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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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  • PETA protester sheds shell for cause!

    A crowd of curious spectators and journalists gathered at the corner of Park and Main Streets Aug. 3 to witness a supporter of PETA (People for Read More »

  • SLO County supervisors vote 3-2 to oppose Chumash National Heritage Marine Sanctuary

    After hours of public comment and discussion, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 passing a resolution to oppose the proposed Chumash National Read More »

  • Ocean fish catches 50% higher than reported, study suggests

    Humans are scooping millions of tonnes more fish out of the oceans than official statistics show — about 50 per cent more, estimates a new Canadian study Read More »

  • The passing of Arthur “Artie” James Odlin – Fisherman, Father of Fishermen, Grand Dad to many

    SOUTH PORTLAND – Arthur ‘Artie’ James Odlin died peacefully on Nov. 26, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. Artie was born in Sept. 1932 in Cape Read More »

  • NEFMC fails to agree on scallopers’ wish to enter long-closed areas

    Thursday the council failed to come to terms about the specifics of the plan in Georges Bank, which centers on an area on the Canadian line Read More »

  • A comprehensive article about Massachusetts DMF Industry-Based Survey underway in Gulf of Maine

    Massachusetts received more than $21 million in federal fisheries disaster aid, most of which was distributed to fishermen. But the state kept some for research projects, Read More »
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    Spanish trawler allegedly fishing illegally in Irish waters has been detained

    It follows an incident in which a Spanish trawler was involved in a confrontation with Irish fishermen last Friday. That vessel is alleged to have been Read More »

  • Why are so many white men trying to save the planet without the rest of us?

    Just the other day, the National Wildlife Federation announced its new president – a white male “whiz kid”. Last month, the Climate Reality Project, founded by Read More »

  • The Lady Is Still Here – Radio Caroline’s “Pirate radio” Floating Legacy Ross Revenge

    The Blackwater Estuary is in the English county of Essex. Despite its closeness to Colchester, England’s oldest town, it is a remote and lonely stretch of Read More »
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    Frontiers 190: Iron Men of Bristol Bay

    Alaska is a place where much of its history is still fresh, yet with so many stories on the verge of disappearing forever. Such is the Read More »

  • Wolves of the Sea – Photographer captures the lives and craft of Paros fishermen

    For the past five years, Austrian photographer Christian Stemper has been regularly visiting the island of Paros. Not for the purpose of enjoying its beaches and Read More »
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    Fishery Closures and the Ghosts of Past Mistakes

    The news spread quickly across the calm June waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, as fishers jumped on the radio to figure Read More »
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    NMFS – Revised black sea bass quotas for the 2017 fishing year and projected specifications for 2018.

    NMFS proposes revised black sea bass specifications for the 2017 fishing year and projected specifications for 2018. In addition, this rule proposes to remove an accountability Read More »
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    California Dungeness crab fleet nets $68 million haul, but small boats continue to struggle

    California’s valuable Dungeness crab fishery appears to have rebounded after a disastrous 2015-16 season that threatened to knock even longtime fishermen so far back on their Read More »

  • Seattle Times Editorial: Vigilance required at Alaska’s Bristol Bay

    A major partner in the proposed Pebble mine project in Alaska has withdrawn, but do not assume the giant mine is dead or Bristol Bay is Read More »

  • ‘Huge’ Atlantic lobster washed up in Vancouver likely set free by animal-lovers

    It’s certainly not a typical sight on Vancouver beaches — or anywhere on the West Coast, in fact. The carcass of a large lobster, native to Read More »
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    Orsted and Eversource Wind Farm Plan Is Paused. What about those jobs promised by the mult-national wind farmers?!!

    Orsted, the Danish energy company that acquired Deepwater Wind of Providence, R.I., in 2018 and then joined with the Connecticut energy company Eversource on the South Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 48′ Fiberglass Duffy Lobster boat, 475HP, 6 Cylinder Detroit 60 Series Diesel

    Specifications, and information and 19 additional photo’s  Click here 11:24:05 Read More »
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    Listuguj Mi’kmaq plan to sell lobster without commercial licence from DFO, Ottawa monitoring situation closely

    The Listuguj Mi’kmaq government says Fisheries and Oceans Canada refused to grant the First Nation a commercial licence for the fall lobster fishery in the arm Read More »

  • Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Swordfish Landings Update Through September 30, 2013 Sharks through October 18, 2013.

    Please see the attached swordfish landings update as of September 30, 2013.  For previous swordfish landings updates, click here    Shark Landings Update Through October 18, 2013 click here   16:53 Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman Saturday near Hatteras Inlet

    The Coast Guard medevaced an injured man Saturday from a fishing boat near Hatteras Inlet.  received a request from the 78-foot fishing boat Daniel Joseph at Read More »

  • Spiny lobster season ended March 31with good catch, great prices but looming challenges

    While the fishery itself is in good shape, the largest threat facing the people who make their living on the water comes from the land side. Read More »
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    Lobster fishing is not profitable this year, fishermen explain

    Rampant inflation and cooling markets are hitting Maritime lobster fishers hard. Six days after the start of fishing in the Northumberland Strait, some of them are Read More »

  • Fraser sockeye shun U.S. waters, fill B.C. nets

    A quirk of nature has handed B.C. commercial fishermen a huge catch of sockeye salmon this summer, while leaving their American counterparts almost empty handed. Commercial Read More »
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    Plymouth’s fishing community speak of their grief after losing ‘great bloke’ Tony

    Members of Plymouth’s fishing community have spoken of their heartache following the death of a much-loved trawler man. Following the tragedy off Plymouth’s coast on Tuesday Read More »

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