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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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    NOAA says revised analysis could allow Southeast king salmon troll fishing, despite ruling

    The National Marine Fisheries Service hasn’t ruled out the possibility of opening the summer troll season for king salmon in Southeast Alaska, despite a federal judge’s recent Read More »

  • Researcher lays out three major possibilities for Alaska king salmon crash

    Ed Farley, of NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center Auke Bay Laboratory in Juneau, laid out some of the reasons why scientists think chinook stocks have been Read More »

  • Trading Salmon for Almonds

    Northern California fishermen have endured an extremely difficult year. Fishery managers closed the entire commercial salmon fishing season for half of June and all of July Read More »
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    Alaskans question fishery management as snow crabs disappear

    The state, which has long dominated U.S. seafood production, is reeling after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game last week canceled the winter snow crab Read More »

  • Bristol Bay forecast goes bust

    Bristol Bay needed volume to make up for a soft market, but state biologists say there’s no reason to expect that it’s going to happen now Read More »
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    Harvey Mackay: How to spot a liar

    According to a new biography, a man who became infamous for deception got his start at a young age. As a high-school sophomore, this young man Read More »

  • Sweden Asks EU to Stop American Lobster Invasion. How do they know they’re not Canadian?!!

    Sweden has asked the European Union for help to stop an invasion of American lobsters, saying they could wipe out their European cousins with deadly diseases. Read More »

  • Mercury findings prompt state to widen lobster fishing ban in Penobscot River estuary

    Lobstermen never want to see an area closed, but they have supported the Penobscot River ban because they want to protect the long-term reputation of the Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ DMR Trawler/Scalloper/Lobster, CAT 3408

    This vessel had extensive rebuild and is presently used as a herring carrier. Specifications, and information and  photos, Click here To see all the boats in this Read More »

  • Norfolk man pleads guilty in Chesapeake illegal-fishing case

    A Norfolk man has pleaded guilty to illegal-fishing charges stemming from a sting operation in a part of Deep Creek known for its trophy-sized trout. Bi Read More »
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    Scrabster in top three in Scotland as fishing activity outperforms national average

    Fishing activity at Scrabster outperformed the national average last year and the port is now in the top three in Scotland, newly released figures have shown. Read More »
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    The ups and downs of being a Tasmanian lobster man

    Lobster man Brendan “Squizzy” Taylor happily admits to loving his job, but the overheads are huge, and when he’s under the financial hammer and his pots Read More »
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    On this Day: July 13 – 1846: Burning whale oil created “a sea of fire” nearly wipes out Nantucket

    On this day in 1846, a fire began in a hat store on Nantucket’s Main Street. In no time, it raced through town, consuming everything in Read More »

  • Pew Environment continues biased menhaden campaign with latest video – UPDATED More Menhaden News

    Union, NAACP Oppose Job-Killing Cuts to Menhaden Fishery Statement of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400 and the Maryland State Conference NAACP on Read More »

  • Lobster prices rocket on supply downturn

    Lobster prices are at extremely high levels as supply remains low at the summer’s close. Prices are in the mid-$17/lb. range for the price of tails and lobster Read More »
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    Yarmouth is heartbroken by fishing tragedy – ‘It’s such a feeling that ‘sad’ doesn’t even describe’

    If there is one thing Yarmouth prides itself on, it is for being a fishing community.,, There are ups. And there are downs. It’s almost like Read More »

  • Bethel Alaska: Gillnetters anxious to fish Kuskokwim River

    Patience is wearing thin for fishermen along the Kuskokwim River, where restrictions on salmon fishing have been in place for weeks. But federal managers said they Read More »

  • Improving the lobster industry – By Rep. Lydia Blume

    When people across the world think of Maine, one of the first things that come to mind is lobster. Lobster and its fishery are central to Read More »
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    Michigan House Bills Ban Commercial Perch Fishing on Great Lakes

    Lakon Williams of the Bay Port Fish Co. expressed her concern. The company nets whitefish and perch in Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron. “I knew that Read More »
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    Ocean City Inlet shoaling problem continues

    Problems with sand plugging up the Ocean City Inlet have persisted for decades. “There’s billions of dollars (of state revenue) here,” said fisherman Mike Coppa, owner Read More »

  • FISH-NL calls on province to lift restrictions on outside buyers; challenges FFAW to outline its stand

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has proposed that the provincial government lift all restrictions and allow out-of-province buyers into the Read More »
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    Coast Guard crews rescues 2 from sinking fishing vessel near Fishers Island

    Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station New London rescued two people after they abandoned their sinking fishing vessel near Fishers Island, New York, Sunday morning. At approximately Read More »
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    After an initial patch of rough seas, Fishing Vessel St. Jude is reeling in prized albacore, and accolades

    ST. JUDE is the patron saint of lost causes. It wasn’t the name Joyce and Joe Malley would have chosen for the spanking-new 95-foot fishing vessel Read More »

  • NOAA to pay boat monitors, maybe with research money

    NOAA Fisheries on Friday announced its intention — depending on the unresolved government sequester — to pay for costly onboard compliance monitors that it requires on Read More »

  • UFA Ready to Fill Executive Director Position – Fishermen’s News

    Three fisheries industry veterans appear to be under serious consideration for executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska, the statewide commercial fishing trade association that represents Read More »

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