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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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  • Homer-based North Pacific Fisheries Association has received a $147,400 NFW Foundation grant to use electronic monitoring

    Homer-based North Pacific Fisheries Association has received a $147,400 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Fisheries Innovation Fund grant for a two-year project to use electronic monitoring in Read More »

  • NAFO to discuss TACs at upcoming 36th annual meeting in Spain

    Catch limits will take center stage at the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization’s meeting in Vigo, Spain, on Sept. 22-26, said the European fisheries and maritime affairs Read More »

  • Political solution sought for China geoduck ban

    Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and members of the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association talked last week about the possibility of a political solution to China’s Read More »

  • Sweden’s lobster game; stick to soccer

    Legendary American soccer goalie Hope Solo was rightly suspended for calling the Swedish national team a “bunch of cowards” after the European side beat the U.S. Read More »
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    Commercial fishermen undergo safety training in Charleston

    The water was somewhere between 45 and 50 degrees and here I was about to jump in. Though I had donned the bulky orange survival suit, Read More »

  • Good lobster year helps boat builders – Video

    People who work in Maine’s lobster industry have been celebrating after what many say was a good year. The higher incomes mean that after a number Read More »

  • Grant from Outer Banks Seafood Festival Fund supports North Carolina Watermen United

    On Oct. 19, the Outer Banks Seafood Festival continues its tradition of celebrating and supporting the local fishing industry. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Outer Read More »

  • Coast Guard crew medevacs man near Boothbay Harbor, ME

    The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 49-year-old male Monday five miles southeast of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  At approximately 11:30 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern Read More »

  • Talks underway in bid to keep Plymouth fish market open

    Talks are underway in a bid to keep the city’s fish market operating after Plymouth Trawler Agents ceases trading after tomorrow. Sutton Harbour Group Plc (SHG), Read More »

  • Commercial whelk fishery opens in eastern Cape Breton

    On Tuesday, an event at Louisbourg Seafoods processing plant ushered in the first commercial whelk fishery in waters along the island’s eastern coast.  The Louisbourg, N.S., Read More »
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    B.C. seafood company pleads guilty to illegally importing fish into the U.S.

    A British Columbia seafood seller has admitted to illegally importing into the U.S. thousands of pounds of fish that were deemed unsafe to eat. Seven Seas Read More »

  • McLaren New Interim Head of Seafood Board While Dardenne Searches for Replacement

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    Everett’s Fisheries adds to fleet; Avis J comes aboard for 70th anniversary

    For the past 70 years, the crews of the Everett’s Fisheries of Port Wing have plied the frigid waters of Lake Superior, wresting nets full of Read More »
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    It could have been worse. Commercial fishing boat metres from crash impact

    A commercial fisherman says his family’s vessel, the Dell Richey II, was fortunate not to get caught up in the crash involving cement carrier Goliath and Read More »

  • Cape Wind seals turbine deal – Trying to pass it off as “construction” Using your money to destroy Nantucket Sound.

    Just days before an important deadline to qualify for crucial federal tax credits, Cape Wind has signed a deal with Siemens to build the project’s turbines Read More »

  • Moulton unites region to reform at-sea monitoring

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    Jockeying to control Rafael’s fishing rights ramps up

    John Bullard can’t escape Carlos Rafael. People stop the Northeast Regional Administrator for NOAA in the hallway daily trying to pry any information they can about Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, November 22, 2015

    The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

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    John Yates remembers the day his life as a commercial fisherman was forever changed. The 62-year-old sat inside his Cortez furnishing store Off the Hook on Read More »

  • New York Summer Flounder Fishery for Federal Fishery Permit Holders to Reopen Tomorrow

    NOAA Fisheries today announced that it is reopening the New York Summer Flounder Fishery for federal permit holders on December 12.   This reopening is concurrent with Read More »
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    Maine lawmaker calls for renewed investigation into Vinalhaven killing

    Roger Feltis, 28, was killed on the evening of June 14 at the home of Dorian and Briannah Ames. The couple has claimed that they killed Read More »
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    Canada unveils 2020 protection measures for North Atlantic right whales

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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 85′ Steel Scalloper/Longline/Shrimper, Cat 3412, Kort Nozzle

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    Another dead whale seen floating off Jersey Shore, this time in Seaside Park

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  • DFO seizes illegally harvested fish in Hay River

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