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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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  • Direct-buy seafood still finding its sea legs

    Being allowed to do something and being able to do it are two different things. Buying seafood direct from a fisherman for personal use is no Read More »

  • Hurricane Harvey: Port Aransas family weathers storm in shrimp boat

    The word of a hurricane didn’t stop one Port Aransas family from staying in town. But where they did stay may come as a surprise. John Read More »
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    Lifeboat called to boat hit by ‘freak wave’ off Shetland

    A crab fishing boat with eight crew on board lost power after it was struck by a large wave 40 miles (64.3 km) north west of Read More »

  • Gulf of St. Lawrence oil and gas plans draw opposition

    Seven P.E.I. municipalities have signed a resolution against oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A group called the Save our Seas and Shores Coalition Read More »

  • Nantucket fishermen implore state to protect squid, DMF director balks!

    For the past couple of years, Nantucket fishermen have had a hard time finding striped bass in the rips and alongshore where they were accustomed to Read More »

  • New Bedford: Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., with “Iced Up & Snowed In”

    The Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., with “Iced Up & Snowed In: Winter Stories from the Working Waterfront.” Members of the Read More »

  • Ryan Cleary – Russell Wangersky’s column demands a response 

    I wish to respond to Russell Wangersky’s Jan. 28th column (Fish harvesters have the most to lose), by noting with interest how Wangersky gets along with Read More »

  • Ramea’s new secondary scallop-processing plant started its first production May 24.

    Plant owner Danny Dumaresque said it’s an exciting time for everyone as the production moves ahead as planned, although its original opening date of April was Read More »

  • California’s commercial salmon fishermen face another disaster of a season amid proposed federal restrictions

    A regional fishery council is mulling three proposals for commercial salmon season, with one canceling the season entirely and the other two severely limiting how long Read More »
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    On this Day: April 12,1977: “Mother ship of the Russian fishing fleet” seized by Coast Guard off Nantucket

    On this day in 1977, a so-called “mother ship of the Russian fishing fleet” off New England was taken to Boston to join another Soviet vessel Read More »

  • Signs of hope for endangered sawfish

    Approaching Port Everglades in a helicopter, Ryan Goldman peered down at the water and saw a ray swimming at unusually high speed. Behind it, he spotted Read More »
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    FISH-NL – Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Torrent River Inn in Hawke’s Bay

    FISH-NL wishes to advise all inshore fish harvesters of the Great Northern Peninsula/southern Labrador that a meeting is scheduled for this coming Sunday at 2 p.m. Read More »
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    We destroyed the L.I. Sound in 50 years: an eyewitness account

    I grew up in the farmhouse where I now live, and the place that always gave me solace and comfort was the Long Island Sound. Every Read More »

  • Emotions run high over EPA’s Bristol Bay watershed study

    “Three years ago, commercial fishermen, Alaska Native tribes and sport fishermen asked the Obama Administration to protect the world’s greatest sockeye salmon fishery and the 14,000 Read More »
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    Just now! A tight fit.

    A tugboat takes the clammer F/V Star Light through the Fairhaven bridge skillfully navigating the narrow opening with little room to spare. 11:39 Read More »
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    FFAW Launches Awareness Campaign on Seal Overpopulation

    ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union is launching a nationwide campaign today to call attention to seal overpopulation in Atlantic Canada Read More »

  • Gov. Jay Inslee reappoints Wecker to Fish and Wildlife Commission, also appoints commercial fishing proponent

    The current chairwoman of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission has been reappointed, while the executive director of the Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association has been Read More »

  • Ocean Salmon Season Will Open April 4 by Dan Bacher

    The recreational salmon fishing season is slated to begin in the Fort Bragg, San Francisco and Monterey South regions of the California coast on Saturday, April Read More »
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    Enviro’s Lukewarm Reception For Canada Modifying Right Whale Protections

    The Animal Welfare Institute has responded to the Canadian government’s recent decision to modify right whale protections, specifically concerning how they affect lobster and crab fishers. Read More »

  • Carteret County trawler Lady Barbara sinks at the dock in Oriental Harbor

    The Lady Barbara, a 71-foot shrimp trawler owned by Ralph Talyor of Marshallberg, sank in the harbor near Hodges Street, beside the docks of Garland Fulcher Seafood, after Read More »

  • East Hampton Fisheries Committee Pushes For Economic Study Of Local Fishing Industry

    Cornell Cooperative Extension and the East Hampton Fisheries Committee are looking for money to study how much the fishing industry contributes to the local economy. The Read More »
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    Reunion for trawler survivor as search moves from rescue to recovery

    Ruben McDornan, so far the only survivor from a sunken trawler with seven on board, has had an emotional reunion with his wife and mother at Read More »
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    Lorne Gunter: Here’s the real back-story to the Maritimes lobster dispute

    A 1999 Supreme Court decision, the Marshall decision, affirmed a supposed ancient treaty right to hunt and fish out of season. The only limitation the court Read More »

  • Marin Independent Journal Editorial: Court’s split ruling doesn’t end oysters battle – this road is nowhere near its end

    TUESDAY’S SPLIT DECISION upholding the Interior Department’s controversial decision to not renew the lease of the Point Reyes oyster farm is not the end of the battle. Read More »

  • Larry the lobster strips for the camera.

    Christa Sandall knows lobsters. As an interpreter at the Bonne Bay Marine Station in Norris Point, she spends a lot of time with the animals in Read More »

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