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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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    TWO fishermen from Plymouth say their livelihoods have been “ruined” after two German naval vessels allegedly destroyed their crabbing pots. Brothers Brian and Lee Tapper estimate Read More »

  • 9 men cited for illegally harvesting shrimp in Terrebonne Parish

    Nine men were cited for illegally harvesting shrimp in Terrebonne Parish. Three shrimp boats were using skimmer nets during closed season, according to the Louisiana Department Read More »

  • NRDC, CLF, CBD Acts to Defend Atlantic’s First Marine Monument

    NRDC is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit that challenges the New England marine monument established last September—the first such monument off the continental U.S. Together Read More »

  • Influence peddling, green energy, and romance: An Oregon Love Story

    When a love affair begins with shared dreams of solar panels and fantasies of switchgrass, it shouldn’t surprise us that it leads to tears, resignation and Read More »

  • Cape Wind farm opponents fight lawsuit dismissal

    The lawsuit, which is the latest in a string of failed challenges to the project, claimed state regulators’ approval of an above-market contract to sell power Read More »

  • Fishing regulators to hold hearing on elvers today

    AUGUSTA — Maine elver fishermen are being given a chance to comment on a proposed range of new regulations for the American eel fishery. continued Read More »
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    UPDATED: Labour relations board dismisses FISH-NL certification application

    The Labour Relations Board on Friday dismissed FISH-NL’s certification application. Federation of Independent Seafood Harvesters (FISH-NL) president Ryan Cleary said he’s “absolutely shocked” by the decision. Read More »

  • A Groundbreaking Report on Ocean Grabbing

    The new report, Global Ocean Grab, was published by the Transnational Institute, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt together with WFFP (the World Forum of Fisher People). It Read More »
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    In Belgium, horses pull shrimp nets in tradition unchanged for 600 years

    In the small western Belgian fishing village of Oostduinkerke, fishermen use horses, rather than boats, to go shrimp fishing — one of the very few places Read More »
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    Commercial Fishermen Wary Of Proposed Sanctuary For Hudson Canyon

    The Biden Administration has renewed a longstanding proposal,,, Even though most of the Hudson Canyon is about as far from the South Fork as Queens and Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Fiberglass Lobster/Longliner 575HP John Deere

    Specifications, information and 25 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:06 Read More »

  • Southeast Alaska Winter King Salmon trolling season starts strong

    It’s about a month into the Southeast Alaska Winter king salmon season and so far, commercial trollers have had some of the best fishing they’ve seen Read More »

  • Funding advances Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation research into new shrimp trawl design

    The Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation will conduct research into the effectiveness and efficiency of a new shrimp trawl with assistance from the Newfoundland and Labrador Read More »

  • Judge OKs Settlement In BP Class-Action Suit – $2.3 billion to cover seafood-related claims by commercial fishing vessel owners, captains and deckhands.

    BP will pay $2.3 billion to cover seafood-related claims by commercial fishing vessel owners, captains and deckhands. That fund is the settlement’s only limit, Barbier wrote. He Read More »

  • Pew Pablum and Dogma Turbo Charged – The Pew Joint Ocean Commission Initiative

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    F/V Blue Wave: Investigation continues into overboard New Bedford scalloper

    A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday said there are no additional updates since the agency announced last week it was suspending its search Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 22 , 2019

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »
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    Young fisherman survives bear attack in Naknek boatyard

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  • North Carolina Shrimp fishermen help state researchers gather data

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    Tropical storm Nate weakens but rain, floods to continue

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  • Carino CEO sells seal outside Bryan Adams concert – video

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  • BREAKING: FFAW AND ASP REACH AGREEMENT TO GET SNOW CRAB FISHERY STARTED

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    MAIB Report: Fisherman’s desperate attempts to save life of brother dragged beneath the waves off coast near Hartlepool

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  • Tribute to unstinting Hull fishing heritage and museum volunteer Trevor Evans following his death

    A Hull man who dedicated decades of his life to maintaining Hull’s fishing heritage for the benefit of future generations has died. Trevor Evans was the Read More »

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