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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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  • US orders Arctic drilling assessment after rig mishap. Is this the future for the East Coast?

    The Interior Department on Tuesday ordered “an expedited, high-level assessment” of oil and gas activities in Alaska’s Arctic waters following a violent storm that drove Shell’s drilling Read More »

  • That Bogus WWF ‘death’ of the world’s oceans report? – Marine populations unchanged for almost 30 years

    “The report states that 61% of commercial fish stocks are fully exploited misleadingly implying that these stocks are overfished and not sustainably exploited,” said Europêche Managing Read More »
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    Video: The Crab Challenge is a Great Way to Lose Your Nipples

    When you wish away the Tide Pod challenge, you open up the doors for something even more idiotic like this . . .Evidently, this youngster had Read More »

  • The Patriot Ledger – OUR OPINION: Save the whales, but don’t kill lobster fishing

    At the core of the dispute is the claim by NOAA, the National Marine Fisheries Service and others that the whales traversing the seas not far Read More »

  • Greenland salmon quota worries Maine conservationists

    At a recent summit, Greenland awarded itself an annual salmon quota of 45 metric tons for the next three years. Officials there say the new quota Read More »
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    Positive signs in newest capelin stock assessment, but the tiny fish is still in the critical zone

    “The capelin were in very good condition in the fall. That meant they’re longer and heavier than average. There’s lots of zooplankton, especially large zooplankton in Read More »

  • Updated: The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank this morning – Video

    BOSTON – The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank Thursday, about 40 miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island. Coast Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 30, 2022

    Finally! An issue both the CCA and NCFA agree on. Do you believe in miracles? If not, you should. On May 25, at the meeting of Read More »
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    Tributes paid to Scot fisherman Lachlan Robertson, who died after falling overboard.

    Lachlan Robertson, 61, passed away in the tragic incident after being pulled from the water in the Sound of Rum, near the Isle of Skye. The Read More »
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    Commercial fishermen sinking as yields fall without China’s buyers

    “Commercial fishing operations are an important component of Port Miami River’s marine industrial businesses, which generate countywide jobs,” said Horacio Stuart Aguirre, chairman of Miami River Read More »

  • Help save American commercial fishing

    We are writing today in support of the American commercial fishing industry, and the crucial role it plays in not just the local and national economy, Read More »

  • Michigan DNR: Commercial Fisheries net $20 million for state economy

    Lansing — The Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division recently released data from its 2012 state-licensed commercial fishing season, showing that state-licensed commercial fisheries caught 3,762,000 Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Februay 6, 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 20:21 Read More »

  • Department of Justice: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty in spill

    Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Department of Justice said Thursday. contined@commercialappeal Read More »

  • Alaska Senator Murkowski unveils blueprint for energy policy

    Murkowski’s “Energy 20/20” proposal is sweeping in scope. Murkowski wants oil leasing off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. She wants an increase Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Kodiak Island, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman from the fishing vessel Transit in Shelikof Strait near Kodiak Island Sunday morning. Read More »
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    Nearly 3 years after deadly sinking, debris from F/V Scandies Rose finds its way to a family in Kodiak

    Seven men were on board the F/V Scandies Rose when she went down during stormy weather in the waters off Sutwik Island near Chignik, on New Read More »
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    The rise of the land salmon

    Damien Claire stands inside an industrial complex on the outskirts of Miami, watching thousands of salmon fry dart this way and that in a circular tank. Read More »

  • Shrinking shrimp fishery could be as detrimental as cod collapse: professor

    The economic, social and political stakes involved in the shrimp fishery are high and the uncertainty around the resource’s allocations draws parallels to the shutdown of Read More »

  • Commercial Dungeness crab season put off a bit longer

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided to push back the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season once again until public health officials Read More »

  • Higher Pacific sardine limits urged over environmental objections

    The higher limits were proposed unanimously by the 14-member Pacific Fishery Management Council, one of eight advisory panels around the country that oversee commercial and recreational Read More »

  • Indicted: Bay seafood distributors charged for ‘fishy’ sales

    A federal grand jury has indicted the owners of a local seafood distribution company on charges involving the illegal sale of red drum and spotted sea Read More »
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    The small change that meant big losses for Nova Scotia lobstermen

    A sixteenth of an inch doesn’t seem like much. But it added up to a whole lot for Nova Scotia lobstermen in December 1989. A new Read More »
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  • Bay’s 2015 rockfish spawn “robust” in Maryland, average in Virginia

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