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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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    April 24th, 25th – Fishermen safety training planned in Newburyport, Gloucester

    Fishing Partnership Support Services, which was founded in 1997 and maintains offices in four Massachusetts port communities, announces the following training schedule: April 24: Safety and Read More »
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    Sunken fishing trawler is raised from the depths of a West Cork harbour

    The busy West Cork fishing port of Union Hall has seen the last of the MV Sceptre, the 23m fishing trawler that sank at its dock Read More »
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    Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Edwin Lee Owings, 1958-2021

    Eddie passed away peacefully on February 23, 2021, at 62 years old, in Crescent City. He was born in Fort Bragg to Thelma and Joel Owings. Read More »

  • Electronic Monitoring — Straight talk about New England’s fisheries, Chris Brown, Bob Dooley

    In any relationship, uncertainty and mistrust tend to circle back and magnify themselves over time. In the case of New England fishermen and federal regulators, the Read More »
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    America’s Finest vessel gets 2nd House waiver

    The U.S. House, for a second time, has passed a waiver for the fishing vessel America’s Finest, but a path through the U.S. Senate still remains Read More »
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    Restrictions lifted on beleaguered North Bay Dungeness crab fleet

    The restrictions were imposed earlier this season to reduce the risk of marine animals becoming entangled in gear. Beginning this weekend, commercial crabbers south of Mendocino Read More »

  • Massachusetts Fishermen need Attorney General Maura Healey’s help

    When touring the North Shore a year and a half ago, then-candidate for attorney general Maura Healey made it a point to mention her family ties Read More »
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    BP & Equinor Demand 54% Hike In Offshore Wind Power Price Increases

    BP PlcBP and partner Equinor ASA EQNR are demanding a 54% hike in electricity prices produced at three offshore wind farms in the United States, per Read More »

  • Only 5 countries earn more from seafood exports than Alaska

    From a global perspective, Alaska, with $3.28 billion in seafood exports to 125 countries, ranked first in 2012 among all of the United States, and sixth Read More »
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    Monterey Bay fishermen catch salmon as far away as Alaska. A proposed copper mine there poses a local threat.

    Tom DiMaggio is 96 years old and blessed with a full head neatly combed white hair and a warm handshake. A fisherman for his whole career, Read More »

  • Fishing bills in Olympia fail the smell test

    Yet another volley has been fired in the decades-old conflict between sport and commercial fishing. HB 1660 would change state law so that the Washington Department Read More »
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    Group that claims catching lobsters is harmful to whales draws sharp rebuke in Gloucester

    Nothing says “Massachusetts, or really “New England”, like a lobster. But our iconic crustacean just got a failing grade from an environmental group. The Seafood Watch Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 54′ Fiberglass Shrimp Dragger, 2 John Deere 6081’s, Kubota – 21 KW genset

    To review specifications, and information, and 3 photos >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here<12:10 Read More »
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    10 Indonesian nationals caught trying to smuggle shark fins from Hawaii plead guilty

    The fishermen accused of trying to smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins out of Hawaii changed their plead in court Friday to guilty. Federal investigators say the Read More »

  • Government Shutdown: Multi Millions at Stake for Working People in the Alaska Crab Industry – Timing is Critical

    Kodiak’s waterfront is bedecked with hundreds of “7-bys,” the big, heavy crab pots, as boats stack their gear for major fisheries in the Bering Sea.  The Read More »

  • Maine lobstermen sue to stop new electronic tracking

    Maine lobstermen are suing to stop a new suing to stop they argue violates their constitutional rights. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Read More »

  • NCFA WEEKLY UPDATE for June 24, 2024

    MD, VA and NC Public Hearing on Atlantic Cobia Draft Addendum II – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) staff will be presenting Atlantic Cobia Read More »

  • Anxiety and Threats on the Kuskokwim as First Salmon Gillnet Openings Near

    Four weeks into salmon fishing restrictions, the atmosphere along the Kuskokwim River is tense. At a meeting Tuesday the stress the closures are causing was obvious, Read More »

  • Alaska’s commercial fishermen face myriad job-related dangers

    EIN News – The waters of Alaska are not only full of vessels seeking a full haul of fish or crabs, they are also full of danger. Read More »
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    Massachusetts captain offers classes for aspiring fishermen

    Capt. Joe Sanfilippo fished out of Gloucester for more than 20 years alongside siblings and family members. For much of that time, a seed was germinating. Read More »

  • Fishing fleet still without a home after Eastport Breakwater collapse

    Nearly a month after the catastrophic collapse of part of the Eastport Breakwater, the community is still figuring out its next steps — including finding a Read More »
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    Family-owned fishing company challenges unconstitutional Fishery Management Council

    James and Dominick Russo are fishermen who earn their living off the Florida coast. But their livelihood is in jeopardy. James and Dominick have worked in Read More »

  • Fisherman pleaded guilty to social security fraud receiving over $157,000 in SSDI benefits

    United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel Fitzsimmons, 54, of Whiting, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to social security fraud. Read More »

  • A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew medevaced an ailing Fisherman from F/V Jessie Girl south of Juneau Sunday.

    Coast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received a distress call over the radio from the master of the fishing vessel and immediately directed the launch Read More »

  • Freshest fish traded in the dead of the NYC night

    “This is not like ordering tomatoes or potatoes,” Nunez says. “Seafood is wild.” By 2:30 a.m., one of the key items on his handwritten list of Read More »

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