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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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    Commercial fishermen call for a fishing boat wharf accessible to the community

    Commercial fishing operators say they’re “getting pushed out” of Devonport with nowhere to dock their boats after the last available berth is taken away to make Read More »
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    Naknek-Kvichak District closes to boost Kvichak River Escapement, Special Harvest Area will be open

    A big announcement today from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game today. The Naknek-Kvichak District is closed. The Naknek River Special Harvest Area will be Read More »
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    N.S. Premier Stephen McNeil: China not ‘reasonable’ requiring lobster shippers to assume Coronavirus liability

    “I don’t believe that the requirement to accept liability on live seafood going into that marketplace is a reasonable one,” McNeil told reporters in Halifax Thursday. Read More »
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    Murrells Inlet fishing community celebrates life of pioneer who passed unexpectedly

    The fishing village of Murrells Inlet recently lost a true pioneer with the death of Phil Conklin, a fisherman extraordinaire and longtime owner of Seven Seas Read More »

  • ‘Difficult time’ for families of lost crewmen of sunken Plymouth scallop trawler JMT

    The families of two fishermen lost at sea are said to be “devastated” after the crew’s sunken scallop trawler is thought to have been found on Read More »
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    DFO is responding to allegations from the Sipekne’katik First Nation

    On Thursday, the band said they had lobster traps tagged ‘Food, Social and Ceremonial,’ confiscated by DFO officers in St. Mary’s Bay. DFO says of the Read More »
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    Mississippi: Shrimp industry leader Richard Gollott has passed away

    Richard Gollott, a longtime commissioner with the Commission on Marine Resources and seafood industry leader, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 77. Read More »

  • Feds say no to fish-kill preventive water releases from Trinity Lake used to cool the Klamath and Trinity rivers

    Federal officials today told local tribes and North Coast officials that extra water releases from Trinity Lake used to cool the Klamath and Trinity rivers for Read More »

  • NCFA Weekly Update for Nov. 30, 2014

    Weekly Update for Nov. 30, 2014 as a PDF 23:25 Read More »
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    Oil company’s seismic testing approval creates waves in Tasmanian fishing industry

    Tasmania’s fishing industry is “astounded” seismic testing has been given the green light by a national petroleum authority in Bass Strait as part of exploration plans Read More »
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    Scott Kenneally, the halibut man of Harbourville, reflects on his seafaring life in the waters of Nova Scotia

    Scott Kenneally is a hit among the seniors living in Harbourville who want reasonably priced halibut, and want it from the waters they can see from Read More »

  • Fish and chips price rise tops UK takeaways

    The average price for a portion of fish and chips rose more than 50% to nearly £10 in the five years to July – while the Read More »
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    Expert skeptical of Washington state’s orca-saving proposal

    “The question is: What’s the problem and what’s the solution?” Ray Hilborn told KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross. “And I have to say, I’m a bit skeptical Read More »

  • Maine’s scallop season looks strong, is over for 2015

    The 2014-15 Maine scallop fishing season is over and state fishery regulators say it appeared to be a good year for the beloved bivalve. The season Read More »

  • Fisherman passing on enterprise to his son, but with an uncertain future

    For the Dobbins, fishing is the family business, and Fintan Dobbin and his son Robert have been a team for years. While Fintan is preparing to Read More »
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    Hull tipped over for fishing boat build

    An important stage in the construction of a new $6 million fishing vessel in Nelson has been reached, with the boat’s hull lowered and turned over Read More »

  • Don Young seeks to unwind ‘Alaska Model’ for fisheries in Magnuson-Stevens Act

    Our lone congressman, Don Young, recently introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize our federal fisheries management law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The law Read More »
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    Op-Ed: Something fishy is going on in the Bay of Fundy

    If you thought the massive fish and marine animal die-off that took place in Nova Scotia back in December is all cleared up, you’re dead wrong. Read More »

  • What are your thoughts on the future of this region? U.S. Arctic Research Commission to meet in Unalaska

    Is enough being done to protect the endangered Steller sea lion? What about offshore oil development? Does the oil rig Kulluk represent a bright economic future, Read More »

  • New clues but no closure in mystery of missing Pompano Beach Fisherman Peter Stilwell

    Late on a January afternoon last year, 400 miles out in the Atlantic, Peter Stilwell remained by himself on the aft deck of the Fine Tuna Read More »

  • Editorial: Fishery shutdown would showcase economic impact

    The senior counsel for the Conservation Law Foundation may be arguing for all the wrong reasons, but he makes a valid point: Read more here Read More »

  • In the Village of Kaltag, Fishermen and Processors Without Summer Employment – NOAA diverts disaster relief money

    Yukon River Gold LLC, the sole salmon processor in the village of Kaltag announced that it will not operate this summer,,, Why isn’t the disaster assistance Read More »

  • Where have all the ice smelt gone? N.H. ice shanties are empty, the catch in Maine is down, environmentalists struggle for answers

    The fishermen are gone now because the smelt are gone. Catches of 60, 70, 100 smelt on a tide — the six-hour period between low and Read More »

  • From the Deckboss – Is this anything? Walmart sent salmon suppliers this letter.

    The letter said the company will buy only from fisheries “certified sustainable to the MSC standard,” or actively working toward certification. “It is amazing to me,” Tyson Read More »
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    Port Fairy residents reminiscence origins of 1950s pioneering fishing boat, Tacoma

    When the grand old wooden fishing boat Tacoma returned home to Port Fairy, its skipper Ross Haldane was transported back 72 years. The 76-year-old grandfather was Read More »

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