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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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  • What European demand for caviar means for a Great Lakes fish

    Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, and it has something the other Great Lakes don’t — stable populations of Read More »
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    A look back at the evolution of Catch Shares

    In 2010 CSF board member Nils Stolpe conducted some exhaustive research into catch shares as a management tool and given what has transpired since it is Read More »

  • Shrimp prices down amid flurry of imports, reports of foreign abuse

    It was quiet as sunburnt deckhands scrubbed trawlers moored at the shrimp house on Wheelers Creek this week. The last three months of shrimping have been Read More »
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    The Fishermen’s Mission vow to help fishermen during coronavirus pandemic

    The Fishermen’s Mission was established in 1881 to help fishermen and their families, and continues to do so with the pandemic hitting the industry hard. Tim Read More »
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    Low numbers of endangered whales raise question about lobster industry impacts

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientist Mark Baumgartner said that to help the whales survive much longer, the ropes Maine lobstermen use to tend their traps have Read More »
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    Dimed Out! Call Leads to the Bust of Commercial Prawn Harvester fishing in a closed area

    Hai A. Trinh was found guilty in Powell River Provincial Court for fishing in a closed area of Desolation Sound, retaining undersize prawns, and other violations of Read More »

  • Historic fishing vessel refloated after it overturned in high winds – “she just keeled right over”!

    One person was taken to hospital when the Reaper, a 70ft vessel dating back to 1902, blew on to its side at Johnshaven Harbour. Firefighters from Read More »
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    Southwest Nova Scotia seafood industry on edge as wildfires surge

    As many as 20 seafood processing and holding facilities along Nova Scotia’s South Shore could be at risk because they fall within the wildfire evacuation order Read More »
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    It’s Not Just Windmills – Nils Stolpe

    Demand for undersea cables will only grow as more businesses rely on cloud computing services,,, “All of that data is going in the undersea cables.” I Read More »
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    Coast Guard, good Samaritan assist vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska

    The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan assist a vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska, Saturday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka Read More »

  • Govt to review Chinese shrimp imports-Shrimp farmers are preparing for conflict with the U.S.

    Govt to review Chinese shrimp imports Read more Shrimp farmers are preparing for conflict with the U.S. Read more Seafood industry to fight US shrimpers’ countervailing Read More »
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    FishNet USA/NOAA Enforcement, media bias, and what’s fact checking?

    Much attention has been directed towards a recent IRS/NOAA investigation of alleged criminal activity of New Bedford (MA) fleet owner/seafood wholesaler and retailer Carlos Rafael. Particularly Read More »

  • Most southwest Nova Scotia beaches now clear of dead herring, latest round of tests find no viruses

    Fisheries officials say the flood of dead herring washing up on southwest Nova Scotia beaches has slowed. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it is monitoring for “evidence of Read More »

  • More nets seized as Fisheries’ patrols enforce Fraser fishing ban – 10 nets pulled up; one person under investigation after weekend patrols

    Fishery officers pulled up 10 more illegal nets in a weekend of patrolling on  the Fraser River, where a total ban on fishing for summer sockeye Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 85′ Shrimper/Scalloper, 3412 Cat, 2 JD Auxiliaries

    To review specifications, information, and 45 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:55 Read More »

  • A New Fisheries Supervisor for Alaska’s Westward Region

    There’s a new man at the helm of fisheries management for Alaska’s Westward region. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently named long time fisheries Read More »

  • Oregon imposes new limits on Dungeness crab fishermen to protect whales

    After a lengthy debate, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission voted late on Friday to extend and add on new rules limiting how the Read More »

  • Spiny Dogfish Quotas to be Increased for Commercial Fishermen

    Spiny Dogfish Quotas to be Increased for Commercial Fishermen, For more information on these measures click here. You lucky bastards! And they never do nuthin’ for Read More »

  • Herring proposal disapproved by National Marine Fisheries Service – Lots of grumbling from the Cape!

    “They basically approved nothing,” said a frustrated and angry John Pappalardo, the CEO of the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance and a former member and onetime Read More »
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    ‘What about us?’

    Forgotten fishermen caught in the middle of a storm over the North Sea crustacean deaths last night asked ‘what about us’, after a report into the Read More »
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    Fisherman found dead in water near Bodega Bay identified

    The fisherman whose body was found last week in the water near Bodega Bay has been identified as a 30-year-old Sonoma man, authorities said. Ryan Kozlowski, Read More »

  • Didn’t the train leave the station? FFAW will try to do a better job at communicating with members

    As the FFAW (Fish, Food and Allied Workers) union faces an exodus of members, staff representative Jason Spingle said the union is taking the issue very Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Fiberglass Dragger/Permits, Cat 3206

    To review specifications, information, and 36 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 13:11 Read More »
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    San Diego – Tuna fishing industry monument pays homage to those who served

    Calling all past and present members of the tuna industry: It’s time to honor those who served in the industry with a plaque or paver at Read More »
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    Good Samaritan, Coast Guard rescue 2 fishermen near Pembroke, Maine

    The crew of the fishing boat Alex Shea rescued two fishermen Tuesday afternoon after the fishing boat Born Again began sinking on Cobscook Bay near Pembroke, Read More »

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