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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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    Sockeye harvests wind down; pinks and chums slow going

    As Alaska’s salmon fisheries transition away from sockeye and kings to pinks and chums, the harvest results so far look mixed. May, June and July are Read More »

  • Conditions ripe for ecological disaster – massive algae blooms, decimated commercial fishing from the releases from Lake Okeechobee. – Video

    Their observation: “high flows sustained over the last 50 consecutive days have caused mortality of marine organisms and seagrass habitat.” Rawl adds “let me just tell you Read More »
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    Instead of fighting global competition, Alaska’s salmon industry is (reluctantly) embracing it

    Forty years ago, Alaska had a near monopoly on supplying the world with salmon. But then Norwegian fishermen began experimenting with salmon farming — raising fish Read More »

  • Salvage tug Resolve Pioneer to assist in effort to refloat F/V Lone Star

    The salvage tug Resolve Pioneer heads to Bristol Bay this week. But it won’t be going up the river to recover the sunken salmon tender Lone Read More »

  • Feds Sidestep Law to Let BC’s Biggest Fishery Sell Pacific hake as Farm Feed

    The economic squeeze of a Russian trade embargo has prompted Canada to sidestep its own laws by allowing B.C.’s biggest fishery to sell thousands of tonnes Read More »

  • A nice audio presentation of the NEFMC December 20, 2012 public comments from savingseafood.org

    I just got this from savingseafood and am posting it for those interested in listening to the comments without the hassle of listening to the audio recordings Read More »

  • Two Friends: A Tragedy In Gloucester

    In the summer of 2001, my wife Jan and I lived in a house on the highest point of East Gloucester, known as Beacon Hill. It Read More »

  • Fish council eyes limits on catch shares- Amendment 18 — the ‘“fleet diversity and accumulation caps” action, Really??

    Until the decision at the council last Thursday, the New England Regional Fishery Management Council had kept hands off  the commodity trading system; in November 2011, Read More »

  • Speakers Series: Ernie Koepf- Fish tales

    Ernie Koepf was born (1951) and raised in Moss Beach and raised his own family in El Granada. He now resides in the hills of Oakland Read More »
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    ‘Never-ending battle’ for creel fisherman as Jenni Minto MSP seeks support after ban

    A creel fisherman based at the Clyde continues to feel ignored and neglected as an MSP has asked the Scottish Government to consider “all options” to Read More »
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    How Shark Meat Is Prepared In US Restaurants

    Shark meat is not one of those things we instinctively think of as being good eating. However, like any other kind of athletic fish, shark offers Read More »

  • Can this province have a successful small boat cod fishery?

    Tonight we speak with fishermen from the south coast of Newfoundland, where the province’s only commercial cod fishery currently exists, to get their take. Listen to the podcast Read More »

  • A watched cod

    The New England cod fishery has existed for hundreds of years, lasting through many major swings in landings. Yes, this is the lowest we’ve ever “seen” Read More »

  • Scientists to investigate coral crisis on Kauai’s north shore

    “The disease is a tissue-loss disease,” said USGS Wildlife Disease Specialist Thierry Work. “If you look at these corals, they are losing tissues and we think Read More »

  • Grant from Outer Banks Seafood Festival Fund supports North Carolina Watermen United

    On Oct. 19, the Outer Banks Seafood Festival continues its tradition of celebrating and supporting the local fishing industry. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Outer Read More »
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    Coast Guard rescues 4 after boat catches fire near Cape May, NJ

    The Coast Guard rescued four people from a life raft after a commercial fishing vessel caught fire about 16 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, Read More »

  • Stakeholders hope for more input, more preparedness for potential cod fishery

    When it comes to a rebuilding plan for the northern cod stocks, the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union wants the government to remember why Read More »
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    Flotilla honors Andy Gove with service at sea – Photo Gallery

    Fishermen in 60 boats crowded with family and friends came to Stonington Harbor on July 12 from Searsport and Vinalhaven, North Haven and Isle au Haut, Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Seafood industry falls victim to the virus

    Abalone fisheries, reliant on China for up to 90 per cent of sales, have been paralysed by the sudden drop in demand with Tasmania’s entire fleet Read More »

  • Cork fishermen to sue The Guardian over migrant workers article

    Two Cork Fishermen are suing The Guardian over an article published on its website in November. Lenny Hyde and Pat O’Mahony have taken a defamation case Read More »
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    D-Day: June 6, 1944

    Inside General Eisenhower’s Sleepless Night Ahead of the D-Day Invasion – >click to read< On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied soliders arrived on the beaches of Read More »
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    One of the last great Gloucester schooners: The L.A. Dunton of Grand Bank celebrates 100 years

    She was a 10-dory schooner, with two men to a dory while fishing a crew of 22 men, including captain and cook, who lived in very Read More »
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    Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary management plan open for comment through April 10

    Comments can be made online, by mail or in person at public scoping meetings.  The 90-minute public scoping meetings all start at 6:30 p.m. The first Read More »

  • Extremism and Zealotry – A threat to the Commercial Fishing Industry

    WA’s most senior fisheries scientist has lamented the growing disconnect between consumers and the fishing industry, saying demands that it have no effect on the environment Read More »

  • A Fractured Lobster Fishery in the Canadian Maritimes

    Nova Scotia Lobster fishermen return to sea after standoff  Lobster fishermen in Nova Scotia will be back on the water at first light on Tuesday, after Read More »

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