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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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  • La. State Sen. Bret Allain steadfast on Louisiana Red Snapper flame war with NOAA’s southeast region fisheries administrator Roy Crabtree

    Tri-Parish Times – Sen. Bret Allain (R-Patterson) maintains that he will continue pressing passage of his bill, SB 157, which would prohibit the sale or possession of Read More »
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    New Jersey Anglers and Commercial Fishermen: Discussion on negative impact of Fishing Limits

    A trip to Annapolis, Maryland might be what saves the 2018 New Jersey fishing season. Saltwater anglers and their allies crowded the Stafford Township municipal chambers, Read More »

  • Gulf Council reaffirms red snapper reallocation to recreational anglers while holding sector accountable

    The committee reaffirmed its support of reallocating a greater share of the combined quota to the recreational sector above a set benchmark as part of the process Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 7, 2017

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 28, 2023

    The NC Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) met last week in New Bern. During this meeting, a lot of interesting conversations were had and plenty of motions Read More »

  • NOAA insists it is under no obligation to deliver controversial climate research docs to our Representatives.

    The US government’s main climate research agency has refused a request by House Republicans to release key documents concerning the controversial issue of whether or not there Read More »
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    What I learned working with misfits, oddballs and hardened fisherman

    I’ve always had a strange fascination with challenge and adventure. It’s a cliché, I know, but it has led me on some interesting journeys. Sometimes these Read More »
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    Red tide and green slime: Florida faces epic statewide fight with algae

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  • Louisiana Regulators to Close Blue Crab Fishery for Thirty Days

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    Boat and 26 chinook seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C.’s coast by 3 non-residents

    Vancouver Island RCMP have seized a nine-metre fishing boat and more than two dozen chinook salmon over what they say are allegations of “significant overfishing.”The RCMP Read More »

  • Alewife fish run through former site of Hopewell Mills Dam in Taunton

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    New Trawler Delivered From Karstensens Shipyard

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  • A drop in the population of wild Atlantic salmon in North America raises questions over Greenland salmon harvest

    The Atlantic Salmon Federation has said that a fall in the population of wild salmon in North America brings about the question of the number of Read More »
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    Lobster prices on the rise

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  • John Yates in a TV interview about his Supreme Court Case. “I’m hoping they rule in my favor. Who knows?”

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    Forfeited: Seafood firm loses $20m vessel after trawling in protected area

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  • Is there really a Manatee swimming around Cape Cod??

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