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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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  • EU approves Sweden’s American lobster assessment

    The Swedish risk assessment of American lobster is now approved by the EU, furthering the process that could lead to American lobster being added to the Read More »
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    Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Avalon, New Jersey: April 11-13, 2017

    The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s April 2017 meeting to be held April 11-13, 2017 in Avalon, New Jersey. The meeting Read More »

  • NOAA Recommends $106.1 Million in funding for West Coast and Alaska salmon recovery

    Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced more than $106 million in recommended funding for 16 West Coast and Alaska state and tribal salmon recovery Read More »

  • Work on fishing safety needed

    It’s been well documented that commercial fishing can be deadly. In the past five years, more than 30 fishermen have died on the job in this Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Edward T. Gamage 68′ Steel Stern Trawler 540HP, CAT 3412 Diesel

    Specifications, and information, including 40 photo’s click here 09:59:32 Read More »
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    Fishery Closures and the Ghosts of Past Mistakes

    The news spread quickly across the calm June waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, as fishers jumped on the radio to figure Read More »
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    What About Carlos Rafael, His Permits and His Boats? [OPINION]

    There has been little public talk about “The Codfather” and his fishing empire since he was sentenced to federal prison for crimes related to fishing. In Read More »

  • Salmon Sisters Meld East Coast Education With Commercial Fishing Roots

    Today we meet a pair of Alaskans who run the business Salmon Sisters. Emma and Claire Laukitis were born and raised on the Aleutian Islands near Read More »

  • New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell speaks out a special listening session in Gloucester

    NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — July 1, 2014 — Mayor Jon Mitchell today spoke out on the topic of fisheries management at a special listening session in Read More »
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    Alaska: Seafood industry facing challenges beyond harvest cuts

    The Alaska seafood workforce, both on boats and on shore, is aging, and fewer young people are going into careers in the industry. While the graying Read More »

  • “Air Powered Sampling for Purse Seine Fisheries.” – The Net That Lets Fishermen ‘Preview’ Their Catch

    The cannon is ready, the ammo is loaded, and the controller blasts it into the sky. But this isn’t a weapon of war: it’s part of Read More »

  • Coast Guard stresses the importance of life jackets, proper sleep while crabbing

    The crabbing vessel Senja departed the Westport, Wash., marina at approximately 6 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2013, with four  people aboard,  for a week-long crabbing excursion. On Jan. 15, Read More »

  • Alaskans own dwindling number of Alaska fishing permits

    Fishing issues will take a back seat to budget cutting when the Alaska Legislature convenes Jan. 19, but two early fish bills (and one holdover) are Read More »

  • The Unsexy Mullet – Time for a “Mullet Makeover” ?

    It usually happens Christmas week. Near the fishing village of Cortez, the gray striped mullet move off the flats, balling up by the thousands for their Read More »
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    Middletown Township Committee Demands Halt on Offshore Wind Energy Plans for NJ Coastline

    The Middletown Township Committee unanimously passed a resolution that expresses support for a federal and/or state moratorium on offshore wind energy projects along the New Jersey Read More »
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    N.L. group wants increase in northern cod catch from Minister Murray

    We could use a bit more cod. That’s the message the Newfoundland and Labrador Groundfish Industry Development Council (NLGIDC) is sending to Joyce Murray, Canada’s minister Read More »
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    Veterinarian Uses Fish Skin To Help Treat Severely Burned Dog

    Back in January, Archer, a dog living in Alaska, was severely burned when his home caught fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found Archer Read More »
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    ‘Let them take it by rail’: Fishermen oppose Donkin mine’s marine terminal plan

    Fishermen in eastern Cape Breton will appeal to two federal ministers to stop plans by the operators of the Donkin coal mine to move coal by Read More »

  • Fishing vessel takes in water north of Unst

    The Sumburgh based coastguard helicopter came to the aid of a fishing vessel 30 miles north of Unst this morning (Thursday) after it began taking in Read More »

  • Scallop boats remain the same after change to open access

    Despite a new management structure, Alaska’s commercial scallop fisheries will look much the same as they have in prior years when they open July 1. Read Read More »

  • Coast Guard airlifts sick man 85 miles from Nantucket, MA

    BOSTON — A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew medically evacuated a man from fishing vessel, Friday, about 85 miles from Nantucket.  Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Read More »

  • Sad news: Barnegat Light Scalloper ‘Apparently Fell Overboard’ and Dies in Massachusetts

    The Fishermen’s Story Memorial at the tip of Barnegat Light will have another name engraved in memory of commercial fishermen who died in their line of Read More »
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    Chesapeake Bay: Targeting male blue crabs for harvest is preventing female crabs from having offspring

    The Bay’s crab fishery is currently regulated to limit the harvest of female crabs, in a so-far successful effort to ensure that enough survive to reproduce Read More »

  • SLO County fishing industry in peril, judge to consider injunction

    Fishermen from Morro Bay and Port San Luis are seeking a preliminary injunction to stop wind energy companies from surveying the ocean floor. Local fishermen report Read More »

  • Council asks for info on halibut vessel caps

    After extensive public testimony on the matter, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council agreed to take an initial step in possible changes to the existing vessel Read More »

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