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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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  • Marine Constructor/ Commercial Shrimper Arnold Roland Melton of Wilmington, N.C. has passed away

    Arnold Roland Melton, 67 of Wilmington, NC affectionately known as Bimbo, quietly sailed away on Monday October 9, 2023, leaving behind a wake of laughter and Read More »

  • BREAKING: FFAW AND ASP REACH AGREEMENT TO GET SNOW CRAB FISHERY STARTED

    This evening, the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) reached an agreement with the FFAW Snow Crab Bargaining Committee, ensuring the start of the 2024 snow crab Read More »
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    Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf

    Hurricane Ivan would not die. After traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, it stewed for more than a week in the Caribbean, fluctuating between a Category 3 Read More »

  • Coast Guard conducts medevac from fishing vessel near Oahu

    The Coast Guard medically evacuated a approximately 92 miles southwest of Oahu, Sunday. The crew aboard the Lady Karen contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Joint Rescue Read More »
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    Photo Release: Coast Guard tows disabled fishing vessel to Dutch Harbor, Alaska

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Hedman, a gunners mate aboard Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau, shoots a tow line to fishing vessel Pacific Sounder near Cold Bay, Read More »
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    Why A Deadliest Catch Deckhand Is Suing Sig Hansen’s Company

    A deckhand working on the fishing vessel Northwestern, which frequently appears on the Discovery hit “Deadliest Catch,” has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the ship’s owners. Alaska Read More »

  • Time to rethink fishery management?

    Fishery management traditionally has focused on fishing pressure, the removal of animals from a population with nets, lines and traps, as the only statistic worth using Read More »

  • Fisherman loses leg in engine room accident – Coast Guard conducts Medivac from F/V Michael S in the Gulf

    Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 8:11 a.m. from the fishing vessel Michael S, requesting assistance for a man who suffered a severed leg below the Read More »

  • Public asked to report illegal fishing on Coast Guard tip line following the big bust

    Days after the owner of a large-scale New Bedford fishing operation was arrested on federal charges that he has been falsifying records to conceal quota violations Read More »

  • Lobstermen share concerns about 2013 season – Glut of lobster expected next season – video

    The commissioner of the  Maine Department of Marine Resources met with concerned fishermen in Scarborough  and Bath on Wednesday. There was a great deal of  concern, Read More »

  • Advocates Hope Seafood Marketing Campaign Will Net More Business for Local Fishing Industry

    It took something terrible to turn Santa Barbara business advocates onto the idea of doing some good for the local commercial fishing industry. That awful thing Read More »
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    UPDATED: Harrowing details of fatal Seacor Power capsizing – ‘All hell broke loose’

    The captain of a vessel that was near the Seacor Power when it capsized in the Gulf of Mexico in April, leaving 13 men dead, said Read More »
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    Family fined $70,000 over black market rock lobster sales

    A family from the WA Midwest fishing community of Leeman has been ordered to pay more than $70,000 in fines and costs after selling 76 black Read More »

  • Scientist look for new marine species for commercial use

    In northwest Mexico, the biggest part of the fishery production is based in few species such as sardine, squid, tuna and shrimp. However, the Center of Read More »

  • State Department enters trade dispute over Maine lobsters

    The U.S. State Department is adding its muscle to help resolve an impending trade dispute between exporters of live Maine lobsters and the European Union. Responding Read More »

  • WPRFMC Press Release, September 10, 2014 – Marine Monument Expansion Will Fail American Fishermen

    HONOLULU (10 September 2014) A delegation from the U.S. Pacific islands, including fisheries managers and commercial fishing industry representatives, met yesterday with the White House Council Read More »
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    Senators push for federal assessment of right whale deaths from fisheries in Canada

    Eleven Democratic senators are asking the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct an urgent assessment of the impacts to the endangered North Atlantic right whale Read More »
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    SouthCoast Woman of the Year: Canastra’s drive helping keep groundfishing alive

    Among the grizzled lifelong fishermen sat six-year-old Cassie Canastra. She staked claim to the seat toward the right side of the second table in the small Read More »

  • Recreational Fishing Alliance supports “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.”

    “Groups like Environmental Defense Fund, Pew Environment Group, Oceana and Ocean Conservancy hate this bill because it would allow America’s fishermen to continue fishing as stocks Read More »

  • Late season views of Green Harbor from Boston Harbor Beacon

    Boating season is largely over in Green Harbor, with the exception of the commercial guys. I took a trip down here on Saturday morning after not Read More »

  • Gloucester gets $151,000 seaport grant to exhibit its seafood locally, regionally and nationally

    The Baker-Polito Administration’s Seaport Economic Council has announced $5.15 million in grant awards,,, Gloucester’s grant of $151,000 is focused on sustaining and improving the 40 percent Read More »

  • Connecticut: Commercial Fisherman Sues State For False Prosecution

    A prominent commercial fisherman from Guilford who was found not guilty earlier this year of poaching clams from another person’s state-leased shellfish bed is now suing Read More »
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    Developing: Shrimp boat stuck near Buckman Bridge, captain nowhere to be found

    A shrimp boat without a captain is stuck near the Buckman Bridge Thursday morning, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. JFRD originally tweeted that Read More »
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    Maine Fishermen slow offshore wind farm development – Keep Fighting

    Actions by Maine fishermen directly affected the process of offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine with a bill signed into law on July 7 Read More »
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    Fisheries Advocate Calling for Independent Task Force to Help Rebuild Industry

    Gus Etchegary’s involvement in the Newfoundland fishing industry predates Confederation, he’s now with the Fishery Community Alliance.,, Etchegary indicates more needs to be done nearly three Read More »

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