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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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    FFAW-Unifor election ‘democratic farce’: SEA-NL

    Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) calls the election process followed by the FFAW-Unifor to select a new secretary-treasurer a democratic farce, with thousands Read More »
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    Port Clyde lobster boat intentionally sunk for the third time since August

    A lobster boat was intentionally sunk over the weekend for the third time in a little more than a month. Maine Marine Patrol Sgt. Matthew Talbot Read More »

  • Cod industry will collapse due to new cuts

    “It’s really grim,” said Fiorelli, Reuters reports. “These stocks are in  real decline and questions were raised about whether they’ll ever come back.” An economic analysis Read More »
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    The Crab-Fishing Drug King of Everglades City

    On a seafood pilgrimage to south Florida, Jamie Feldmar catches wind of drug-runners, false-bottom crab boats, and a tale so bizarre it could only be true. Read More »

  • Pols Reeling Over Shortened Red Snapper Season

    In the midst of the pressure cooker of a U.S. Senate race, it’s rare that political rivals agree on anything. But in Louisiana, red snapper fishing is 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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    Newfoundland: Search suspended for missing crew members of F/V Villa De Pitano

    After a 36-hour search of the frigid North Atlantic waters, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre and the Canadian Armed Forces have suspended their search for the Read More »

  • Aug. 28-29 – Gulf of Maine Cod Peer Review Meeting – Sheraton Harborside Hotel Portsmouth, NH

    Meeting: The public is invited to listen in to a panel of scientific experts who will review the recently released Draft Gulf of Maine Cod Operational Read More »
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    Commercial Gulf Shrimp season reopens Saturday

    The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on Saturday, July 15, 2023. “The annual mid-May Read More »

  • Southerland Introduces MAST Act To St. Andrews – Video

    Local recreational and commercial fishermen say they’re losing out on fun and profit because of so many regulations. US Representative Steve Southerland from Panama City says Read More »
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    North Pacific pollock fleet preps for season after tough 2020

    Skipper Kevin Ganley spent most of the summer and fall pulling a massive trawl net through the Bering Sea in a long slow search for pollock, Read More »
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    Herrera Beutler calls sea lion bill critical to preserving salmon habitat

    For Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, the package marks her latest attempt in a series of incremental efforts aimed at boosting salmon runs without resorting Read More »

  • Galesburg fishing start-up catches Forbes’ eye

      The president of one of Galesburg’s most successful start-up companies was as surprised as anyone to find his company featured on the Forbes magazine website. Sitka Read More »

  • Prosecutors dismiss charges against indicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael’s bookkeeper

    Federal prosecutors moved Monday to dismiss the charges against Dartmouth resident Debra Messier, the longtime bookkeeper for indicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael, after her case had Read More »

  • ‘Deadliest Catch’ cast member has Vilonia ties – Shares his story of turning his life from drugs

    Flashing his boyish smile, 29-year-old Dan Borovina of Washington said he is used to living on the edge but it is not the place where he Read More »

  • CBS Sixty Minutes – Saving the wild salmon

    May 11, 2014, 7:40 PM|Do salmon farms help or hurt the declining wild salmon population? Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on the controversy surrounding the multibillion dollar Read More »
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    China Fishery against court appointing a US trustee

    Beleaguered China Fishery has claimed that the appointment of a United States trustee would subject its bankruptcy estate to “greater costs than benefits” and result in Read More »

  • Cute Killers? Gray Seals Maul, Suffocate Seals and Porpoises, Studies Say

    It seemed a heart-warming sight: two seals apparently frolicking in the sea before slipping below the waves off the German island of Helgoland (map) in 2013. Read More »

  • Sitka processor sells ownership stake to Starkist

    Sitka-based Silver Bay Seafoods has sold a twelve percent stake to Dongwon, the Korean owners of Starkist Tuna. The news of the sale has been public Read More »
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    Alaska commercial fishing picks and pans for 2016

    The start of 2017 marks the 26th year for this weekly column on Alaska’s seafood industry that aims to make readers aware of the economic and cultural Read More »

  • R.I. Clammer Dan Briggs concerned about wastewater plant chlorine killing steamers in Narragansett Bay

    Dan Briggs is afraid he’s losing his job. That explains his angry posts to social media this summer. His venting, however, isn’t doing anything to solve Read More »

  • Environmental group Oceana Inc. sues’ National Marine Fisheries Service for inadequate monitor coverage

    Gib Brogan, Oceana’s representative in Boston, said fishermen fish differently when monitors are on board, yet only 22 percent of boats in the groundfish fleet have Read More »

  • Can they save the fish? Environmentalists push back against bills

    “We think that the conservation requirements are working and more can — and should — be done to actually improve fishery management from a comprehensive point Read More »

  • Fishermen honored for saving man who fell into New Bedford Harbor

    “The quick actions of Kevin A. Perry and Christopher Bird Jr. prevented a far more serious situation and possibly tragedy from occurring,’’ the certificate of appreciation Read More »
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    Despite recent tweaks, New England fishermen want more changes in law

    In October of 2016 NOAA made changes to NS1, which aims to prevent overfishing while achieving the optimum yield from each fishery. Changes were first proposed Read More »

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