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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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  • Maine DMR commissions new patrol boat

    MOUNT DESERT — The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) gave the Marine Patrol’s enforcement capabilities a serious upgrade last Wednesday morning with the commissioning of a Read More »

  • Lobster processor gears up with 90 employees in Gouldsboro, Me

    Maine Fair Trade Lobster, the latest owner and operator of the former Stinson Seafood plant, has hired 90 people and last week geared up its new Read More »

  • Carlos Rafael , the “Don” of the New England Groundfishery, says he was cheated

    Between endless phone calls and Winston cigarettes, Carlos Rafael fumed as he recounted the call early in October: The fisheries disaster relief headed his way would Read More »

  • Opinion: Maine can bring back its groundfishing boats By Bert Jongerden,general manager of the Portland Fish Exchange,

    For many members of the Maine fishing community, the issue has been boiled down to “us” versus “them,” lobstermen versus groundfishing. But the divide is artificial. The Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Newsletter/Update for November 19, 2021

    Shrimp FMP, Amendment 2:, The MFC meeting in Emerald Isle started out with a public comment period on Wednesday evening that lasted about 2 hours. The Read More »

  • One Man’s Fight – Chris McCaffity – a commercial snapper/grouper fisherman

    I had the pleasure of meeting Chris online today, and it turned into a long telephone conversation discussing fishery issues that neither one of us knew Read More »
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    United Fishermen of Alaska dismiss Al Gross, endorse Senator Dan Sullivan

    The announcement comes as a bit of a body blow to the campaign of his opponent, Al Gross, who presents himself as a commercial fisherman from Read More »

  • “I don’t know what we’ll find here,” Enigmatic eels a focus of concern

     On a chilly morning when other watermen on the Patuxent River dredged for  oysters, Jimmy Trossbach sought more slippery quarry — American eels. Last week, the Read More »
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    Commercial fishing business/vessel owner Jewell Thomas “Tom” English III of Oak Island, Texas, has passed away

    Jewell Thomas “Tom” English III, 75, of Oak Island, Texas, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at his home, with his loving family by Read More »

  • NSCC School of Fisheries providing education, training and safety

    YARMOUTH – When Marcel d’Entremont starting fishing on a fish dragger in 1981,, “My safety training was this: the owner of the boat looked at me Read More »

  • Column: Manage recreational fishing to protect stocks – Brad Kenyon

    As the owner of a boat dealership, I’m an avid angler. So much so, I even dabble in commercial fishing as another way to expand my Read More »
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    Researchers find chemical toxins from personal care products in stranded N.C. and Fla. dolphins and whales

    A group of Florida researchers have discovered chemical toxins used in some personal care products in stranded dolphins and whales. The study, led by Florida Atlantic Read More »
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    Christmas at Sea

    Robert Louis Stevenson telescopes the distance between a cozy Christmas scene and a life-and-death struggle on the high seas Snowstorm. While Queen Victoria’s reign saw the Read More »
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    Fishermen oppose offshore wind farm, opposition to construction on fishing grounds continues,,,

    The construction of the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm with 62 wind turbines, each with an 8mW generating capacity, began on the 3rd May this year, while Read More »

  • Virginia’s oyster harvest hit 406,000 bushels for the 2012-2013 season – biggest in 26 years

    Virginia’s oyster harvest hit 406,000 bushels for the 2012-2013 season, outpacing the previous year by nearly 60 percent and marking the largest harvest since 1987, officials Read More »
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    Fishing Industry Urges Prime Minister To Support Industry After Brexit Fiasco

    Scottish fisheries leaders have urged the Prime Minister to help them build back the industry after the bad Brexit deal, which left skippers battling for fishing Read More »

  • Herring disaster funds should be used to phase out harmful trawling

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is releasing $11 million in disaster relief funds to Atlantic herring harvesters, of which $7 million will go to Maine. These Read More »

  • Kodiak’s Local Fishermen Voice Opinions For New Gulf Catch Share Plan

    This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini.  Kodiak locals take action in new Gulf catch share plan. More after this…listen @fishradio  16:45 Read More »
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    Canada, U.S. researchers gathering virtually to report on right whales

    Researchers from Canada and the U.S. are gathering virtually this week for an annual conference that focuses on an endangered whale species. The North Atlantic Right Read More »

  • BOEM releases draft plan for Lower Cook Inlet oil leasing

    Residents of Anchor Point, Homer and Seldovia could see drilling rigs off their coasts in the future if the federal Department of the Interior gives it Read More »

  • $8.3 million of federal fisheries disaster relief to be distributed to crew members

    The long-awaited Round 2 of federal fisheries disaster relief was announced Wednesday, an $8.3 million pot to be distributed among industry members other than the permit Read More »
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    Gloucester: Lobstermen push against whale rules – ‘We’ve borne the brunt’

    The evening began with a presentation from NOAA Fisheries’ Mike Asaro and Colleen Coogan that offered a historical backdrop on the status of the North Atlantic Read More »

  • Growing wings for southwest Nova lobster a priority

    Last fall, the Zhangzidao Group, a Chinese seafood giant, purchased a lobster processing plant in Eastern Passage. Its subsidiary – Capital Seafoods International – will be Read More »
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    Cabo Virgenes Adds to its Fleet

    One of the leading companies in the fishery for Argentine red shrimp, Cabo Vírgenes, is about to take delivery of a new trawler built at Astillero Read More »

  • Steve Train, lobsterman

     Dropping out of college doesn’t lead to financial hardship in every case. When Steve Train, 48, left Northeastern University in Boston as a young man, he Read More »

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