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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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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 230ft. Steel Freezer Trawler, 4896HP, 12 Cylinder Wartsila 12V28B

    Specifications, information and photo’s and videos click here  (click the square on blue header for menu, here ) To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:42 Read More »
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    Massachusetts Enacts Striped Bass Conservation Regulations

    The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has implemented two new striped bass conservation regulations aimed at reducing release mortality: • Effective immediately, it is unlawful for Read More »

  • Ray Hilborn Responds to the opportunistic attack of Greenpeace

    I would like to thank Greenpeace for offering this opportunity to advertise our research and its results. Greenpeace is unable to attack the science I and my Read More »

  • ‘Conman’ Shahin, buyer’s remorse at center of Mar-Lees legal battle, claims Lees

    The legal dispute between the shareholders of US scallop supplier  is a case of “buyer’s remorse”, states a legal document from John Lees, who co-founded the Read More »

  • North sea cod stocks bounce back, analysis shows

    While the fish populations in many of the 400 problem fisheries might be healthy, no one knows the true status because of severe lack of scientific Read More »

  • Coast Guard saves two from sunk fishing boat 50 miles east of Portland, ME

    Coast Guard rescue crews from  Station Boothbay Harbor, the Coast Guard Cutters Campbell and Ocracoke, and Air Station Cape Cod saved two people from their sunken fishing vessel Read More »

  • Sandbar blocking West Point Harbour concerns scallop fishermen

    A sandbar has blocked the mouth of the West Point Harbour in West Point, P.E.I. and fishermen say they are concerned with what may have accumulated Read More »

  • and in Fisherynation Sports this morning, Team Canada Gets Sochi GOLD!

    The Canadian men’s hockey team took gold on the final day of the 2014 Olympics, defeating Sweden 3-0 in the gold medal game at the Bolshoy Read More »

  • Lobster industry claws out levy to promote Canadian crustaceans – $2.5-million annually

    About 200 fishermen, processors, industry officials and politicians from the three Maritime provinces agreed at the two-day summit to introduce a two-cent levy – one cent Read More »

  • Our biggest water hog is Delta Smelt

    Slam man all you want but he is part of the environment.  Man has both altered and enhanced the environment. The bottom line is simple: In Read More »

  • Former Obama Official: Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats To Influence Policy

    A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion. Former Energy Department Undersecretary Read More »
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    Trawler catches fire and sinks during making of documentary about dangers of fishing

    The crew of the Susanne II had to be airlifted to safety 100km off the east coast by the Irish coastguard after an emergency beacon was Read More »

  • Red Tide – phenomenon has existed for centuries

    A report from the state fish and wildlife agency says that the 5,400-square-mile red tide bloom that’s been lingering off the coast of Tampa Bay and Read More »

  • Squid fishing debuts on North Coast

    Squid fishing boats docked in Eureka for the first time Thursday, unloading 124,000 pounds of squid at the Fisherman’s Terminal Commercial squid fishermen from Southern California Read More »

  • Salmon are dying young in the Salish Sea — and now a $5-million international study hopes to find out why.

    The Pacific Salmon Commission and the Southern Fund Committee announced Thursday that the funding over five years will support the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project, an Read More »
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    British fishermen battle ‘codfathers’, quotas – and Brexit delay

    On a crisp October afternoon in a neglected corner of southwest England, the catch of the day was being hauled ashore from the Wharton brothers’ boat. Read More »
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    Fears that thousands of escaped salmon could ‘pollute’ wild stocks on Newfoundland’s south coast

    The escape of thousands of farmed salmon on the south coast of Newfoundland is a significant concern, as is the lack of public notification about the Read More »

  • VIET NAM Shrimp sector fights US shrimpers’ accusations

    US shrimp producers filed a petition asking the US Department of Commerce  to run an anti-subsidy investigation into frozen warm-water shrimp imported from Vietnam, Thailand and Read More »

  • Access to Information Act Docs: Federal fisheries office in Comox on chopping block for more than a year

    Critics of the government’s plan to cut $100 million from the ministry over three years say the elimination of an administrative position and the movement of Read More »
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    Coast Guard, local agencies search for unconfirmed person in the water

    The Coast Guard is responding to a report of an unconfirmed person in the water, Saturday.  At approximately 4:20 a.m. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received Read More »

  • Boat engineer, 20, died after toxic spray release

    A 20-year-old apprentice engineer died after inhaling toxic fire extinguisher spray in the engine room of a fishing boat in Cornwall, an investigation has found. The Marine Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Menhaden Business – 2 vessels, with permits, and quota

    To review specifications, and information, and 60 photos, Turn key business includes 2 vessels, seines, and existing customers, permits and quota for New Jersey, MA permit Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescues fishing boat off Nantucket

    The Coast Guard rescued a stranded fishing vessel off the coast Nantucket Wednesday. The Hunter, a 75-foot scallop vessel, sent out a distress call 32 miles Read More »

  • Red-snapper limits help Louisiana’s restaurants and economy: Brett Veerhusen and Haley Bittermann

    Louisiana catches about 1 billion pounds of seafood every year for commercial sale, and with the demand for local seafood at an all-time high, we rely Read More »

  • NOAA Office of General Counsel, OLE Enforcement Actions January 1, 2016, through June 30, 20161

    During this reporting period, NOAA charged 45 civil administrative cases, as follows:3 ALASKA 1. AK1201773; F/V Susan ‐ Owner and operator were charged under the Endangered Species Act Read More »

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