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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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  • JACKSON COUNTY, MS – Not enough wildlife officers to go around

    “We’re in dire straits,” admitted Colonel Steve Adcock, Chief of Law Enforcement with the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. He says his officers are spread Read More »
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    Surprise ‘farewell’ for award-winning lifeboat cox Mark – but he’s not going far

    Award-winning Torbay RNLI’s coxswain Mark Criddle is retiring after 17 years at the helm – but he is staying on as a crew member. Sunday was Read More »
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    The Cannon Beach dorymen

    Before Ecola Square became home to artisanal shops and condominiums, local author Peter Lindsey remembers that lot filled with dozens of dory boats. Lindsey also remembers Read More »
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    Audit finds Canada’s federal government fumbling on fish farms

    The federal government is fumbling the management of fish farms, while failing to enforce rules and manage risks of infectious diseases, parasites, drugs and pesticides that Read More »
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    Baffin Fisheries ex-CEO denies fraud accusations; countersues for $20M

    The former CEO of the Baffin Fisheries Coalition (BFC) says he never defrauded the company, and is now countersuing the BFC for breach of contract and defamation. Read More »
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    But, there is no sea in Kansas! Fresh Seafood In Landlocked Kansas? ‘I Can’t Grow It Fast Enough.’

    When Bob Daniels started telling people he wanted to start a shrimp farm in the middle of Sumner County, the response was what you might expect. Read More »

  • Baker – The axeman cometh for DFO and Coast Guard?

    Some things are hard to explain even by the most verbose of politically astute minds.  The ongoing gutting/changing of budgets and services at the Department of Read More »

  • Crab plant gets court order against fishermen

    The company that runs a Random Island fish plant at the focus of a mass dumping of crab this week has obtained a court order against Read More »
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    Jimmy Buchan: Embrace Brexit for the sake of fishing industry

    All arguing aside, the country has made a choice. It’s a fast-moving situation as we all know with new political shockers hitting the news wires on Read More »

  • Louisiana Fisheries 2013, will take place at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd. focuses on commercial fishing

    HOUMA, La. (AP) – A program on seafood promotion and marketing for commercial  fishermen will be held Wednesday and Thursday in Houma. Sponsors include the LSU Read More »

  • Virginia abided by menhaden catch limit for 2013

    In late 2012, Virginia and other Atlantic states adopted the first coast-wide catch limit for menhaden in a historic effort to save the “most important fish Read More »

  • The Green Party of BC releasing its new fish farm policy aimed at reversing the decline in wild salmon populations

    Castanet.net – The Green Party of BC is celebrating Earth Day 2013 by releasing its new fish farm policy aimed at reversing the decline in wild Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’: Here’s How Captain Sig Decides Where To Set Crab Traps

    Commercial fishing is sometimes like a game of cat and mouse. The fish obviously move, so you can’t always count on one spot when it comes Read More »

  • Council For Sustainable Fishing – Help get the best qualified fisheries managers

    Good news from last week: Governors Nikki Haley and Rick Scott nominated charter boat operators Mark Brown from Charleston and Robert Johnson from St. Augustine respectively Read More »

  • June 2-10, 2014 North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting, Nome, Alaska – Listen Live!

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold the 218th Plenary Session  June 2-10, 2014, in Nome, Alaska at the Mini Convention Center, 409 River Street, Nome, AK. The AGENDA, Read More »

  • Current Cod Crisis 500 Years in the Making

    In his latest book, The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail , Professor Jeffrey Bolster chronicles more than a millenium of overfishing. continued Read More »

  • Talks continue on catch limits before moratorium lifts on East Coast redfish fishery

    The federal Fisheries Department (DFO), says it is still collecting feedback on how to reopen the redfish fishery this spring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Read More »

  • Fish and Game commissioner candidate list whittled to one – Samuel Cotten

    Alaska’s Fisheries Board and Board of Game narrowed a list of four candidates to one this morning, choosing Samuel Cotten as their pick for Alaska’s next  Read More »

  • FWC comes to Keys to tackle lionfish, commercial lobstering and more

    Florida’s lead agency on fishing regulations comes to Key Largo for meetings Thursday and Friday, with a huge list of Florida Keys topics awaiting.Questions or reports Read More »

  • Fishers want ‘incredibly important’ Georges Bank protected against offshore wind development

    As Nova Scotia rushes to establish an offshore wind industry, some fishers are calling for explicit protection for the rich fishing ground on Georges Bank. The Read More »
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    Indian Brook man charged with allegedly threatening fishery officers in St. Marys Bay

    In a news release, RCMP said the fisherman was following a coast guard vessel and came “dangerously close” to the bow. A collision was avoided because Read More »

  • Shrimpers praise new bill The Customs Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2012 (H.R. 6642)

    The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) has hailed the act, commending “the efforts and leadership” of Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA) for shepherding the “Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion Read More »

  • South Atlantic Fishery Council credibility is at stake

    Last year, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council made a big splash,,,  The phrase “catch shares” is nowhere to be found in the document. Instead creative Read More »
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    Fit for a king: First Copper River king salmon of season arrives in Anchorage

    It all started with a kiss and, well, kind of ended with a kiss: The first fish were alive just 24 hours before it arrived at Read More »

  • USCG suspends search for man who fell overboard from fishing vessel 80 miles off Sanibel Island

    The United States Coast Guard has suspended a search for a man who fell off a fishing vessel 80 miles off Sanibel Island, Saturday, pending new Read More »

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