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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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  • Alaska: Fisheries politics was rough for all in 2015; let’s at least have a working truce in 2016

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  • SCARBOROUGH, Maine: Lobster boat Seven Seas to the rescue! Pulls father and son aboard.

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  • North Star Seafood Inc purveyor to pay $250K for Lacey Act Violations

    A Pompano Beach seafood purveyor who federal prosecutors allege conspired to sell live spiny lobsters caught in the Florida Keys to China must pay a $250,000 Read More »
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    A century before civil rights, Black oystermen in Suffolk forged economic independence

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  • ‘The glow comes back’ to two beacons ‘and, once again, all is well’

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    San Fernando fishermen call for nationwide strike over gas hike

    With several fishermen going out of business in San Fernando, San Fernando Fishing Cooperative president Salim Gool is calling for an island-wide fishing strike in the Read More »

  • Opportunit​y to Comment on Proposed Management Measures for Groundfish Fishery for 2013: DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS IS APRIL 15, 2013

    Today, NOAA Fisheries is officially announcing several new management measures for groundfish. These measures include, among other things, recommendations by the New England Fishery Management Council Read More »
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    U.N. committee takes up racism complaint of N.S. Mi’kmaq fishermen against Ottawa

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    Dare County leaders reviving Working Watermen Commission

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