NOAA Whoever Reminds Trap/Pot Gear and Gillnet Fishermen That New Rules Go Into Effect June 1, 2015

May 18, 2015 New England

As part of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, new rules regarding trap/pot gear and gillnets go into effect on June 1, 2015. Read our fact sheet about these new rules. Also, please note that we are proposing to modify the minimum number of traps per trawl requirements in certain state waters including portions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. Read more info here 17:46

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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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