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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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  • Video: The Phil Paleologos Show – A Talk About At Sea Monitors and Other Regulations For Fishermen

    Phil Paleologos hosts a conversation regarding a lawsuit over a provision that would require fishermen to pay for at-sea monitors. This conversation included David Geothel, a fisherman Read More »

  • Elver season falls short of statewide quota – Feds suspect significant illegal activity, though.

    ELLSWORTH, Maine — The 2014 elver fishing season is expected to come to a close Saturday, without the statewide catch quota being reached, according to state Read More »
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    Cod fishery closure, Trident plant shutdown slam Sand Point

    Earlier this month the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council completely closed the Gulf of Alaska cod fishery after several years of decreased catch limits. Although the Read More »

  • Marine monument expansion stirs controversy

    “This attempt at crafting an environmental legacy for our nation will ultimately prove to accomplish the opposite by disenfranchising our own fishermen and outsourcing domestic seafood Read More »
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    Smuggled North Korea Clams Show China’s Struggle to Stop Kim

    In the fishing grounds where the Yalu River opens up to the Yellow Sea, Chinese and North Korean trawlers intermingle as they search for crabs, conch Read More »

  • No Impacts Expected to Next Year’s Fishery from the Sinking of the Lone Star

    For the next several day’s a group of salvage experts will try once again to raise the sunken tender Lone Star from the bottom of the Read More »
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    Court documents suggest Carlos Rafael may sell all permits

    Documents filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday suggest that Carlos Rafael’s time as the New Bedford’s “codfather” may be coming to an end. As part Read More »

  • The second annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit wants to help fishermen

    An upcoming summit in Houma will help area fishermen and seafood harvesters. The second annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit is scheduled for March 12 and 13 at Read More »
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    South Carolina shrimp harvest opens fully

    After a cool spring in South Carolina, the majority of white shrimp in coastal waters have reproduced — and officials at the S.C. Department of Natural Read More »

  • After record lows, herring stock is now healthier, living longer

    After years of lobbying and litigation by local fishermen and environmental groups, the fisheries service and the New England Fishery Management Council are considering regulations to Read More »

  • Talks underway in bid to keep Plymouth fish market open

    Talks are underway in a bid to keep the city’s fish market operating after Plymouth Trawler Agents ceases trading after tomorrow. Sutton Harbour Group Plc (SHG), Read More »
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    Husky to resume full production at White Rose after November 2018 oil spill

    Husky Energy announced Friday it will restart production at its White Rose field from its two drill centres that were still shut after an oil spill Read More »
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    Is this your boat? B.C. man looks to solve island mystery

    Brad Powell took to social media to try and solve the mystery of who the boat belonged to after he found it on his late father’s Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Dixon Fiberglass Gillnetter/Lobster, 360HP Lugger

    Specifications, information and 6 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:44 Read More »
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    Two dead, one seriously injured and one missing in the shipwreck of a fishing boat off the coast of Santander

    The coordination center of Maritime Rescue of Santander received the notice of the shipwreck shortly before five in the morning. The F/V Vilaboa Uno had an emergency Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 29, 2020

    In the penultimate episode of the season, we take a look at the beating heart of our show — commercial fishing. We parse through updates on Read More »

  • La Pointe Seafoods Lobster pound in Belliveau’s Cove destroyed by fire

    La Pointe Seafoods in Belliveau’s Cove caught fire at 8:30 p.m Sunday. Pierre Boissonnault, the company’s president, said there was over 4,500 kilograms of lobster in the Read More »

  • New methane scare off Washington coast begs the question: did anybody look for these before?

    I have to wonder, before the scientific world went nuts looking for GHG boogymen under every rock and tree, had anyone observed methane venting in this Read More »

  • Opinion: A lesson unlearned in fisheries

    Canadian Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc has followed his father’s example by allowing inshore fishermen to continue catching northern shrimp off Newfoundland and Labrador. Under pressure to 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 »
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    Commercial fisherman dies in heavy equipment accident at ENC fish market

    An eastern North Carolina man died over the weekend in a heavy equipment accident at a seafood house. Pamlico County Sheriff Chris Davis said William Smith Read More »
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    Nova Scotia lobster dispute. New year, new dispute

    A Supreme Court ruling noted that Indigenous peoples have an inherent right to hunt and fish to earn a “moderate living” although what that phrase meant Read More »

  • Elver fishermen unite as tribes agree to new rules

    Last year, Maine fishermen harvested elvers worth more than $11.4 million from the state’s streams and rivers. That made the fishery for the tiny, translucent juvenile Read More »

  • A Statement by FISH-NL

    As President of the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL), I and FISH-NL apologize to the FFAW for referring to them as Read More »

  • FWC asked to help save oyster industry APALACHICOLA

    “If we don’t get something done in the next one-and-a-half years, we’re not going to have a bay,” said Shannon Hartsfield, a fourth-generation oysterman who serves Read More »

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