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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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    Ocean City Presses Fight Against Offshore Wind Farm

    The city has intensified its criticism of plans by developer Orsted, a Danish energy company, to run a transmission line under Ocean City’s streets to connect Read More »
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    Urgent research to be undertaken on Bristol Bay Red King Crab

    Urgent crab research will be getting underway in mid-March thanks to funds provided by both Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA Fisheries, according to Read More »
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    Halibut fisherman encounters freak storm on trip back from Togiak

    “At some point I’m thinking my arm’s failing, my body’s cramping and I’m losing control in my dexterity,” recalled Kaleb Westfall, captain of the F/V Peter. Read More »
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    Correction: Lobster Shellshock-Q&A story

    In a story May 13 about lobster shell strength, The Associated Press reported erroneously that marine biogeochemist Justin Ries attributed the collapse of the southern New Read More »

  • Busy readying boats at Digby wharf

    LFA 35 lobster season opens Wednesday in upper Bay of Fundy Area lobster fishermen are busy at Digby’s wharf today, loading traps in preparation for the Read More »

  • New England’s live lobster prices set to fall to seasonal lows as new shell product hits market

    Live American lobster prices out of New England are poised to fall sharply this summer–albeit a bit little later this year compared to recent seasons–as new Read More »

  • Hearings next month on eel fishery rules – Three Maine hearings will be held in April on proposed catch regulations.

    The proposed regulations are the result of a stock assessment that concluded the American eel population is technically depleted, likely due to a combination of overfishing, Read More »

  • Maine Scallop Advisory Council Looks to Keep Rotational Management

    Scallop Advisory Council members believe they have found a possible solution to the shortage of plentiful harvests across Maine. Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher Read More »

  • Project draws energy from old fishing gear

    Through a program called Fishing for Energy, the gear is collected in Gloucester and Rockport and trucked to Covanta’s Waste-to-Energy facility in Haverhill, where most of Read More »

  • Drones don’t fly at Alaska’s Board of Fish – Audio

    The Alaska Board of Fisheries closed some waters near Angoon to purse seining in order to improve subsistence harvests, in action over the weekend (3-1-15). They Read More »

  • Fishermen may sue over “The Guardian” newspaper’s migrants claims

    The move follows allegations made in The Guardian newspaper that non-EU workers had been underpaid and forced to live on their boats and banned from going Read More »

  • Provincial fees could hurt Port Saunders fisherman’s business

    Eugene Caines, a commercial fisherman from Port Saunders, hopes to continue operating a cod grow-out site. However, fees being imposed by the province, may shut him Read More »

  • ADF&G Releases Yukon Salmon Season Report

    There were a total of 44 commercial fishing openers for coho and chum in the Yukon River, most of which were held in the lower river Read More »
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    Real Climate Science from David Legates Seems to Scare the Media. Will it Scare NOAA?

    It’s not often that I read a MSM report and think that every single paragraph is full of sh!t. But this NPR story about Heartland friend and esteemed climate Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 60′ Steel Seiner/Scalloper, 871 Detroit Diesel,12.5 KW Norpro Genset

    To review specifications, information, with 21 photos, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11: 53 Read More »
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    First permits issued for swordfish captains in California

    The first commercial fishing permits for the use of deep-set buoy gear in the swordfish fishery in the US state of California were issued by the Read More »

  • Science flap eyes fishing area closures

    In the midst of one of the epic efforts at ocean management — a more than decade-long effort to drill into the scientific intricacies of North Read More »

  • Maine Lobsterman Faces Suspension for Illegal Use of Traps

    A Maine lobsterman faces possible fines and a license suspension after state authorities charged him with lobster harvesting violations. The Maine Marine Patrol is charging Benjamin Read More »

  • Fish tales and tails: Festival celebrates Gloucester Fisheries Heritage

    Gloucester’s Jodrey State Fish Pier was hopping this weekend as America’s oldest seaport celebrated its 400+ anniversary during Gloucester Fisheries Heritage Month with a festival. Hundreds Read More »

  • 2014 CHARTER AND COMMERCIAL HALIBUT MANAGEMENT MEASURES ANNOUNCED

    NOAA Fisheries  NMFS provided notice Friday of the immediate effect of regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The commercial IFQ halibut season opened at Read More »

  • The muddy bottom of the Igushik River maintains its firm grasp on the F/V Lone Star

    This past Friday, as the crews attempted to place the chains around the front and back ends of the boat, they ran into this newest problem. Read More »

  • Distant Water Tuna Fleet – Higher risk of fatal injuries than in most other U.S. fishing fleets.

    A NIOSH assessment of workplace hazards in the Distant Water Tuna Fleet found that workers in the fleet face a higher risk of fatal injuries than Read More »

  • Great Pacific Seafoods files for bankruptcy, shuts down operations in Alaska and elsewhere

    Great Pacific Seafoods, a processor with three plants and hundreds of workers in Alaska, announced Sunday that it is filing for bankruptcy and shutting down operations. The Read More »

  • Deadline for Terminating Inshore Fishing Controlling Agreement Fast Approaching

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Feb. 24, 2014) – Inshore fishermen in Atlantic Canada and Québec are reminded that they have until April 12, 2014 to terminate or 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 »

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