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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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  • Civil penalities from NOAA could be next for Carlos Rafael

    Judge William Young’s judgment filed Wednesday appeared to be the finish line to Carlos Rafael’s case. Young, though, by ordering the forfeiture of four vessels and Read More »

  • I urge the People of Massachusetts to Get That Vote to Scott Brown.

    Scott Brown has been a fighter for all US Fishermen, not just Massachusetts Fishermen. We are losing the roar of Barney Frank. We CANNOT lose Brown. Read More »
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    ‘Owner should have ensured fishing boat was seaworthy’

    The owner of a small fishing boat, whose sinking led to the death of a father-of-three, should have ensured it was in a seaworthy condition. That was Read More »
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    Family that fishes together: Bill MacEachern passing on tradition to next generation

    Lobster season is under way in northeastern New Brunswick. Fishermen set out from wharves all along the north shore and Acadian Peninsula at first light Monday Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Florida Keys Spiny Lobster Fishing Industry Hit Hard

    Spiny lobster is Florida’s most valuable seafood. But the fishermen in the Keys were already having a lousy year. Then came the coronavirus. “The price crashed $4 Read More »

  • Hamptons Fishermen on The Amazing Race Season 27 Finale – Cool!

    Several East End fishing boats and the local fishermen who operate them will appear on the Season 27 finale of CBS’s Emmy-winning reality contest The Amazing Race Read More »

  • Bluefin tuna in Gulf of Mexico face tighter safeguards under federal proposal

    Bluefin tuna spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico would become more protected under a proposed new amendment expected to be published in the Federal Register Read More »

  • Massive search on for fishermen lost In the West Philippian Sea – 55 rescued, 42 missing

    A massive multi-agency search-and-rescue (SAR) operation is underway to locate 42 missing fishermen, following the rescue over the weekend of 55 of the 97 fishermen who Read More »

  • Fishermen, Michael Cohen, owner and director of Santa Barbara Adventure Company, travelled to Capitol Hill to EXCLUDE you!

    Cohen operates an outfitting business that runs sea cave kayaking tours within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Scorpion Anchorage State Marine Reserve and Painted Cave Read More »

  • Economic hardship being imposed on fishermen’s families because of four turtles (Actually it is because of bureaucratic nonsense) The Beaufort Observer

    Here’s the story. Somebody, typically a liberal group with a guilty conscience, decides the sky is going to fall unless the government “does something.” So they Read More »

  • F/V Commander – Overhaul by Platypus Marine Inc.

    Commander, 58′ Delta,  Was hauled out at Pacific Northwest Shipyard Platypus Marine Inc. during her Dry dock period. Work included but was not limited to, deck Read More »

  • Coast Guard insists marine safety will ‘improve’ under new MCTS system

    The Canadian Coast Guard says worries raised about marine safety as a result of the modernization and consolidation of its Marine Communications and Traffic Services (MCTS) Read More »

  • Herrera Beutler seeks aid, additional funding for declared fishery disasters

    Members of Congress from the state of Washington are asking the Office of Management and Budget to provide additional funding for declared fishery disasters statewide. Led Read More »

  • Ten Day At Sea Joint Mission Successfully Tallies 20+ Violations

    On March 10, 2016, two Alaska Wildlife Troopers, a public safety technician, and a NOAA Enforcement Officer got underway for a 10-day at-sea operation in the Read More »

  • Pembrokeshire fisherman search resumes: One fisherman has been rescued

    Coastguards have confirmed one man has been found and taken to hospital in the search for the crew of a sunken fishing boat in Pembrokeshire. The Read More »

  • Kim Smith – Fishery Activist

    One of the videos currently featured at Fisherynation.com is making the rounds and having an impact. Usually they are exposed for a short time, then forgotten. Read More »
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    Final Landing by Farnella Ahead of Vessel Sale

    Farnella H 135 ended her 22-year career on 11 December, making her final landing into Hanstholm, after which a thank-you breakfast was held for the crew, Read More »

  • Fishermen skeptical of third environmental monitoring device in the Minas Passage

    A third environmental monitoring platform is being tested in the Minas Passage by the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, or FORCE, but a fishermen’s group Read More »
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    Commercial Lobster Industry to be heard at Potlotek First Nation challenge to the Fisheries Act

    The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia granted the United Fisheries Conservation Alliance application for intervenor status in the court case brought by the small Cape Breton Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Blount Marine Steel Longliner, 400HP Iveco with Federal Permits

    Specifications, information and 6 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<13:27 Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 35′ Young Bros. Tuna, 460HP 6 Cylinder Lugger,5 KW Northern Lights Genset

    Specifications, information and 17 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:09 Read More »

  • John Bullard, The Master of Folksy Feel Good Babble will be accepting your calls between 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, 6/24/2013

    John Bullard, NE Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, Will be accepting calls from fishermen and other “stakeholders” to discuss  the draft of “Working Document on Resources Read More »

  • Illegal fishing vessels intercepted west of Torres Strait

    ABF’s Maritime Border Command, in partnership with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, detected and apprehended the Indonesian vessels, which were found to be allegedly fishing illegally Read More »

  • The Tuna Cartel? – Pacific fishery group imposes sanctions on distant water fishing nations

    Pacific islands that want to expand domestic commercial fisheries operations are threatening distant water fishing nations with sanctions for blocking their fisheries development. The PNA (Parties Read More »

  • Alaskans, as builders and owners, help launch powerful new class of fishing vessels

    Inside a colossal assembly and production hall in Ketchikan, with the newly built commercial fishing vessel Arctic Prowler towering over a patriotic stage, Governor Sean Parnell Read More »

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