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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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    F/V Miss Katie Briefly Threatened to Sink to the Bottom of the Woodley Island Marina

    While Woodley Island harbor staff were out doing their regular “dock walk” this morning, a daily check-up to make sure everything is as it should be, Read More »

  • Will Shrimp Safety Concerns Pose Jumbo Difficulty For Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal?

    Meals security experts fear secret elements of a hotly contested Pacific trade deal will additional hamper U.S. government efforts to turn back poor seafood at the Read More »

  • Bizarre sea-life visitors arrive with North Pacific’s historic warmth

    The waters of the Pacific Ocean have been so unusually warm this year that fishermen and researchers from Alaska to California have spied a host of Read More »

  • Rescue attempt over for two New Brunswick fishermen – 1 body recovered, 2 men still missing after intensive search

    The rescue attempt for two missing fishermen has been called off in New Brunswick, hours after one body was found. continued  A New Brunswick Conservative politician Read More »
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    With Coronavirus pandemic ravaging our country, temporary relaxation of fishery regulations is urged to help fishing industry

    Thanks to our Senators and Congressmen who worked to get specific aid to the fishing industry, that has been hit particularly hard by the closure of Read More »

  • Noon Time Today! PETA plans ‘nude’ protest against Lobster Festival

    Representatives from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) alerted media Aug. 2 of their intention to launch a nude, or at least mostly nude, Read More »
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    New Brunswick Man, Business Fined for Illegally Buying/Selling Lobster

    Charges against a New Brunswick man and business for illegally buying and selling lobster. Frederic Arseneau and East Coast Ocean Products were each fined $25,000 for Read More »
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    In a matter of days, N.S. lobster shipments drop ‘dramatically’ to China due to coronavirus

    Exporter Stewart Lamont of Tangier Lobster said the sharp drop in lobster exports to China happened in a matter of days. “We’ve seen them diminish dramatically Read More »

  • Local Nanaimo scientists featured in film on salmon

    Two scientists from Nanaimo figure prominently in a feature-length movie that examines whether European salmon viruses are linked to the decline in Pacific salmon stocks. continued Read More »

  • GARFO: Distribution of Northeast Multispecies Groundfish Disaster Monies to States for First-Third of Consensus Plan

    NOAA has awarded the first set of grants to five states (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut), totaling approximately $10.6 million to provide direct Read More »

  • Health Care Planning for Fishermen – 114 MacArthur Drive NEW BEDFORD – 6:00pm – 8:30pm November 04, 2013

    Fishing Partnership and Heath Care for All are coming to your community to talk about Health Insurance – what is new and what you can do next Read More »

  • The boat belonging to a fisherman who fell overboard off the Coromandel Peninsula has been found.

    Will Fransen, the owner of Betty Gee, was rescued on January 3 after spending nearly 24 hours in the water without a lifejacket. The boat was Read More »
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    Hurricane Dorian relief effort, thousands in need of help, at least 30 dead.

    An international relief effort picked up across the Bahamas on Thursday after Hurricane Dorian, one of the most intense storms ever to hit the Caribbean, swept Read More »
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    How Elver Eels Became America’s Hottest Black-Market Item

    In the dark of the night, a group of fishermen huddles around a net. They’re gathered at a riverbank in Ellsworth, Maine, collecting one of the Read More »
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    Maine Delegation, Gov. Mills asks BOEM to listen to fishermen, remove LMA1 from wind power planning

    U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Representative Jared Golden along with Senator Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills are calling on the Biden Administration Read More »

  • The great northern cod comeback

    This research, led by Dr. George Rose, tracks what is arguably the most important comeback of any fish stock worldwide. Studying the great northern Atlantic cod Read More »
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    Feds delay Snow Crab season in Gulf of St. Lawrence

    The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said the decision on Thursday to pause the season will let everyone involved in the fishery to put necessary health Read More »
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    Maine: Lobstermen support better science to help right whales

    The historical record of Maine lobstermen is clear.One right whale entangled in 2004 was disentangled and swam free. No right whale death has ever been attributed Read More »
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    BREAKING NEWS From North Carolina Fisheries Association – JUDGE RULES IN OUR FAVOR!!!

    JUDGE TO ISSUE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION! Judge ruled in our favor!!! He will issue a Preliminary Injunction! Judge John Jolly, Jr., listened to 2 hours of testimony Read More »

  • Attn: Tier 1 and 2 Atlantic Mackerel Permit Holders – Marjorie Mooney-Seus say’s “You’re Approved!” “Come on down to,,,,,,,” UPDATED!

    More individuals and entities approved to complete vessel hold measurements. Deadline to submit extended to December 31, 2013. NOAA Fisheries announces that we have expanded the Read More »

  • Tributes paid on death of pioneering mackerel skipper and fishing industry leader

    Martin Howley was known from ‘north Norway to China’. Tributes have been paid to pioneering mackerel skipper, Donegal-based businessman and fishing industry leader Martin Howley who Read More »

  • What’s Alaska’s biggest fishing town? UFA Fishing Fact Sheets has all the answers

    What Alaska town ranks as #1 for total commercial fishing participation?  Based on the number of fishing permits, crew licenses and skippers, Anchorage comes out on Read More »
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    #ShowUsTheRope – Blamed for Right Whale Entanglements, Lobstermen say Show us the rope!

    Snow Cone has triggered an outcry of frustration from fishermen, who say they’re being unfairly blamed for the decline of the critically endangered species. On Wednesday, Read More »
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    Hokkaido fishing villages face tough decision over nuclear disposal sites

    A frosty wind was blowing in from the Sea of Japan at the Suttsu fishing port in Hokkaido in late November. There, catching anglerfish with a Read More »

  • Marine Policy 40 Securing Ocean Benefits for Society In the Face of Climate Change

    Benefits humans rely on from the ocean-marine ecosystem services-are increasingly vulnerable under future climate. This paper reviews how three valued services have, and will continue to, Read More »

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