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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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  • Van Peer Boatworks plans to begin construction on another massive fishing vessel.

    Chris Van Peer, the owner and founder of the local company, is expecting the more than 100,000 pounds of steel that it will take to complete Read More »
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    Did New Bedford police tell a fisherman to take down his ‘anti-windmill’ flag?

    According to local scalloper Russell Isabel, captain of the F/V Prowess, the Prowess started showing signs of an engine problem in the area of the New Read More »
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    NOAA can’t make rules for offshore fish farms

    A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a decision that throws out rules regulating fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico. The law granting Read More »

  • The storm that forever changed Ocean City

    Currently we’re in the middle of hurricane season and although Ocean City hasn’t been hit by one this year, Sunday marked the 82nd anniversary of the Read More »

  • “The big boats are taking over and they’re killing the little guys off,” Small fishermen’s plight discussed at forum in city

    PORTSMOUTH — Participants in the Who Fishes Matters Tour fisheries forum Monday night discussed ways to improve the beleaguered catch share system of fisheries management. Read Read More »
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    Commercial crab fishery closed for 2023-2024 season

    The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the commercial red and blue king crab fishery for the 2023-2024 season, the sixth year in a Read More »
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    NOAA lays out plans for expanded testing of ropeless fishing technology

    In an effort to address the two main causes of human-induced whale mortality, vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Read More »
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    Montauk 1915: When the Village Was on the Arc of Fort Pond Bay

    The wooden shacks composing this village had all been built around 1895 by people who did not own this land. They were squatters on this arc Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 36′ Ellis Tuna/Lobster Boat, 600HP Daytona Mack E7 Diesel, Price Reduced

    To review specifications, information, and 57 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here<  11:52 Read More »

  • Potential big cut in Newfoundland inshore shrimp quota may create huge controversy

    While most of the North Atlantic stocks of Pandalus borealis (coldwater or northern shrimp) have been eaten away by resurgent cod, in the last decade the shrimp Read More »

  • Judge: Dongwon knew seiner was unseaworthy before sinking

    A judge with the District Court of Guam has determined Dongwon Industries knew about the unseaworthy condition of a vessel it allegedly owned and operated before Read More »

  • The Alaska Fisheries Report

    Coming up this week, federal workers are back to work, which means crab fishermen are, too. The government shutdown may impair research on an emerging fishery, Read More »

  • The Division of Marine Fisheries, and its Commission, use inadequate science to regulate fisheries

    What if…humans can’t actually control nature to make it behave the way some humans want it to behave? North Carolina participates in a federally dominated system Read More »

  • Fishermen’s Alliance Highlights Offshore Wind Threat to Haddock, Lobster Fisheries in Gulf of Maine

    An alliance of groups representing New England’s fishermen is highlighting scientific research that suggests offshore wind development could have “population-scale effects” on key fish and crustacean Read More »

  • Thank you Massachusettes Senate candidate Steve Lynch for including fishermen in the debate with Ed Markey

    Thank you Steve Lynch for bringing  the New England  fishermen’s concerns to the debate, and holding Ed Markey’s feet to the fire. He dodged the subject Read More »

  • Canada Wraps-Up Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Annual Meeting – A Mixed Bag

    VIGO, SPAIN — On the heels of this year’s Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Annual Meeting, Fisheries and Oceans Canada highlighted the various management decisions taken Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Northern Bay Lobster Boat, 525HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere

    Specifications, information and 6 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<12:12 Read More »
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    California: New regulations shut down Commercial Dungeness Crab season early

    After a particularly hard start to the season, commercial Dungeness crab fisheries closed several weeks early on June 1. June 7 marked the start of the Read More »

  • Citing market volatility and Russia’s war in Ukraine, Trident plans to halt salmon buying early

    Trident Seafoods, the country’s largest vertically integrated seafood company, announced a number of measures over the weekend that bode poorly for the Alaska salmon market, including an Read More »

  • Coast Guard and State of Alaska personnel are monitoring 65foot fishing tender F/V Fate Hunter grounded near Shoup Bay

    Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center watchstanders received a call Sunday morning from the crew of the Fate Hunter, reporting the vessel had run aground near Shoup Bay Read More »
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    Following seal predation report, FFAW calls for government action

    FFAW-Unifor accuses the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of remaining “complacent while evidence mounts that an overpopulation of seals is having a serious impact on important Read More »

  • ADF&G says its up to fishermen to avoid problems with walrus hauling out near Ugashik north line

    The new walrus haul out at Cape Greig in Bristol Bay could create some problems for the Ugashik and Egegik salmon fishing districts. But right now Read More »

  • Further protection for Louisiana shrimpers and crawfishermen

    A USD 3 million fund will be granted to collect anti-dumping duties from countries that illegally dump shrimp, crawfish and other seafood into US markets. This was announced Read More »

  • NOAA seeks to put observers on lobster vessels

    Local lobstermen are concerned increased observation by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration through the will pose an unnecessary burden and result in potentially crippling regulations. Read More »

  • Listen – Todays Oversight Hearing on the Implications of President Obama’s National Ocean Policy

      Following unsuccessful efforts to pass major national ocean policy legislation during three successive Congresses under both Democrat and Republican majorities, the Obama Administration initiated the Read More »

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