Former Wicked Tuna Fisherman Adam Moser dies from suspected drug over dose.

September 22, 2015 National, New England

Adam James Moser, age 27, of Portsmouth, N.H. passed away September 19, 2015, from an apparent overdose . He was raised in East Kingston, N.H., born on January 23, 1988 in Manchester, N.H., son of James and Jeanne (St. Pierre) Moser. Adam graduated Exeter High School in 2006 and Temple University in 2011 with a major in actuarial science. He was most recently employed by P.J. Day Masonry and formerly of the Wicked Tuna – Pinwheel adventure. He was the originator of the Harpoon Counter! Read the rest here 20:56

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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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