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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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    ‘Follow the Fish’ to learn about tugs at GLMHC on Thursday

    “Follow the Fish” to learn about the evolution of commercial fishing vessels in the Great Lakes. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Maritime Archaeologist Cassandra Sadler will Read More »

  • Glass fibers – the rest of the story????? by Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet-USA

    Floating around (sorry!) is the surprising story that the fiberglass that is being donated gratis to our oceans by the offshore wind industry is harmless because Read More »
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    Where did all the lobsters and stone crabs go? How the fishing industry is bouncing back

    The red tide algae bloom plaguing Southwest Florida hasn’t hit the Florida Keys. And Hurricane Irma happened more than a year ago. But they’re both affecting Read More »

  • 2 escape burning lobster boat off Wells, Maine

    Two crew members of the 36-foot lobster boat Miss Ellie escaped safely after the boat caught fire off the coast of Wells just before 8 a.m. Read More »
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    Miz Shirley’s Shrimp Shack after Hurricane Ian

    Captain James and Shirley Driggers, owners of Miz Shirley’s Shrimp Shack, have been shrimping for nearly three decades, before Hurricane Ian. Shirley and James sell freshly-caught Read More »

  • Maine’s lobster fishermen struggle with efforts to save right whales

    Willis Spear stands in the backyard of his Yarmouth, Maine home. Behind him are dozens of yellow and green lobster traps. Spear, 67, spends most of Read More »

  • Former Alaska Board of Fisheries Chairman Dan Coffey cited for violating fishing regulations

    A state trooper on a boat patrol in the Peril Strait area, north of Sitka, found that crab traps belonging to Coffey had been baited with Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 4, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 12:50 An addendum to this weeks update regarding proposed blue crab restrictions. Click Read More »

  • The Governor needs to fix the dysfunction at the Division of Marine Fisheries

    We (Beaufort Observer) have reported a number of articles on the N. C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). Our focus has been mostly on the inadequacy of Read More »

  • NOAA wants fewer lobster fishing buoy lines to protect whales

    Federal officials want Northeast fishermen to use more traps on fewer buoy lines to keep whales from getting entangled in vertical ropes, according to an announcement Friday Read More »
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    Parents of missing West Kingston fisherman sue owner of sunken trawler for negligence

    New Year’s Day 2019 was cruel for the family of John Ansay Jr. They learned early that morning that a sudden gale and turbulent seas had Read More »

  • Good luck or genetics? Dave and Joe Marciano

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  • Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to consider changing smelt fishing regulations

    OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider proposed changes to recreational and commercial smelt fishing regulations in Puget Sound during a public meeting Read More »

  • Seal Meat: Veal of the Ocean

    “The meat is pretty much not like much else you’ve ever eaten,” says Perrin, chef/owner of The Mallard Cottage, a restaurant on the forefront of the Read More »
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    Commercial southern bluefin tuna fleet battles turbulent La Niña weather and global market

    More than 40 vessels and six spotter planes are involved in the search for large schools of bluefin tuna off the picturesque tourist town of Robe. Read More »
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    2 more dead right whales discovered in Gulf of St. Lawrence

    Two more dead North Atlantic right whales have been found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, says Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The whales were located near Read More »

  • In considering the lobster, PETA only inflicts pain on itself

    At least People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) makes things fun for its critics. The pro-vegetarian group yet again proved its incompetence this week Read More »

  • Cape ports land more fish, but value slips

    CHATHAM — Local fish landings were up last year, but value was down, according to a federal report released Thursday. Commercial fishermen landed 20 million pounds Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’ teaches us everything we need to know about life

    It has existed through four presidential administrations, two American-led wars, deaths of crew members and Captain Phil Harris, overhauls to U.S. fishing regulations, and a global Read More »

  • Greenpeace Criticizes Contracting Onboard Monitoring Cameras and Analysis to Trident

    Should a commercial fishing company be made responsible for monitoring what goes on board the commercial fishing vessels? Greenpeace leader Russel Norman says, it is like Read More »

  • How a seagoing mentorship program trains ‘greenhorns’ and changes lives

    As a student at Vermont’s Middlebury College, Lea LeGardeur loved being on the water. Which proved an asset for LeGardeur, who, after teaching geography at Middlebury, Read More »

  • Improvement seen in fall lobster prices

    Even though there has been a marked improvement from last year, a Howard’s Cove fisherman says fall canner prices are still about a quarter, and market Read More »
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    Charter fishing fleet casts wary eye toward possible fishing cutbacks to save orcas

    Pacific Northwesterners are undeniably fond of their endangered resident killer whales. Many locals are also fans of salmon fishing, a hobby that sustains charter fishing fleets Read More »
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    Lawsuit alleges sunken fishing boat was ‘unseaworthy’

    A lawsuit filed less than a month ago alleges the now-sunken fishing vessel “Misty Blue” was unseaworthy. The Coast Guard suspended the search for the missing Read More »

  • Will lobstermen/fishermen wear PFDs?

    Think of the Maine lobsterman, and a few iconic images come to mind: a rugged boat with a wire trap on the rail; gloved hands holding Read More »

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