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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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  • Fishing aid package eliminated by U.S. House panel

    The decision, made Monday night, was expected by many, but it leaves Gloucester, New Bedford and lesser groundfishing ports without the hope or expectation of short-term Read More »

  • Seabrook, New Hampshire honors fishermen lost at sea

    The first days of October had been warm in 1851, and seas were calm in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as much of the New England Read More »

  • Slow start to west coast coldwater shrimp fishing as price disputes erupt in Oregon, Quebec

    The US west coast coldwater pink shrimp (pandalus jordani) season that should have started April 1 has been held up by price negotiations between fishermen and Read More »
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    Boat docks in Green Island Cove after fright from storm

    It’s not often, in January, you see a long liner tied up at the wharf in Green Island Cove. Or a search and rescue Cormorant hovering Read More »
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    Vineyard Wind: delayed project reveals bluster in US’s offshore wind ambitions

    The recent decision by the Interior Department to hit the pause button on plans to build the first major US offshore windfarm off the Massachusetts coast Read More »
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    Lake Erie walleye quotas up but ‘devastating’ drop for perch, says commercial fishery

    The allowable catch limit for yellow perch in Lake Erie has dropped by as much as 32 per cent for the part of the lake near Read More »

  • Community service program will chase sea lions no more

    The move follows a Herald report about the harbor district’s practice. The article described efforts by Danielle Dames, a 115-pound Castroville woman, to drive a braying sea Read More »

  • Dutch gill net fishermen dump MSC

    “Several attempts to balance the financial burden with the revenues over the past years, did not yield enough to further maintain the certificate,” CVO said. – Read More »

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  • Unprecedented ocean acidification from greenhouse gases putting Canadian waters at risk, says report

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    Crab fishermen and environmentalists square off over whale entanglements

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