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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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  • Clam Boats Test Paperless Reporting – eClams (Electronic Clam Logbook and Account Management Software)

    NEFSC cooperative research and data management staff are offering to install equipment on commercial fishing vessels for electronic trip reporting in the surfclam and ocean quahog Read More »

  • Commercial fishing fleet still waiting for its homeport

    Members of Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet have waited more than a decade for the city to build a Commercial Fishing Homeport, which has been part of the Read More »

  • Two fishermen rescued from burning fishing boat in Cook Inlet

    Alaska commercial fishermen report a dramatic rescue in Cook Inlet early Thursday. Domnin Martushev said was getting ready to fish for sockeye salmon early this morning Read More »

  • Daunting Calculus for Maine Shrimpers as Entire Season Is Lost

    PORT CLYDE, Me. — Shrimping in the Gulf of Maine was so bad last season that Randy Cushman, a longtime fisherman, wondered if there was any Read More »

  • NMFS Bycatch Reduction Engineerin​g Program Request for Proposals – Revisions to the Butterfish Mortality Cap in the Longfin Squid Fishery

    NOAA Fisheries announces that it has issued a request for proposals for 2013 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) Grants.   http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/by_catch/bycatch_BREP.htm NOAA Fisheries announces changes to the butterfish mortality cap Read More »

  • Interior secretary set to visit Boston as enviros launch marine monument campaign

    When Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visits the Boston area on Friday, environmentalists plan to greet him by rallying for the preservation of national monuments that are Read More »
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    Police investigating fire of Membertou commercial fishing boat

    Cape Breton Regional Police are investigating a fire that caused serious damage to the Membertou II commercial fishing boat early Saturday morning. Kelsea MacNeil (spokesperson for Read More »

  • Save wild salmon, support Bill C-228

    Early this year, Bill C-228 – a private member’s bill, was introduced to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture) to require finfish aquaculture for commercial purposes, Read More »
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    A big harvest + a buck a pound: Bristol Bay 2017 will be one for the books

    Mother Nature sent way more sockeye back to Bristol Bay than was expected, and many fishermen recorded their top seasons ever. As other fisheries fall short, Read More »

  • Editorial: Ex-AG’s ‘probe’ of fishing fund hardly independent – Gloucester Daily Times

    The Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund’s naming of former state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger to carry out an investigation into its own “governance, policies and operations” Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for December 2nd 2015

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More »

  • Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has signed legislation that will make it illegal to possess, sell, or distribute a shark fin in New York State. (with exceptions)

    This bill addresses the growing global demand for shark fins and provides a fair balance between the market for this ingredient and the need to protect Read More »
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    Clearwater Reports $133.7-Million In Sales, Drop Due to Coronavirus sales decrease

    On a conference call with reporters Tuesday, Clearwater CEO Ian Smith said the Covid-19 pandemic was the main reason for lower sales. Although international borders weren’t Read More »
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    Meeting produces no solution for fishermen’s Brexit related fishing issues

    Environment Minister John Young said following the discussions that he and his fellow ministers would continue to work with the industry, with another meeting due to Read More »
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    Fishing Vessel: Engine Room Only Shutoff Valve Let Fire Spread

    Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators Read More »
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    ‘We are not racist’: Nova Scotia fishing communities call for action again from feds to resolve lobster fishing dispute

    By daybreak, they numbered in the hundreds. Men and women from coastal communities throughout southwestern Nova Scotia gathered in the parking lot of the federal Department Read More »

  • Why the Snub? CETA tour takes feds to all provinces, except N.L.

    The absence of this province from the cross country tour comes after a similar absence during a major press conference on Oct. 29 announcing a $400 Read More »

  • Woman gets jail for embezzling about $500,000 from seafood plant

    The U.S. attorney’s office says in a release that 33-year-old Isairis Wolfe of Kodiak was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Monday. Prosecutors said Read More »
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    Restorative justice to be used in resolving charges in ransacking Nova Scotia lobster pound

    Restorative justice is being used to help resolve a case involving 25 people accused of ransacking a Nova Scotia lobster pound at the centre of a Read More »
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    Cuomo Calls for “Citizen Fleet” to Block Offshore Drilling

    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced new legislation to ban offshore oil and gas exploration in New York State’s waters.,, Cuomo has gone one step further Read More »
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    Boat captain charged with fishing violations

    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Offshore Patrol Vessel Program officers stopped the 48-foot commercial vessel, named Legacy, in the Pompano Endorsement Zone in Read More »

  • Green crab parasite may be death of lobsters

    Results of a study published last week show a parasite is being transferred from green crab bait to lobsters, and more results on another parasite, a Read More »

  • The facts on library consolidation at Fisheries and Oceans – The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

    Serious misinformation was spread recently about the consolidation of Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries. Let me correct the record. DFO owns one of the world’s Read More »

  • A MUST READ For Anyone Who Defended Joe’s Lobster Mart – Game, Set, Match.

    Real Cape Hippie has carried the Torch of Justice over the Joe’s Lobster Mart saga. For a rundown, read this article, Testimony: Lobster Mart Bought Thousands Of Read More »

  • SMAST issues scallop industry yellowtail bycatch advisory, warns industry approaching quota

    WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) Sept. 20, 2012 – To avoid reaching the yellowtail limit prematurely, the Fisheries  Survival Fund, an industry group that includes the majority of  Read More »

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