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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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    Craziest lobster contest

    There are blue lobsters, spotted lobsters, bi-colour and rainbow ones. That’s in addition to the bizarre versions with extra appendages. Billy Mole, marketing manager for Murray Read More »

  • New Tool Aims To Help Scallop Fishery Adapt To Climate Change

    Researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy that analyzes data on changes in the Read More »
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    Reopening Areas for Groundfish Fishing After 20 Years

    NOAA Fisheries has published regulation changes that will open fishing areas that have been closed for over 20 years. These areas were originally closed in the Read More »

  • Large swells delays North Coast crab hauls in season opener

    Rough waters put a damper on the opening of the North Coast’s commercial Dungeness crab season Thursday, but Friday is expected to provide a window for Read More »

  • PEI, NB fishermen demanding better prices – They argue questions require an immediate response:

    The Sou’Wester – While they have been locked in a word of words for the last several months over carapace size, lobster fishermen in PEI and Read More »

  • Letter: Remembering a hero, and the F/V Little Flower

    To the editor: One summer morning, in June 1981, our fishing vessel, Madonna deLagrasse, was 100 miles at sea when we received a distress call from Read More »
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    Fisherman Stan Bagwell – a tribute to ‘one of Sidmouth’s characters’

    Stan was the son of Robert and Martha Bagwell, his father and grandfather were local fishermen. Stan was no scholar, he spent all of his free Read More »

  • Fascinating new squid behaviour in nature

    The squid is one creature that really needs technology to observe its incredible moods of colour and rapid movement. This is now firmly in place with Read More »

  • Counting the tuna in the Pacific

    Tuna are vital to the ecology and economy of the Pacific, and maintaining their stocks at a sustainable level exercises the minds of thousands of scientists, Read More »
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    Changing environment may be to blame for reduced fish populations – Seals, Professor? Regulatory changes?

    A new study aimed at determining how best to boost recovery of Atlantic cod has researchers pondering whether ongoing fishing and environmental changes, rather than evolution, Read More »

  • Protesting the shrimp cuts to the inshore fleet – Time to start fighting, (Ret) Capt. Wilfred Bartlett

    From the letter: We lost our cod fishery because of stupidity but we kept on fishing capelin which is the main food supply of the cod Read More »
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    Please support our local commercial fishermen

    If you don’t think commercial fishermen are an endangered species – think again. I have been very vocal over the years about my feelings on the Read More »

  • Letter: NOAA supports, relies on SMAST fisheries work – William A. Karp, Ph.D. Science and Research Director, U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA

    May 12, 2013 12:00 AM –  I am writing in response to Steve Urbon’s May 3 article (“Watch out, NOAA — SMAST is innovating again”) regarding Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs man from F/V Alaska Juris near Dutch Harbor, Alaska

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell and Air Station Kodiak medevaced an injured man from the F/V Alaska Juris near Dutch Harbor Friday. [email protected]  The Alaska Read More »
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    How Grand Bank made the ‘Grandy dory’ a Newfoundland icon

    During the late 1800s and all of the 1900s, the small boat of choice along the south and southwest coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador was the Read More »

  • Pacific tuna stocks on the brink of disaster, warns outgoing fisheries head Glenn Hurry

    The Australian who heads fishery management in the Western and Central Pacific has warned an international agreement is urgently needed to avert disaster for the tuna Read More »
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    Celebrating Small Business: Catch 49 keeping Alaskan fishing local

    The brainchild of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council (AMCC), Catch 49 has been working with small-scale fishermen along Alaska’s coastline to provide sustainably-sourced seafood options to Read More »

  • Sudden disappearance of sardines has serious economic and ecological effects on the B.C. coast

    A $32-million commercial fishery has inexplicably and completely collapsed this year on the B.C. coast. The sardine seine fleet has gone home after failing to catch Read More »
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    LFA 33 to open, Monday a no-go for LFA 34: weather forecast leads to split start of commercial lobster season

    The fishery in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 33, which runs along the province’s south shore will open as scheduled on Monday, with boats leaving at 7 Read More »

  • Marine Resources Committee schedules hearing on elver legislation

    The Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee has scheduled a public hearing on a bill introduced by Rep. Walter Kumiega (D-Deer Isle) that would give the Department of Read More »

  • National Marine Fisheries Service: New Regulation​s for Vermilion Snapper and Red Porgy Effective September 5, 2013

    Population assessment updates for vermilion snapper and red porgy were recently completed.  The vermilion snapper update indicates the population is no longer undergoing overfishing (when fish are Read More »

  • Christopher Bell takes the checkered flag on rain tires in the NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire

    Christopher Bell raised a broom over his head and clutched a 24-pound lobster in victory lane all because he earned his third Cup win of the Read More »
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    Cranes removing misplaced boats at Fort Myers Beach

    Fort Myers Beach used to be a place where you’d see happy beachgoers enjoying the sun and water. However, since Ian, when you cross the bridge, Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55.6′ Fiberglass Trawler/Lobster/Longliner, 12-V-7, Permits and option’s

    For specifications, information, and 9 photos of the vessel, click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:28 Read More »

  • Pew: Flooky’s got all the answers on Marine reserves and running the Bermudan government.

    Marine reserve: Why don’t we just use current legislation to fine illegal fishing operations? The 1972 Fisheries Act already states that $1 million fines can be handed Read More »

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