Newfoundland and Labrador, and how do Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman Stephen Witwicki, 58, of Boothbay, Maine, has passed away

    Stephen Witwicki, 58, of Boothbay, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, surrounded by his loving family and friends after a courageous Read More »

  • Fisheries experts (Pew) caution against raising western bluefin tuna quota – latest science indicates the stock “has grown substantially”

    Member nations agreed to hold the shared quota at 1,750 tonnes for the last several years, with Canada drawing fire two years ago for being the Read More »
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    Southern Cape May County’s commercial fishing industry is worth $85 million

    Southern Cape May County’s commercial fishing industry is worth $85 million, according to a recently released federal report. The combined port of Cape May and Wildwood Read More »

  • Alaska fishermen reaffirm Responsible Fishery Management (RFM) support

    04 March, 2013 – The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute released a resolution this week supporting the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s decision to withdraw from Read More »
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    Leading veganism advocate is ‘really, really sorry’ she was captured on camera eating fish

    As a lifelong meat- and fish-eater, I am savoring this delicious story of hypocrisy.,,, Many are motivated by compassion for all animals, though vegans take that Read More »

  • P.E.I. fall lobster season wraps up with high catches, prices

    P.E.I. fishermen hauled in as many lobsters this fall as they did last year — more, in some areas — and the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is crediting Read More »
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    RCMP looking for pair suspected of stealing $1K in lobster from boat in Lunenburg, N.S.

    Nova Scotia RCMP are looking for two men suspected of stealing $1,000 worth of lobster from a boat in Lunenburg, N.S. According to police, two suspects Read More »
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    Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to diesel spill from grounded vessel northwest of Key West

    The Coast Guard and partner agencies are responding to a diesel fuel spill that occurred approximately 7 miles northwest of Key West, Tuesday. At approximately 8:46 Read More »
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    Islay whisky collection up for auction in aid of RNLI – Scotch Whisky News

    The Islay Sea Collection, a group of seven malt whiskies from each of Islay’s coastal distilleries presented in a one of a kind display case is Read More »

  • Maryland, Virginia Members Disagree on Atlantic Oil Drilling

    The Obama administration’s recent proposal to lease oil and gas drilling in a swath of the Atlantic Ocean generated the expected mix of cheers and jeers Read More »

  • Maine Lawmakers ask NOAA about trouble in scallop fishing industry

    Two lawmakers from Maine want to know what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is doing to address trouble in the Atlantic scallop fishing industry. U.S. Read More »
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    Naknek-Kvichak fishermen eagerly await the 16 million sockeye run to show

    With just 100,000 sockeye counted as harvest, and 65,000 counted as escapement, skippers and crew play the waiting game in Bristol Bay’s largest fishing district. The Naknek-Kvichak Read More »

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