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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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    Lobster Fishermen in Mexico’s Yucatán Organize to Protect Their Catch

    For the last four months, fishermen in the community of Río Lagartos, Yucatán, have operated as a vigilante group to protect lobster populations on local fishing Read More »

  • Waters still rough after new flounder limits

    New restrictions on southern flounder stoke showdown between commercial, recreational fishing and conservationists. Neither side can agree on the science; dispute is over whether flounder is Read More »

  • “The Plan” – Mid-Atlantic states draft regional plan for improving coastal waters

    With the ocean facing significant challenges in the near future, Mid-Atlantic states, federal agencies, and others have banded together to draft a plan to promote more Read More »
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    Retired Commercial Fisherman Leon “Bud” Francis Champlin Sr., of Narragansett, RI, has passed away

    Leon “Bud” Francis Champlin Sr., 98, of Narragansett, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Born in North Kingstown, he was the son of the late Leon Read More »

  • Wanted: Lobstermen and sons for commercial

    Boston Casting is conducting a casting call for working lobstermen for possible roles in an unidentified commercial project to be shot at a yet-to-be announced location. Read More »

  • Survivor From Lost Fishing Boat Saved After Coast Guard Ended Search

    This week, the U.S. Coast Guard ended searches for two commercial fishing vessels that each disappeared without a trace, one in Washington and another in Georgia. Read More »

  • A massive coastal wind farm off Long Island will please pretty much no one

    Election year is the season to channel more money into renewable energy resources because it tends to carry some significant sway with the liberal base. With Read More »

  • Friday, January 10, 2014 9:30 AM, Oversight Hearing on “The Science behind Discovery: Seismic Exploration and the Future of the Atlantic OCS”

    This Subcommittee hearing will focus on the cutting edge technology currently used in the field of seismic research and the fundamentally important role seismic research plays Read More »

  • Fishermen urge state to sue Feds over Fluke fishing limits

    Several dozen fishermen, women and lawmakers last week urged Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to make good on a promise to sue the federal government over New Read More »

  • Nets Mended, Boots Packed. Fish Boats Head For Alaska

    Big factory ships are heading out to sea, and in coming weeks, 10,000 people from Washington state will head north to the Alaska fishing grounds. Half Read More »

  • Anyone tryin to listen to NPFMC meeting? Try here!

    having problems with webex broadcasting the Council meeting.  Try http://www.ustream.tv/channel/npfmc   14:23 Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 22, 2013

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • The Fisheries Broadcast with Jamie Baker

    Re-opening of the OCI plant in Fortune could be delayed  Scientists are keeping a close eye on cod in Newman Sound. Continuing concerns on the south Read More »
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    Bill to restart Fishermen’s Energy offshore wind project goes to governor

    A bill to restart the Fishermen’s Energy offshore wind farm project off Atlantic City passed both houses of the state Legislature on Thursday and now goes Read More »

  • Gloucester’s Angela Sanfilippo, A Fisherman’s Wife, named to Seafood Hall of Fame

    Angela Sanfilippo has spent this week, just as she did last year, helping plan the annual foray by the city and its fishing community into Sunday’s Read More »

  • Commercial sockeye fishery faces closure on North Coast

    If the Department of Fisheries and Oceans were using a Magic 8 Ball to determine the future of sockeye salmon fishery in the Skeena the answer Read More »

  • N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to hold meeting on gill net restrictions

    CAPE CARTERET — New gill net restrictions will take effect this month to help resolve an ongoing conflict between Cape Carteret residents and fishermen over nighttime Read More »

  • Warming bonus

      A warmer ocean continues to smile on Alaska commercial salmon fishermen, but the fish market is sadly another story. The 49th state these days finds Read More »
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    Hurricane Florence: Shrimpers talk storm damage, losses

    Davis Seafood is a family owned and operated business in Sneads Ferry, a little north up the river from similarly family owned and operated businesses Mitchell Read More »
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    Canadian, U.S. lobstermen to meet in Maine for annual lobster summit

    Members of the lobster industry from the United States and Canada will meet in Maine’s largest city next month for a meeting about the state of Read More »

  • Gulf oyster harvest has nose-dived since BP spill

    Gulf Coast oyster harvests have declined dramatically in the four years since a BP PLC oil well blew wild in the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. Read More »

  • NMFS Announces Final 2014 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces final quota specifications for the 2014 Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery.  NMFS is adjusting the annual U.S. baseline bluefin quota Read More »

  • Editorial: Division of Marine Fisheries chief Paul Diodati’s stand shows catch shares killing fishery

    Noting that he shares the concerns of the relatively few state-permitted, small-boat fishermen, he made it clear that the shortage of fish within those fishermen’s usual Read More »
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    Sam Parisi: Remembering the F/V Andrea Gail, and the loved ones left behind

    On October 28,10991, we lost six fishermen during the Perfect Storm aboard the F/V Andrea Gail. Captain Billy Tyne, David Sullivan, and Robert  Shatford of Gloucester, Read More »
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    Fears capsized trawler is spilling pollutants into Burnett River

    A sunken trawler that has leaked pollutants in Bundaberg’s main river could pose a danger to people’s safety and the environment, a commercial fisherman and environmentalist Read More »

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