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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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    This holiday season, the FDA has disregarded the concerns of hundreds of thousands of consumers around the country by moving forward with the approval of genetically Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 76′ Seiner/RSW Carrier

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  • Saving Seafood Analysis – Conservation Law Foundation Misleads Public on Habitat Closed Area Changes

    WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) March 13, 2013 – In the article, “Destructive Trawling and the Myth of  ‘Farming the Sea’,” Conservation Law Foundation’s (CLF) Sean Cosgrove  argues Read More »
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    UK’s fishing crews outraged at Brexit betrayal five years after

    It’s 5am on a brisk June morning and on board the Girl Pamela fishing vessel, skipper Graham Nicholas is taking me through some basic housekeeping ahead of Read More »

  • Commercial fisherman Jeffrey Thomas Clements of Oak Bluffs, Marthas Vineyard, has passed away

    Jeffrey Thomas Clements, 67, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2023, while out on his boat off State Beach, doing what he loved. Jeffrey was born Read More »

  • Donna resident aims to raise awareness of shrimping industry challenges

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    Coronavirus Uncertainties: NOAA Cancels Four Fisheries and Ecosystem Surveys for 2020

    Due to the uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique challenges those are creating for NOAA Fisheries, we are cancelling four research surveys off Read More »
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    Commercial Dungeness crab season under way in the Bay Area

    After a fair amount of nail-biting about whether the season would open on time, commercial fishers brought their first haul of Dungeness crab to Bay Area Read More »
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  • Oregon eyes Cathlamet Channel as gillnet site

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    “The Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishery is critical to our family’s livelihood and to thousands of other fishermen across the United States,” said Randy Wall, a Read More »

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  • Inadequate Assessment by DFO Leaves Harvesters with Rollover for 2020 Cod Catch Limits

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  • Lobster Boat Capt. Jeffrey W. Johnson, of Truro, Dies at 67

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  • Commercial Fisherman Corey Lee Goodwin, 66, of Ashland, N.H. passed away

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  • Fishermen file lawsuit in N.H. against NOAA over at sea observers

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 1, 2019

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    Long-sunken trawler leaks diesel fuel into Mackerel Cove

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