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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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    Planned lobster processing facility could be US game changer

    A seafood dealer is planning to build one of the largest lobster processing facilities in the country in Maine, potentially meeting a need the state’s lifeblood’s Read More »
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    Hampton boat captain hoping to tag her third moose this season

    Capt. Jeanne Bailey is hoping to tag her third moose this hunting season. Bailey and her brother, Capt. Bob Tonkin, run Captain Bob’s Lobster Tours and Read More »

  • DFO at risk from budget cuts, change: internal review

    NDP critic says department in chaos; U.S. analyst calls it an “implosion” An internal performance review says Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is at risk Read More »
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    Couple Arrested for Stealing $2.5M from Keys Commercial Fishermen

    A Miami couple was arrested in Miami-Dade County Friday on warrants related to the theft of an estimated $2.5 million from a Stock Island fish house Read More »

  • Marin Voice: Science shows Drake’s oyster farm doesn’t harm the estero’s ecology

    JOE MUELLER’S July 31 Marin Voice column (“Doing what’s right for the ecology”) is surprisingly devoid of facts. Almost everything in his column is contradicted by Read More »

  • Update on the F/V Golden Nugget

    We received an update from the skipper of a vessel outbound to the fishing grounds, and he sent this update. Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:48 PM Read More »

  • Sea lion drags young girl into water at Richmond’s Steveston Wharf

    A sea lion was captured on video dragging a young girl into the water at Richmond’s Steveston Fisherman Wharf. In the video, which was posted to Youtube by Read More »
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    LI fisherman indicted in connection with illegal fluke harvest

    An East Northport commercial fisherman who was once an outspoken critic of federal regulators was indicted Tuesday on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and falsification of Read More »
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    21 arrested in N.S. lobster conflict; Mounties release photos of persons of interest

    Nova Scotia RCMP have arrested 21 people so far in relation to criminal activity by a large group at a southwestern, N.S. lobster pound on Oct. Read More »
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    Hurting US Shark Fishermen: Enviro and recreational groups lobby Congress to pass the Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016

    A collective composed of 80 nonprofit and conservation organizations penned and postmarked a letter to the United States Congress, asking that legislators pass the Shark Fin Read More »

  • Commercial fishing is a strong thread in the social fabric, – Understanding Values in Canada’s North Pacific

    Commercial fishing is a strong thread in the social fabric that has held BC’s coastal communities together for generations. The industry’s impact is typically boiled down Read More »
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    F/V Tyhawk: wreckage of the fishing vessel has been located

    Members of a community-led search team have spotted the wreckage of the fishing vessel Tyhawk that capsized off the Nova Scotia coast at the start of Read More »

  • Monitoring The Catch Aboard Groundfishing Vessels

    Regulations are stiff in the commercial fishing industry – and especially so for those who go after groundfish like cod and haddock. Now, one of the Read More »

  • Must Read – Fears for our fishery, Father Ed Brophy, St. Alban’s

    Fellow Newfoundlanders, according to the news, a large Newfoundland fish company called Quin-Sea is about to be taken over by an even larger company from Denmark. Read More »

  • American Samoa: NOAA/ Marine Sanctuary money really does some good! diabetic patient successfully treated

    A diabetic patient who could have had his leg amputated has been successfully treated through the use of the hyperbaric chamber at the LBJ Hospital. He’s the first diabetic Read More »
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    Nicole Expected to Become Hurricane Wednesday Before Impacting Florida’s East Coast

    Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday as it moves toward the east coast of Florida, forecasters said. Nicole had maximum Read More »
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    Fishers crabby over Japan’s Russian imports, but Tokyo says Canada exports negligible

    Atlantic fishers are feeling the pinch as Japan brings in cheap Russian product rather than Canadian snow crabs, with federal ministers and provincial premiers saying they Read More »

  • New, state-of-the-art research vessel visits the Exploratorium – video (like a real fish trawler, only bigger!!)

    Docked at the Exploratorium in San Francisco from now until July 1st is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 209-foot, state-of-the-art fisheries research vessel Bell M. Read More »

  • Federal government protects overabundant grey seal population over fish stocks

    MONCTON, NB – Fish harvesters attending the Gulf Groundfish Advisory Committee this week in Moncton are expressing their frustrations and disbelief over the federal government’s refusal Read More »

  • Fish and Game Commission Suspends and Terminates Fishing Privileges for Two Southern California Commercial Lobster Fishermen

    During its Oct. 12 meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted recommendations from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to revoke the commercial Read More »

  • NOAA and partners release first federal ocean acidification strategic research plan

    Today, NOAA and its partners released the first federal strategic plan to guide research and monitoring investments that will improve our understanding of ocean acidification, its Read More »

  • Maritime Lobster fishermen continue fight against low prices

    CBC News Posted: May 11, 2013   1:42 PM AT Protests continue across the Maritimes as many lobster fishermen refuse to fish until lobster brokers agree to pay Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance – Weekly Update – October 7, 2012

    http://hosted.vresp.com/1181479/58c7eec39e/545569281/ad93d20bca/ Read More »

  • Whale and Dolphin Research Expands Off Maui. Can you figure out how much 10,000 to 13,000 humpback eat?

    An early pioneer in humpback whale research off Maui, Pacific Whale Foundation Founder and Executive Director Greg Kaufman recalls the 1970s, when whale sightings were so Read More »
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    In-Person Scoping Meeting for Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan on Wednesday, October 5 at 6-9 pm in Portland, Maine

    We will be conducting an in-person scoping meeting to collect public input on modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce the risk of death Read More »

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