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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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  • Jes Waitin’ for the Cabbage to Hit the Fan – Obama Administration Proposal Weakens Endangered Species Protections

    “America’s endangered species are already dying deaths by a thousand cuts, because too often no one’s keeping an eye on the big picture,” said Brett Hartl, Read More »
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    Canadian government says chances are minimal that virus will spread from farmed to wild salmon

    Canadian fisheries officials say their research concludes there are minimal risks to sockeye salmon in the Fraser River in British Columbia of an infectious virus from Read More »
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    Hoopers Island Volunteer Fire Company holds boat docking contest

    Boat dockers and bystanders braved cloudy skies and some precipitation to support the Hoopers Island Volunteer Fire Company boat docking on Sunday, Sept. 11, in Fishing Read More »
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    A Tale of two pictures – NOAA and Enviros have it all wrong on Gulf of Maine Cod!

    This is a picture of approximately 2000 lbs. of cod.  It represents the first time I have targeted cod in two years.  While one picture does Read More »

  • Swordfish Sustainability

    Did you know Boston Sword & Tuna is one of the founding members of Sustainable Seafood LLC? Our two longliners, the Iron Maiden and the Iron Read More »

  • Latest move toward gas drilling off Mississippi Coast meets with opposition

    The Gulf Restoration Network has asked the Department of Marine Resources to slow down its review of rules made by the Mississippi Development Authority to govern Read More »
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    Humpback whale boosts spirits in struggling Alaskan town

    A humpback whale has been frequenting Ketchikan, Alaska, almost daily for the past month, helping to lift spirits as the city reels from a lack of Read More »
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    Efforts underway to streamline fisheries disaster relief

    With an increasing number of fisheries disaster requests coming from all over the United States, members of Congress and the federal government are looking for ways Read More »
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    Discontent arrives at federal fisheries minister’s doorstep

    Roger LeBlanc, on Thursday sporting a Maritime Fisherman’s Union cap and a jacket bearing the name of Beausoleil the Third, his 50-foot lobster boat ,is used Read More »
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    Dr. Tim Ball Defeats Michael ‘Hockey Stick’ Mann’s Climate Lawsuit

    The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed Dr. Michael Mann’s defamation lawsuit against skeptical Canadian climatologist Dr. Tim Ball. Full legal costs were awarded to Read More »

  • Canadian Federation of Independent Fish Harvesters – ‘Real change’ needed in fishery management

    An advocacy group for fish harvesters across the country says the federal Liberal government needs to follow through on its election promises for people who fish for a living. Read More »

  • Wrecking the Sea Bed with Offshore Wind (Part 4)

    Potentially, for the 213 turbines plus three substations a met mast and other assorted sea bed scrapings, the amount of displaced spoil comes in at well Read More »

  • Pew: Flooky’s got all the answers on Marine reserves and running the Bermudan government.

    Marine reserve: Why don’t we just use current legislation to fine illegal fishing operations? The 1972 Fisheries Act already states that $1 million fines can be handed Read More »

  • Catch share threat is back

    As we enter 2017, the biggest threat to commercial and recreational fishermen in the South Atlantic is back: private ownership of the snapper-grouper fishery through a Read More »

  • Alumnus John Genther ’23 saved man from waters in Long Island Sound

    The Coast Guard awarded John Genther ’23 the Meritorious Public Service Award for saving a man’s life, just nine months after he graduated from Furman. It Read More »

  • Troubled Swan’s Island fisherman guilty of more scallop offenses

    A local fisherman who just earlier this month was charged with committing multiple scallop fishing violations was found guilty in court last week of committing prior Read More »
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    Dungeness Crabs Redux

    Well, after my last post, The Solution To Dissolution, I thought I was done with the Dungeness crab question. And I was happy to be done Read More »

  • David Bayes: Major bycatch reduction essential to halibut fishery

    In recent seasons, halibut users across the state have been tightening their belts. Biologists tell us that, though the total number of halibut in Alaska’s waters Read More »

  • DFO enforcement official says many arrested in elver fishery will face charges

    A top federal fisheries enforcement official says it’s likely many of those arrested this spring for illegally fishing for baby eels along Nova Scotia and New Read More »

  • Marine Harvest Canada sues Alexandra Morton for trespassing on fish farms

    Aquaculture company Marine Harvest Canada has filed a lawsuit against activist and independent biologist Alexandra Morton for allegedly trespassing on three of their salmon farms on Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ Aluminum Dragger with Federal & State Permits

    To review specifications, information, and 25 photos’, >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 06:44 Read More »

  • New Bedford Harbor Development Commission – Request for proposals – Launch Service

    The New Bedford Harbor Development Commission is seeking requests from persons interested in operating a launch service (on call taxi service) in New Bedford Harbor for Read More »
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    Fishery managers weighing cuts in Bay crab harvest

    Chesapeake Bay crabbers will likely face some harvest restriction this season to protect future generations of the iconic crustacean, a move managers say is necessary because Read More »
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    Northern Shrimp fishing: DFO proposals do not pass muster in the industry

    Northern shrimp fishermen from Quebec and the Atlantic wholeheartedly reject the new precautionary approach presented by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) scientists to protect stocks. The Read More »
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    Sea lions, seals might be hampering WA salmon recovery. What can be done?

    State officials are now exploring whether to kill sea lions and seals in the Salish Sea and outer coast in a desperate effort to save salmon Read More »

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