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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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    Photo’s, Florida Stone Crab season begins for local crabbers

    Stone crab season began in Florida on Friday prompting area crabbers to the Gulf of Mexico with traps loaded with fish heads and pigs blood. The Read More »

  • Congress Members Ask Commerce Secretary to Stop Summer Flounder Quota Cuts

    Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and a bipartisan group from the New Jersey Congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker asking her to Read More »

  • Latest BBSRI Forecast Puts the Bristol Bay Sockeye Run at 38-Million

    Catches appear to be tailing off at the Port Moller Test Fishery but there appears to be a sizable tail left to this year’s sockeye run. Read More »
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    Riders of the storm: The Islanders keeping fish on the menu

    Lobster fisherman Scott Samson is one of many who has been left perplexed and frustrated by the apparent lack of lobsters in Jersey’s waters. Earlier this Read More »
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    New regulations could put added strain on lobster fishermen

    The July 4 holiday has always been a busy time for Rob Martin, a commercial lobsterman who steams out of Sandwich Marina.,,, Seasonal gear bans to Read More »

  • New Hampshire’s Ayotte puts NOAA Administrator Sullivan on the Hot Seat – New call for outside review of NOAA assessments

    The battle over the validity of NOAA fish stock assessments that continually have led to slashed groundfish quotas has reached a higher pitch, with mounting calls Read More »

  • Bluefin tuna quota demand slammed by environmentalists

    Susanna Fuller of the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax said Canada would set a dangerous precedent if it asks members of the International Commission for the Read More »

  • Alaska fish fight over community development riches turns nasty – Alaska Dispatch

    Divvying up the fish,,,,A case for change,,,,,$54 million in pollock,,,,A positive face,,,,,On the attack,,,,,Profitable halibut fishing,,,,,http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaska-fish-fight-over-community-development-riches-turns-nasty?page=full Read More »

  • North Carolina: Local leaders ask feds for OBX hearing on offshore oil and gas

    Hearings are on tap in Wrightsville Beach and Hampton Roads for opinions on offshore oil and gas development, but none have been scheduled on the Outer Read More »
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    F/V Predator aground for more than two weeks

    The grounded fishing vessel Predator remained on the beach in Akutan earlier this week. Salvage crews were attempting to re-float the boat. A large quantity of Read More »

  • Letter: Fishermen well aware of enviro issues – Captain Paul Cohan, F/V Sasquatch, Gloucester

    I am writing in response to the letter from Mike Dyer (“Stories show need to focus on NOAA science,” the Times, Saturday, Nov. 23). You know, Read More »

  • Commercial fishing groups worried about initiative – Proposed setnet ban draws fire

    Since the newly formed Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance released its ballot initiative proposition to ban setnet fishing in areas of the state it defined as “urban,” Read More »

  • Gloucesterman haunted by urge to go to sea, loss of vessel

    Joe Orlando still wakes up in the night, when the wind is whistling, and wonders if he should go down to the Gloucester House and make Read More »

  • Video Report: Ride along with the largest commercial fishing operation in Michigan

    A major player in Michigan’s commercial fishing industry, Serafin Fisery, is located in Pinconning. Dana Serafin runs the business with his father, Jerry. Jerry tells us, Read More »
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    Brixham Trawler race is no more. 2019 Trawler Race was the last.

    It’s described by the organisers as the end of an era. The high point of the year for the English port of Brixham – the annual Read More »

  • FISH-NL applauds Grand Bank for standing up to FFAW-Unifor

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) applauds Grand Bank Mayor Rex Matthews for calling out the FFAW-Unifor for being an “arm Read More »

  • F/V Destination Investigation: Day 2 – Brother of lost fisherman tells investigators about pressures of commercial fishing

    Two days before the fishing vessel Destination disappeared in the Bering Sea with six crew members aboard, Dylan Hatfield met up with the crew in Dutch Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 100′ Canadian built Purse Seiner, aluminum power skiff

    To view specifications, information, and 40 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 15:58 Read More »
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    The Battle for the Ocean Floor

    Mining rare minerals and metals from beneath the ocean could avoid the environmental damage of on-shore mining, and fuel our sustainable transition. In the most common version Read More »

  • Sacramento River salmon spawning threatened by massive water exports – Dan Bacher

    State and federal water officials are apparently now in a rush to deliver water to corporate agribusiness, oil companies and Southern California water agencies, in spite Read More »

  • Spotted in Maine! Pot Warp ‘n All! Those Maine fishermen sure don’t pull punches.

    ©jjthefisherman Read More »

  • Bahamas search finds life ring but no other sign of El Faro

    An intensive search by U.S. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft has turned up a life ring but no other sign of a cargo ship with 33 Read More »

  • Tobacco Science Pew Charitable Trusts is not opposed to offshore drilling! Just Fishing.

    but a balance must be achieved between responsible energy development and protection of the environment. World-leading Arctic standards should be put in place for safety and Read More »

  • Judge orders federal prison for illegally smuggling live fish and corals from Florida Keys waters

    Soliciting interstate sale of spotted eagle rays and lemon sharks illegally taken from the Keys “strikes to the very heart of this area and the economy Read More »
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    F/V Sea Angels: Grounded fishing vessel near Browns Inlet, refloated and towed off the beach

    The Coast Guard received a report of the fishing vessel Sea Angels being towed off the beach by the fishing vessel Lady Deborah during high tide Read More »

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