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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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    F/V Scandies Rose: Survivor Dean Gribble Jr. describes 20-foot seas,”worst possible conditions.”- Calls to loved ones reveal rough conditions before sinking

    In a YouTube video, Dean Gribble Jr. explains the people on board the Dutch Harbor-based vessel – with business operations out of Seattle – went “from Read More »

  • Tarpon Springs boat captain returns after fateful encounter with Irma

    The captain had few words to say after he got off the airplane, but most of them were about his former deckhand. “Carl Sheperd was the Read More »

  • El Nino and global warming create a surplus of doomsday headlines

    According to a new NOAA report issued December 28, the current status of the El Niño that is driving the much-hyped ‘extreme weather’ may be the third-strongest since Read More »

  • Boston Fish Pier’s seafood business evolving with the industry

    After years of struggle in the face of a declining local fishery, the Fish Pier in Boston is again bursting with seafood businesses. But with New Read More »
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    Deadliest Catch season 17 – What a Time to be Alive!

    In season 17, Discovery says that “half the crab boats of the Bering Sea fleet are tied up in Seattle” while “an existential threat faces the Read More »
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    Emergency Petition! Awaiting Court-Ordered Help, Enviro’s Want Ban on Some Lobster Traps, pushing newer ropeless traps

    “We filed this petition because it is an emergency situation,” Kristen Monsell, oceans legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity,,, Monsell and colleagues brought a Read More »

  • Editorial: Any fishery aid should come from NOAA, Commerce – mad science and built-to-fail catch share management policies

    Lumping in fishermen’s economic disaster aid with money going to recovery from a true natural disaster would miscast the fishery disaster as some sort of natural Read More »
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    Efforts begin to remove grounded vessel off Oregon Inlet

    Collaborative efforts have begun to remove a fishing vessel that was grounded off of Oregon Inlet on the night of February 29. The crew of the Read More »

  • Lawsuit in the works over Southern Flounder

    Carteret County will join fisheries groups in fighting the state Marine Fisheries Commission’s southern flounder supplement changes to reduce catch, which local fishermen say will kill Read More »
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    They’re big, they’re fat and thankfully there are finally a whole lot of ‘em!

    It’s early, but the Fraser River sockeye salmon run is looking strong for fishermen in U.S. waters. The season started earlier this week for commercial fishermen, Read More »
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    Epic catch brings tons of fresh fish to the Central Coast

    Salmon are running in epic numbers this year off the Central Coast, and that means lots of fresh fish for commercial fishermen and hungry customers. This Read More »

  • On Sunday The Fleet Will Be Blessed

    St. Raphael’s will hold its regular Sunday Service at 10 AM at the Erickson and Jensen Shrimp docks (1100 Shrimpboat Lane off Main Street).  The Blessing Read More »

  • Announcing the 2012 Coast Guard Video of the Year

    Posted by PA2 Kelly Parker, Monday, January 7, 2013 We’ve sifted through and tallied up your votes for the Coast Guard’s video of the year and Read More »

  • Meetings will shape AK fishing futures: salmon vs coal, setnet ban, NPFMC, BOF, IPHC

    It’s a meeting line up like never before for Alaska’s fishing industry. Starting off  this Friday  – the  state Department of Natural Resources will hear both Read More »
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    FV Jubilee tragedy: Canterbury trawler operators prosecuted under health and safety laws

    The operators of a trawler that sank off the Canterbury coast with the loss of all three fishermen aboard have today have been ordered to pay Read More »

  • Gillnet Restrictions on the Columbia River Bite Into Economy

    We can’t survive if we don’t have the gillnetters,” said Bob Zakrzewski, co-owner of Columbia Pacific Marine Works in Astoria, which does boat and motor repairs Read More »

  • Fishermen want better fish counts for black sea bass – MRIP is not available during January and February???

    Fishermen are looking for better management of sea bass by fishery regulators after another winter closure of the fishery. “We have no way of knowing how Read More »

  • Man accused of orchestrating $271,000 king crab heist

    A 29-year-old Lakeland Fla. man is accused of orchestrating a heist where $271,000 worth of king crab was stolen. Joshua Paul Warner, of 2462 Harrison Place Blvd., Read More »
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    El Nino brings rugged and strange conditions for deep sea fishers

    The El Nino weather pattern has made for a strange season of deep sea fishing and some rugged weather conditions for crews to deal with. Talley’s director Andrew Talley said Read More »
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    Sharks not a blessing to Georgia shrimp fleet

    Men like Johnnie Ray Bennett and Ben McDowell do not have to read a federal marine biologist’s study to tell them sharks are thriving in the Read More »
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    The rise of the land salmon

    Damien Claire stands inside an industrial complex on the outskirts of Miami, watching thousands of salmon fry dart this way and that in a circular tank. Read More »

  • Easy money in the lobster dealing biz

    To the uninitiated, the lobster business looks deceptively simple. You buy lobsters for between $2.50 and $3 a pound and the next thing you know, someone Read More »

  • Ret Talbot – Fishery Data versus Anecdote through the Lens of Sector Management

    At this year’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum, many old themes are the topic of current conversations. Fisheries managers and scientists point to data that show a fishery Read More »
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    Taoiseach Micheal Martin asked to intervene to help Arklow fisherman left with debts of €1 million

    The Taoiseach should intervene to help an Arklow skipper left with debts of €1 million after purchasing a beam trawler that was later found to be Read More »

  • Two opposing views of the Gulf Red Snapper Fishery

    John Sackton —   Feb 11, 2013 — A new allocation fight is taking place in the Gulf of Mexico with recreational charters, backed by the Coastal Read More »

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