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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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  • High expectation, a season of disappointment – Upper Cook Inlet commercial fishing winds down

    The boom of fish the commercial operations in Upper Cook Inlet expected never arrived this year. High preseason expectations made the 2016 season a disappointment for Read More »
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    Gina Raimondo – Secretary of Commerce nomination rekindles fish vs. turbine fight

    In 2019, long-simmering differences between Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) and the state’s fishing industry boiled over. The dispute concerned a plan to limit fishermen’s Read More »
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    Seafood favorite? Division of Elections launches mock election to help Alaskans learn how to vote confusing ballot in 2022

    With Alaska’s new Ballot Measure 2 having passed in November, confusion reigns about how the elections will be conducted in 2022. Ask the average Alaskan who Read More »

  • Alaska House bycatch resolution a casualty of Cook Inlet divisions

    The Cook Inlet fish wars killed an effort in the Alaska House to ask the North  Pacific Fishery Management Council to address king salmon bycatch in Read More »

  • Fish aid plans may leave out buybacks, buyouts

    Bullard, however, said that the re-aligned philosophy of how to best spend the remaining $10 million would not necessarily spell the end of planning a buyout Read More »
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    Peconic Bay Scallop: After disappointing seasons in 2019, ’20, the outlook remains bleak

    Last week, Steve Tettelbach, head of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Peconic Bay Scallop Restoration Program, finished up a series of dives at the seven sites from Flanders Read More »

  • Commercial Fishing Vessel Aground on New Jersey Beach

    A 10:00 p.m. a witness noticed a fishing vessel run aground on Island Beach State Park in Area 23. The witness stated that is appeared the Read More »

  • West Coast Krill Die-Off Has Researchers Concerned

    In recent weeks, millions of North Pacific krill, a species of tiny crustacean that makes up a crucial part of the ocean’s food chain, have washed Read More »

  • DFO crackdown in northern B.C. – “They’re screwing us.”

    Commercial fishermen on B.C.’s North Coast are upset by what they’re calling an unprecedented and unfair Fisheries and Oceans Canada crackdown. Chris Peterson, a skipper who Read More »

  • Study of bigeye tuna in Northwest Atlantic uses new tracking methods

    A first-of-its-kind study of bigeye tuna movements in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean led by Molly Lutcavage, director of the Large Pelagics Research Center at the University Read More »

  • P.E.I. lobster fishermen begin the penny per pound Lobster Levy for marketing on Saturday

    P.E.I. lobster fishermen are the first in Canada to offer money from their catch to help market their product. The one-cent-a-pound levy will begin to be Read More »

  • Deep-water mussel farming could become more widespread in Newfoundland and Labrador.

    Right now, mussels are usually grown in shallow water, up to about five-meters deep, but the possibility of growing them in water up to 15-metres deep Read More »
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    British Columbia: Pollution expert aims to create ‘water champions’

    Peter Ross, an internationally recognized expert in water pollution, looks out over the sparkling waters of Burrard Inlet and sees something others do not. Invisible chemicals Read More »

  • Judge agrees to $1 million lien against seafood dealer, co-op manager for alleged lobster theft

    A judge agreed last week to slap a lien for more than $1 million attachment on properties of a southern Maine seafood dealer as well as Read More »

  • Great white shark tracked to waters off Newfoundland – Shark tagged off coast of Florida now in Placentia Bay – Video

    Researchers are tracking the movements of a great white shark that has made its way to Placentia Bay, Nfld. A group called Ocearch first caught and Read More »
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    Families of missing boaters continue search without Coast Guard’s help

    A group of friends has now been missing at sea for nearly two weeks, and despite the U.S. Coast Guard calling off its search for them, Read More »
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    Live Cam May Show True Status of Atlantic Cod Fishery

    Atlantic cod, New England’s most iconic fish, has been reported at historic lows for years, but fishermen hope a new video monitoring technique will prove there Read More »

  • Rogue wave hits Canadian lobster industry as U.S. moves to increase minimum legal size

    An unexpected decision to increase the minimum legal size of lobster in the United States has appeared like a rogue wave on the Canadian industry, threatening Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew medevaced the captain of a fishing vessel near Baffin Bay early this morning.

    At approximately 11 p.m. Tuesday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a Mayday call via VHF channel 16, from a crewmember on the 72-foot Read More »

  • Rough commercial crab season recently became harder for fishermen selling to Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Company.

    ILWACO —According to fishermen, many of whom have sold their crab to Jessie’s for years, the seafood processor has not paid the full amount owed them Read More »

  • Sweetening the (lobster) pot – With fewer harvesters at play, the industry is expected to be more viable

    The Lobster Fishery Sustainability Program, which ends on March 31, will definitely have a positive effect on lobster harvesters’ bottom lines in the future, says the Read More »

  • Connors Bros. confirms cutting second shift at sardine plant due to decline in catch forecasts

    Connors Bros., Limited has confirmed it will not recall a second shift at its Blacks Harbour sardine plant this season. The company blames a decline in the weir fishery Read More »

  • Portland Harbor lobsterman, wharf owner retires after 75 years hauling traps

    Old habits die hard. In David MacVane’s case, they don’t even retire. “I got a built-in clock, I wake at up three o’clock,” MacVane said as Read More »
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    Alaska Dive Fishermen Plead for Relief from Sea Otters

    Phil Doherty, head of the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association, is working to save the livelihood of 200 southeast Alaska fishermen and a $10 million Read More »

  • Wife identifies crew member aboard missing Seattle-based fishing boat

    A crew member aboard a missing Seattle-based fishing boat has been identified. Coast Guard crews in Alaska are searching for the fishing vessel Destination, a 98-foot Read More »

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