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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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    Coast Guard hoists ailing fisherman man near Cold Bay, Alaska

    An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched from Forward Operating Location (FOL) Cold Bay and hoisted the man, who was experiencing symptoms of appendicitis, and brought him Read More »

  • Federal proposal: Kill salmon-eating seabirds

    The proposal is the preferred action in a draft management plan released Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The colony of double-crested cormorants on Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 29, 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here for older updates click here09:43 Read More »

  • Vancouver Aquarium wants to mix conservation with commercial aquaculture!

    The Vancouver Aquarium has long trumpeted its dedication to conservation of aquatic life. Under a new and potentially controversial initiative, the institution wants to have its Read More »

  • The Drill Baby Drill bunch Like Sally Jewell’s continuance of Salizar’s Smart from the Start, All of the Above Offshore Energy Strategy

    Interior secretary nominee grilled about offshore drilling stances – WASHINGTON — U.S. Interior Department secretary nominee Sally Jewell said Thursday that she wants to find an Read More »
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    Pacific Fishery Management Council Chooses Salmon Season Options

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council has adopted for public review three alternatives for the 2018 salmon seasons off the West Coast of the United States. The Read More »

  • 3 victims identified after fishing boat sinks near Quebec’s Lower North Shore

    Quebec provincial police have identified the three people who died after a fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Quebec’s Lower Read More »
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    Coronavirus devastates Australian export businesses as economic costs of emergency filter through

    Sonia Einersen from Cairns-based business Torres Straits Seafood in Far North Queensland said live imports into China had been cut, so she had nowhere to sell Read More »

  • British Columbia approves reopening of Mount Polley mine after tailings spill; may threaten downstream Alaska watershed

    The provincial government on Thursday approved a restart of Imperial Metal’s Mount Polley mine, which has been closed since its waste dam failed last August and released Read More »
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    How To Play The Game

    Sam Parisi writes – To me this whole fishing industry is a big game. I remember a song by Paul Anka, in part it says love’s Read More »

  • Flower’s Cove wharf to receive upgrade – Extension still needed to accommodate more vessels says fisherman

    While Flower’s Cove fisherman Edmund Moores is pleased to see the work taking place, he says there won’t be a much-needed extension to the wharf. Coupled Read More »

  • In 1895 a historian urged us to modernize our fish products and speed them to market

    Lawyer, judge, historian and essayist — and son of Port de Grave — Daniel Prowse must surely have been smacking his lips when he wrote about Read More »
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    BASE withdraws its bid to buy Carlos Rafael’s boats

    An attempt to gain control of a large portion of Carlos Rafael’s fleet by the local seafood auction has been withdrawn after a fight over the Read More »

  • Salem considers commercial marina

    A city that once had one of the busiest harbors in the country is trying to return to the days when this was a working port. Read More »

  • N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries asking pound net fishermen to be turtle diligent in checking nets

    The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries issued a news release Friday in response to last week’s reported interactions with the sea turtles. In addition, the division is Read More »
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    AMSEA launches ‘Catch Fish. Not COVID’

    Alaska Marine Safety Education Association is making its message simple and direct: Catch Fish. Not COVID. The marine safety education entity in Sitka announced its vaccination Read More »

  • Northern cod plan kept from harvesters, FISH-NL’s Ryan Cleary says, FFAW Fires Back

    Almost six months after the FFAW and a number of seafood processors pitched it to the federal government, the breakaway group says it has obtained a Read More »
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    Ottawa accepts call for tighter fishing boat inspections in aftermath of N.S. sinking

    Transport Canada says it will tighten inspections of fishing vessels in the aftermath of a 2020 sinking that resulted in six deaths off Nova Scotia’s southwestern Read More »

  • ‘Plausible’ that Asian carp have reached Great Lakes – Laboratory analysis turned up positive hits for bighead or silver carp DNA in western Lake Erie

    CBC.ca – At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, according to a scientific report released Thursday. But there’s still Read More »
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    Bomb Damaged Crabber Rebuilt

    F/V Galwad-Y-Mor has fished from Grimsby for many years and was 20 miles north of Cromer in December 2020 when the crew reported to the skipper Read More »
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    New Concept Design Provides Comfort And Economy

    There’s nothing like a returning customer – and this isn’t the first time that George Hepburn and his partners have been to Macduff for a new Read More »
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    CETA is OVER: Belgian PM kills trade deal in devastating blow to EU

    Charles Michel said after a meeting with regional leaders: “I have officially told Tusk that we have no agreement.” The EU had given Belgium until Monday Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, September 27, 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 »

  • P.E.I. lobster fishermen tied to dock while Mother’s Day lobster exports drift away

    P.E.I. lobster fishermen will lose out on some of the biggest days for lobster sales with the delayed start to the season. Fisheries and Oceans will update fishermen in Read More »

  • Guest View: Tide begins turning fishermen’s way By Elizabeth Warren

    For the past two years, I have made many visits to Massachusetts fishing communities in New Bedford, Gloucester and the South Shore to hear about the Read More »

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