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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

• Recent Posts

  • Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 46′ Atwood Dragger,Lobster,Other,Seining Fiberglass, CAT, 402HP

    Specifications, and information here  11:29 Read More »

  • Commercial Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Income Tax Evasion

    A crew member on commercial fishing vessels operating out of New Bedford pleaded guilty today to evading nearly $300,000 in federal income taxes. Rodolfo Membreno, 49, Read More »

  • Lobstermen Under 40 Invited to Lobster Leadership Institute

    Maine lobstermen younger than 40 years old are invited to take part in the second Maine Lobster Leadership Institute, offered by the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance. Read More »
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    Ban on trap fishing lifted, Massachusetts Lobstermen start setting gear

    When last we saw Joe Mondello in early April, he was standing in front of a mountain of 550 traps,,, Mondello, as with many lobstermen at Read More »

  • Another Fishery, Another Threat – LI commercial bluefish season faces unprecedented mid season closure

    Locally caught bluefish fillets may soon be scarce at Long Island fish stores if actions by the federal government force a closure of the New York Read More »
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    Coming season cuts and cancellations are causing anxiety for Alaska crabbers

    “I’m scared,” said Simeon Swetzof, mayor of St. Paul, a central Bering Sea island with considerable crab dependence. “I don’t know what’s going to happen.” The Read More »

  • At Asia-Pacific summit, Kerry gives wrong advice for world’s fisheries

    But Secretary Kerry gets some key facts wrong here. For one, most of the fisheries of the world are not overfished. In 2014, the UN Food Read More »

  • Can I repossess a boat without a recorded preferred ship mortgage?

    Q: I loaned $62,000 to a boat owner and required him to sign a security agreement in the form of a Preferred Ship Mortgage. The collateral Read More »

  • Tri Marine disappointed with outcome of tuna treaty talks

    The Treaty governs access for US tuna boats to fish in the exclusive economic zones of Pacific island countries. Last year there was a drastic reduction Read More »

  • F/V Huachinango saved from sinking by crew, Coast Guard

    A commercial fishing vessel from Brownsville is slowly making its way back to port Tuesday, thanks to some quick actions by its crew and Coast Guard Read More »

  • St. Anthony Mayor Ernest Simms says abolishing LIFO not good for St. Anthony economy

    Not everyone in Newfoundland and Labrador has been lobbying to abolish the Last in, First Out policy governing northern shrimp quotas. Now there is a fear Read More »
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    Natural Connections: The Lake Superior Fishery in Wisconsin Waters

    The boat engine rumbled and machinery whirred as a gillnet rose from the depths of Lake Superior. Captain Ross Lind managed the throttle so that the Read More »

  • Why is Ottawa drawing a blank on Georges Bank?

    The productivity of this bank is witnessed by the largest year class of haddock (2010) that has been recorded in the last 50 years. You would Read More »

  • “Ask Any Mermaid You Happen to See…” Whats her name? Catalina the Mermaid from Chicken of the Sea!

    Chicken of the Sea Picks Name for Its Mermaid after 60 Years of Anonymity . Today, though, she finally swims home with her own name. After seafood Read More »

  • Lake Manitoba Commercial Fishing In Jeopardy

    The local commercial fishing industry is being threatened by the  into Lake Manitoba. Fishermen have noticed more jackfish, also known as northern pike, since water from Read More »

  • Clinton Outlines Policy on Coasts, Oceans in Response to Letter from 115 Ocean Leaders

    Like it or not, surfers are stakeholders. A group of people with skin in the game regarding the health of our oceans. That manifests itself differently Read More »
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    Marine Navigation Safety Regulations 2020: Canada Announces New Marine Regulations to Improve Safety, Security and Protection

    Canada has published new Marine Navigation Safety Regulations, which now apply to commercial vessels of all sizes, including fishing vessels, workboats, water taxis and ferries. The Read More »

  • Offshore Wind Scam?: Beating the Jones Act – Offshore wind developers outsmart century-old federal law

    The Jones Act, initially passed to protect maritime merchants, requires vessels transporting cargo or equipment between two U.S. points to be American flagged and manufactured. But Read More »
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    Shrimp pass hard-shell crabs as North Carolina’s most lucrative seafood

    Hard shell blue crabs had been the state’s leading seafood in pounds caught and in dockside value for decades. They still lead in pounds caught, but Read More »
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    Chesapeake Bay fishery to keep deteriorating unless nutrients from land are addressed

    The March Bay Journal 2017 commentary, Don’t let menhaden become a case of could have, should have, would have, laments the decline in Bay menhaden populations Read More »

  • Press Release: Mid-Atlantic Council Completes 2014-2018 Strategic Plan

    The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council unanimously approved its first-ever strategic plan during last week’s meeting in Wilmington, Delaware. The plan maps out a series of goals Read More »

  • NC Division of Marine Fisheries looks to public for funding ideas

    One of three Division of Marine Fisheries meetings was held at the New Hanover County Northeast Regional Library to ask the public for ideas for funding Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 17, 2013

    “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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    Coast Guard rescues 3 fishermen off sinking crab boat

    The Coast Guard rescued three people after their commercial crab fishing boat lost propulsion and collided with the jetties while attempting to transit through the entrance Read More »

  • When enviro bloggers go koo koo

    The saddest untold story in the environmental movement is the demise of the world’s oceans. We are literally eating it to death. Fish stocks are collapsing Read More »

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