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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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    BREXIT! Fishermen say Leave promises on quotas must be delivered after EU referendum result

    Leaders of the West’s fishing industry say they will be looking for Leave campaigners to keep their promises in the wake of the historic referendum result. Read More »

  • Pink salmon populations augmented by hatchery programs hurt sockeye returns, study finds

    Nations around the Pacific Ocean may have to cap the number of hatchery salmon they release if sockeye salmon runs are to return to sustainable levels, Read More »

  • Thailand arrests 2 alleged brokers who sent slaves onto boats, new regulations take affect

    Chayuthphong Charoenporn, 50, and Samruay Chatkrod, 53, hired middlemen to find workers at train stations, bus terminals and other public places, said Lt. Col. Komvich Padhanarath. Read More »
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    Time passes but the Otter remains the same

    Walt Fossek is 88 years young, and his boat, the Otter, is 104 years old. Both wear their age well. Fossek is active, mentally sharp and Read More »
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    Maryland fishermen fight federal catfish regulations

    Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration has joined the cause and also sent a letter to UDSA Secretary Perdue, asking for “immediate regulatory relief” from the mandated Read More »

  • FISH-NL makes formal request for Prime Minister to reopen province’s Terms of Union

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has formally asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reopen the province’s Terms of Union with Read More »

  • Proof that people don’t understand the food production sector. Mr. Hill from the Watershed Watch proves it. Video

    The commercial fishing industry has long claimed it strives to ensure salmon that can’t be legally kept are released alive and well. But a video shot Read More »
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    Biden-Harris Administration Approves First Major Offshore Wind Project in U.S. Waters

    Today’s Record of Decision (ROD) grants Vineyard Wind final federal approval to install 84 or fewer turbines off Massachusetts as part of an 800-megawatt offshore wind energy Read More »
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    Blown Away: Offshore wind regulators ignore danger to fishing industry

    “This industry, this group of people in the room today, really are the key to unlocking that clean energy future,” Beaudreau, the deputy secretary of the Read More »

  • Alabama Red Snapper season to be shortest in history

    MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) –  The fishermen say federal regulations are hurting them and the local economy. Jerry Busby is a sport fisherman who says government regulations Read More »

  • Vessel Review: Daystar – North Sea Prawn Trawler Delivered to Scottish Owner

    UK boatbuilder Parkol Marine Engineering has handed over a new trawler to fishing boat owner and skipper Stephen West based in Fraserburgh on Scotland’s east coast. Read More »
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    Friendship Lobsterman Pleads No Contest to Arson

    The Friendship lobsterman whose feud with another fisherman led him and his sternmen to torch the other man’s Waldoboro boathouse has pleaded no contest to arson Read More »

  • Upping their groundfish game

    Despite more than thirty years of fishing around Alaska, Kasilof fisherman Rob Nelson had never let out a net hoping to catch pollock before December. But Read More »

  • Salvage Crew Waiting For High Tide To Free Stuck F/V Joyce Lynn II – Video

    If at first you don’t succeed, wait for high tide and try again. That could be the motto Monday for TowBoatUS as they again try to Read More »

  • Kirk Fish Co. rides out another stone crab season in Goodland

    Goodland’s afternoon stickiness pushes through the doorway of the fish house where Patty Kirk is hand-mixing her umpteenth batch of mustard sauce. It’s May 11, a Read More »

  • Finest At Sea seafood company forfeits catch – no evidence the company was trying to be surreptitious

    Finest At Sea has forfeited the proceeds from a $14,000 halibut catch after pleading guilty to contravening the conditions of a commercial fishing licence in March 2012. Read More »
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    Trawl limit in Blue Hill Bay not an end to cross-zone fishing issue

    A possible compromise with Zone B lobstermen over the boundary lines of a new five-trap trawl limit occupied a Zone C lobster council meeting October 1, Read More »
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    “Minister Michael Creed and his officials have effectively turned their backs on the fishing industry.”

    That view from Castletownbere in West Cork by the chief executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers, Patrick Murphy, criticising the minister for the Read More »
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    S.C. Shrimpers Association asks public’s help in fighting imported shrimp crisis

    The South Carolina Shrimpers Association has announced its new leadership team for the 2023-2025 term. This comes after an emergency meeting was called to address the Read More »

  • Two Maryland fishermen banned from fishing for striped bass forever

    The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said that Michael D. Hayden Jr. and William J. Lednum, both of Tilghman Island, have received lifetime revocations of their Read More »

  • Salmon markets face lower supplies

    A downward shift in supplies of salmon could boost demand for Alaska fish. If that basic rule holds true, prices could move out of the basement. Read More »
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    Nine US States Seek to Stop Atlantic Seismic Testing

    Attorneys general from nine U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to stop future seismic tests for oil and gas deposits off the East Coast, Read More »
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    A Place Called Guinea – In Gloucester County, a centuries-old culture with its own dialect endures.

    This place is where watermen weathered rugged conditions all day every day, fishing the rivers, dredging the oysters, and hauling in crab pots to harvest the Read More »

  • Coast Guard Medevacs Fisherman From F/V Kirsten Lee off Virginia Coast Saturday

    PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old crewmember Saturday from a fishing boat approximately 40 miles east of Chincoteague. The master of the fishing Read More »

  • North Coast Gulf of the Farallones marine sanctuary expansion praised at hearing

    Sanctuaries do not regulate fishing, said Maria Brown, superintendent of the Cordell Bank sanctuary, noting that trawling would be allowed. Zeke Grader, executive director of the Read More »

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