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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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  • In depth: Fins Up for Oregon’s Albacore Tuna Season – Trollers land second highest to-the-boat value in past decade

    It was almost the worst of times. It was almost the best of times. After another lackluster opening that spawned worries among commercial fishermen, the Oregon Read More »
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    New boat hits the seas for Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company

    The Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company Ltd (LFUSC) has a new shrimp trawler on the waters for 2018. The Northern Osprey III, newly built in 2017, Read More »

  • MPA’s: DFO seeks to reassure fishermen after ‘scary’ map released of potential protected areas

    A member of the Fisheries Department’s marine planning group was publicly challenged in Nova Scotia this week to guarantee marine protected areas will not harm the Read More »

  • Scads of squid-North Shore experiencing second year of boom

    It’s the second summer of a squid population explosion, from the Cape to Southern Maine, said Michael Armstrong, assistant director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Read More »

  • Look at ’em all! Thousands of Chinese trawlers head out to sea after three-month ban on fishing is lifted. Where’s Pew?

    Thousands of Chinese trawlers rushed out into the East China Sea today after a three-month-long summer fishing moratorium ended. These incredible images of boats setting out Read More »
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    NOAA and its new “partner” Ørsted agree to share data on wind farm lease areas

    NOAA has reached an agreement with leading offshore wind developer Ørsted to share physical and biological data from Ørsted’s offshore lease areas. The memorandum is the Read More »
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    Lobster band blues

    A walk along your nearest beach could very well be marred by the sight of thousands of multi-coloured lobster bands strewn along the high-water mark this Read More »

  • American lobster in high demand in China

    EXPORTS of US lobster to China have rocketed in the past few years, largely to satisfy the appetites of the communist country’s growing middle class, to Read More »

  • La Scie fisherman nets $15K fine for illegally poaching halibut

    A stakeout of the wharf in St. Lawrence two summers ago has netted a hefty fine for one halibut fisherman convicted of violating the federal Fisheries Act.  Keith Bath Read More »

  • Adak, Norton Sound net new crab fishery regulations and more – Molly Dischner

    Alaska’s Board of Fisheries took steps toward creating more crab fishing opportunity in Norton Sound and near Adak this week. Read more here  BOF approves Kuskokwim Read More »

  • The Fisheries Broadcast with Jamie Baker

    Thousands of dollars worth of halibut are being discarded at sea. Halibut abundance is closing down other fisheries. West coast harvesters say enough is enough, and Read More »

  • 2013 Season, 61st Year of the International Dory Races – goodmorninggloucester

    The weather is improving and eliminations to qualify to race the Canadians are only a few weeks away (Saturday, June 8th).  I hope your training is Read More »
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    Norton Sound: Expect Strong Salmon Runs This Summer

    Salmon runs in the Norton Sound area are expected to be at least as strong as last year, with the exception of king, or Chinook, salmon. Read More »

  • NPFMC talks crab, halibut bycatch

    SEATTLE — The North Pacific Fishery Management Council spent much of the day talking about Bering Sea bycatch, and agreed to move forward on one related Read More »

  • Capt. Edwards casts off aboard Miss Judy Too for another shrimping season

    Capt. Tommy Edwards was back out in open waters as the local shrimping season kicked off. Aboard Edwards shrimp boat the Miss Judy Too, it’s a Read More »

  • Changes to FL Gulf gray triggerfish season in effect June 10

    Changes to how Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish are managed in state and federal waters will go into effect June 10. These changes include a recreational Read More »
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    First two days of capelin fishery around Twillingate proving successful

    By noon on July 30 the wharf outside Notre Dame Seafoods plant in Twillingate had piled up with long liners, delivery trucks and forklifts. Since Sunday, Read More »
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    Tullus Gordon remembered for contributions to fishing and construction industries

    Tullus Gordon, a longtime Seattle-area general contractor, died Dec. 29 at the age of 95. A celebration of his life will be held next month in Read More »
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    Working Waterfront – Chatham voters back purchase of historic pier

    Living in a community nearly surrounded by water, it was perhaps natural voters at town meeting on Monday night approved the $1.5 million purchase of a Read More »

  • Investigators claim Skipper to blame for sinking of north-east trawler

    A skipper of a north-east trawler that sank off the Atlantic coast has been blamed for causing it to capsize. The Banff-registered Kairos sank off the Read More »
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    Scientific Dispensation Request Granted for King Scallop Fishing Trial off South-East

    The UK Marine Management Organosation (MMO) has granted a scientific dispensation to MacDuff Shellfish to carry out a two-day scallop fishing trial off the South East Read More »
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    George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94

    George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, was a steadfast force on the international stage for decades, Read More »
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    Protesting Fish Harvesters Interrupt Crab Price Setting Negotiations

    The protesters fish in 3L, the area from Cape Freels to the southern Avalon. Instead of being one biomass, DFO has created two biomasses which protesters Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Snow crab fishery worries outbreak could be bad for business

    Next to the lobster industry, snow crab is the biggest fishing industry in the province, as millions of dollars worth of New Brunswick snow crab is Read More »

  • Managers meet, tackle state waters Gulf issues

    Currently, the council is considering a rationalization program for trawlers targeting pollock, Pacific cod, and several other target and secondary species in the central Gulf of Read More »

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