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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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  • Port Alberni Port Authority buys real estate – Strip of land by Fishermen’s Harbour purchased to develop marine fuel service

    To meet the demand for marine fuelling service on Alberni Inlet, the port authority has purchased a narrow strip of land by Fishermen’s Harbour.The Port Alberni Read More »

  • On the Columbia River Commercial fishermen are endangered

    It seems a bit odd that some of our neighbors should have to reintroduce themselves. But many new residents in our community don’t seem to know Read More »

  • Defence, Department and Fisheries and Oceans Canada under axe

    OTTAWA — Major cuts are coming to the Defence Department and Fisheries and Oceans Canada but there are few details in the 2013 budget about where Read More »
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    US fishermen lose quota in new fishing pact with Canada

    American fishermen are losing thousands of pounds of valuable fishing quota under a new catch share agreement with Canada. Fishermen from the U.S. and Canada seek Read More »

  • New England Set Gear Fishermen – Final Rule – Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. Are you Affected?

    NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction. This rule revises the management measures for reducing the incidental Read More »

  • Tanner Crab Fishery Closed for 2014 Season

    State officials announced this week that the tanner crab fishery would not open for the 2014 seasons in the eastern Aleutian Islands. But Unalaska’s small boat Read More »
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    Tugboat Rex is back in service

    Ralph Criteser donated his trusty tugboat to the Port of Toledo when he closed down his moorage on the Yaquina River in early 2019. At his Read More »
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    Commercial crab season to open Monday but local crabbers want another test done

    Following several delays, the commercial Dungeness crab fishing season for Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties is opening Jan. 15, the California Department of Fish and Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report June 12, 2015

    Tim Sands joins for a discussion on Westside counts and more on his plan to open fishing at 30,000 sockeye up the Wood River. Law enforcement Read More »
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    Lessons from cod collapse

    By the end of World War II about 320,000 people lived spread out over 1,000 small “outports”, small fishing villages many of which dating back as Read More »

  • Oregon wave energy plan ready for vote after four years of work

    “It was a painful process,” said Josi. “Fishermen were the primary controversy … having to tell where their best sites are, and not only that, but Read More »
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    Mass DMF Conch Stock Assess Used by Wilcox Thesis Questioned

    After a close review of three separate research papers on Channeled Conch in MA waters, conducted over two years, it has been determined by former SMAST Read More »
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    ‘We don’t leave our friends behind’

    The story is as chilling as it is all too familiar here in America’s oldest fishing village, where for centuries fishermen, in pursuit of the ocean’s Read More »

  • UPDATE: USCC Polar Star navigates around icebergs, through heavy snow to reach fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain

    “We are navigating through heavy pack ice, dodging massive ice bergs that range in size from a Home Depot to some that are miles across, often Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug. 17, 2015

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 09:03 Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, January 18, 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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    Fisheries Minister Discards Science in Pacific Herring in the Strait of Georgia Decision

    “Shocked and devastated,” says the Herring Conservation and Research Society’s Rob Morley of Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray’s decision to reduce the harvest rate on Pacific herring in the Strait of Georgia Read More »

  • First Nations woman wins discrimination battle over fishing captain licence

    The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that a Nova Scotia aboriginal community discriminated against a female member by denying her work in the local fishing Read More »

  • NCFA Weekly Update for October 31, 2014

    Weekly Update for Oct. 31, 2014 as PDF  21:39 Read More »

  • Three Sites Under Study (Siege) As Marine Sanctuaries in Waters Off Vineyard

    An Island-based group that includes fishermen ( a very loose term), a documentary filmmaker and a world-renowned oceanographer are leading an unprecedented effort to create three Read More »
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    Mississippi shrimp season opens, fishermen hoping for the best

    Brian Chester has had good luck in the open waters south of the Intercoastal waterway, where success can be elusive. “It’s been OK,” he said. “It’s Read More »

  • EPA rules would likely block Pebble Mine in Alaska

    WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced severe restrictions on the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, a move that is likely to block a Read More »

  • NOAA adds Insult to Injury with Observer Coverage – Governor Baker will push for Industry Inclusion in Assessments

    With a crystalline portrait of America’s oldest seaport serving as the backdrop, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday attacked NOAA’s plan to force fishermen to pay for Read More »
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    Study links fish farms to spread of antibiotic resistance

    New research that finds a possible link between fish farms and the spread of antibiotic resistance doesn’t surprise marine biologist Inka Milewski. “Anytime you have animals Read More »

  • Fish agencies still have concerns about Bay Delta Conservation Plan tunnels

    Federal wildlife agencies still have serious concerns about how two giant water diversion tunnels proposed in the Delta may harm imperiled species such as salmon and Read More »

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