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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 Royal will continue shrimp dock operations, explores building new seafood processing facility

    Charles Abner is still docked in Port Royal, finishing some work on his 73-foot shrimp trawler, “Lady Bernice,” before going to work as shrimp season begins. Read More »

  • Record Prices For Stone Crab Claws Amid Scarcity

    Florida Keys-based  tells The Key West Citizen that fish houses paid $25 to $30 a pound for jumbo-sized claws, $18 to $21 a pound for large Read More »
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    Fishing boat captain fined for polluting Alaska waters

    A fishing boat captain who dumped sandblast waste into southeast Alaska waters was ordered to pay $10,000 and perform 40 hours of community service. Federal prosecutors Read More »
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    Cod Populations Might be Losing a Migration ‘Supergene’

    North Atlantic cod populations haven’t just decreased in number during the last century — their genetic diversity has plunged, too, which could ultimately impede cod from Read More »

  • On the docks, no sympathy for deadlocked lawmakers

    It’s a good thing our boats don’t have wheels,” Delay said, “because if they did, we’d be driving them through the front door of the Capitol.” Read More »

  • Comox C.G. Base closure supported by Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans – UNIFOR responds

    A review by Members of Parliament has failed to save a Canadian Coast Guard base on Vancouver Island. Critics hoped the review by the Standing Committee on Read More »

  • Upbeat NOAA fishery report challenged

    NEW BEDFORD — To say that Richard Canastra didn’t quite believe an upbeat NOAA report on the state of the Northeast groundfish industry is to understate it. Read More »
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    Sunken fishing boat bodies identified

    Two bodies recovered from near a sunken fishing trawler off the coast of Jersey have been identified as the crewmen. Larry Simyunn and Jervis Baligat died Read More »

  • Southend clam fishery trial results ‘very encouraging’

    Early results of a “game-changing” clam fishery trial in Southend have been hailed as “very encouraging” as bosses aim to help nurture the high-value seafood. The Read More »

  • Bristol Bay drift permits drop in value

    Just a few months ago, a permit for driftnet salmon in Bristol Bay went for over $225,000. There were many in that general price range late Read More »

  • Eliminate Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas in Hawaii, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Council Recommends

    HONOLULU (21 October 2013) The State of Hawaii’s Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas (BRFAs) located in federal waters should be eliminated, according to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Read More »

  • Tribute: Barnegat Light memorial unveiled to lost fishermen

    BARNEGAT LIGHT — Tears mixed with the salty air of the sea Saturday as more than 200 people showed up to help dedicate the Fishermen’s Story Read More »
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    Three crew members safe after troller Leona sinks during opener

    Three people were rescued when their fishing boat took on water and and sank in Sitka Sound Monday night (7-2-18). The 33-foot troller Leona, owned by Read More »

  • Did You Know: Montauk Is Ground Zero for Community Supported Fisheries

    Lucky us. On Long Island it’s easy to find fresh fish. Try living in suburban New Jersey, where my sister lives, and you have to drive Read More »
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    Consultation process questioned for waters off Cape Breton designated as Marine Protected Area

    An area three quarters the size of Prince Edward Island has been declared as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) just off eastern Cape Breton and the Read More »

  • Expanding Antiquities Act Monument Would Set A Dangerous Precedent

    The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently held a public meeting to discuss the proposed expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine Read More »
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    Arctic crab invasion reaches new shores

    Before 1960, the fishermen that sailed in the Barents Sea knew little about crabs. Then, developments unfolded that ultimately altered marine life on the far northern Read More »
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    Biden to restore Obama’s marine national monument

    President Biden announced that he will restore protections to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, The restored protections, which Biden will sign on Friday, will prohibit Read More »

  • ‘It’s really scary’: The existential crisis of a Bay Area crabber

    On a cloudy January evening, just as the sun lowered in the sky creating a sliver of orange along the horizon, John Mellor pulled his boat Read More »

  • Judge Rejects Latest Water Grab on California’s Trinity River

    “This is a water grab, pure and simple, that would have put the entire California salmon fishing industry at risk,” said Glen Spain, NW Regional Director Read More »

  • Northeast Region Bulletin: Immediate: Prohibitio​n on Possessing >50 bu of In-Shell Scallops Inside the Demarcatio​n Line

    We would like to remind Limited Access Atlantic sea scallop fishermen that federal fishing regulations prohibit limited access scallop vessels that fish a trip or any Read More »
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    Mother of Man Lost at Sea Renews Call for Dedicated Search and Rescue Services in Labrador

    The mother of one of two fishermen lost at sea is renewing her calls for increased search and rescue services in Labrador before a meeting with Read More »

  • PEI – Three generations of lobster fishing Jollimores

    On an early spring morning in French River Jimmy Jollimore wakes to see the sunrise over New London Bay. He then heads down Jollimore Lane to the boat that will carry three generations Read More »
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    High Liner: Captain Salvatore Parisi and F/V St. Rosalie

    My grandparents, Salvatore Parisi, and his wife Grace came to this country in 1922 from Sicily, and settled in Gloucester, Mass. They had four children at Read More »
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    Commerce Determinations Clear the Way for Alaska Fisheries to Receive Relief Funds

    U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed determinations from the Department of Commerce that fishery disasters have occurred Read More »

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