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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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  • Press Release to Fisherynation.com – Salmon Pandemic in Norway! From: Green Warriors of Norway

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  • Cooke Aquaculture’s $150M expansion delayed by years – blames New Democratic Party’s moratorium for delays

    Atlantic Canada’s largest aquaculture company — Cooke Aquaculture — says it has been forced to delay key elements in a $150-million expansion planned for Nova Scotia Read More »

  • Maine Department of Marine Resources to tinker with proposed lobster marketing fees

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 22, 2019

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    Hull Maritime gets £250,000 from Foyle Foundation for Arctic Corsair visitor attraction

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    San Francisco D.A. wants a fisherman to pay nearly $1 million over illegal Dungeness crabbing in MPA

    A commercial fisherman from Vallejo is accused of illegally catching more than 250 Dungeness crabs at the protected North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve, San Francisco Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Quick state by state reference tool regarding non-essential business restrictions in New England states

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    Planned lobster processing facility could be US game changer

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    Lobstermen and boat builders catch break on diesel engine standards until cleaner-running engines are available

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    Letter: Celebrate efforts to make commercial fishing safer

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    Last of the hunters or the next scientists? Arguments for and against the inclusion of fishers and their knowledge in mainstream fisheries management

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    Stonington scallop boat crewman remembered for devotion to his daughter

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  • Resources for All Alaskans – New fisheries group plots strategy

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  • Local Portsmouth fisherman calls it quits amid new cuts – says the latest codfish limits are final straw

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  • Climate change changing marine landscape

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    Governor Mills Urges Commerce Secretary Ross to Reject Pew Charitable Trusts prohibition petition

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