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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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    It’s a good thing our boats don’t have wheels,” Delay said, “because if they did, we’d be driving them through the front door of the Capitol.” Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Fiberglass Webbers Cove Stern Trawler

    To review specifications, information, and 41 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:14 Read More »

  • Lobster retail pricing has lobstermen at the mercy of a Commodity Market

    For more than a decade, we’ve been living through a commodity price boom. From oil to wheat and beef, the general rule has been that if Read More »

  • McLaren New Interim Head of Seafood Board While Dardenne Searches for Replacement

    Almost a month after Ewell Smith resigned as the executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne has named the current assistant director Read More »
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    Boothville Man Cited For Commercial Fishing Violations in Plaquemines Parish

    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited a Boothville man for alleged commercial fishing violations in Plaquemines Parish on Aug. 23. Agents cited Webley Read More »

  • The storm that forever changed Ocean City

    Currently we’re in the middle of hurricane season and although Ocean City hasn’t been hit by one this year, Sunday marked the 82nd anniversary of the Read More »
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    Feds Tap 300,000 Square Miles of Pacific for Humpback Whales

    The proposed rule is the result of a settlement with the National Marine Fisheries Service, who were sued last year for not following through on a Read More »

  • Fisheries panel could limit rockfish catch in three year phase-in

    Cutbacks would affect all sectors of the fishery — commercial, charter and recreational — and could include limiting the number of fish or pounds commercial fishermen Read More »
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    Years later, Alaska receives $56 million for salmon fishery disaster

    Almost two years after Gov. Bill Walker requested federal funding to counterbalance a devastating blow to Alaska salmon, the government answered, to the tune of over Read More »

  • Here we go again. Animal Welfare Groups Seek Protection for Thorny Skate

    The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Defenders of Wildlife have asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to list the Northwest Atlantic population of the thorny Read More »

  • Bring on the Cuccinelli Principle (American Thinker)

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    Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry completes at-sea fisheries enforcement patrol off Hawaii

    The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124), a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter homeported in Honolulu, recently completed a 10-day patrol of the U.S. Read More »

  • Video – Land & Sea archival moment – 1960s Schooners

    Land & Sea is celebrating 50 years on the air this season. Schooners from the 1960s – Take a look back at what life was like Read More »
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    Inland Fisheries: ‘It’s in the blood’ for Lake Erie commercial fishermen

    It’s about 6:25 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29 on the pitch-black calm of Lake Erie. The Lady Anna II is pointed due south, about 10 miles Read More »
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    Rhode Island fishermen join lawsuit over federal at sea monitors

    Rhode Island commercial fishermen have signed on to a federal lawsuit challenging a rule requiring boat captains to pay for federal monitors to observe catches. The Read More »
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    Bristol Bay Red King Crab Fishery Starts Strong Despite Low Stock Assessment

    The red king crab fishery is off to a booming start in Bristol Bay, despite predictions of a down season. The fleet has caught two-thirds of Read More »
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    New Regulations: Commercial troll salmon season

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the State of Oregon, the State of Washington, and fishery representatives Read More »
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    70 stray cargo containers pose threat to mariners off North Carolina

    The Coast Guard is warning mariners of navigation hazards after about 70 cargo containers fell off of a cargo ship Saturday night, about 17 miles off Read More »

  • UPDATED! Fisherman Joseph James Landry sentenced to 14 years in killing Phillip Boudreau in lobster dispute

    A Cape Breton fisherman has been given a 14-year prison sentence for killing a man he said enraged him after cutting his lobster traps and threatening Read More »

  • America Is Finally Spilling Its Shipwreck Secrets

    Word had gotten out about a productive patch of scallops in Stellwagen, and a commercial fishing fleet pounced. Smaller coastal boats took to the water, each Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fisherman from F/V Jessica Heather off Atlantic City, NJ

    The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing boat about 48 miles east of Atlantic City at approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday. The captain of the fishing vessel Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 31, 2020

    It’s the final Bristol Bay Fisheries Report of the season! A few stories about community on our last evening together. The bay smashed expectations this season Read More »
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    Nothing Green Here! Offshore wind farm turbines could number 30,000 globally by 2030

    The price of offshore wind turbines,,, Turbines are up to 70% steel, which is made from recycled or newly extracted iron, which is processed from ores. Read More »

  • Compass: Setnetters share burden, stake in sustaining Kenai kings

    Dan Coffey’s recent compass piece, “Act now or we will lose the Kenai River kings (July 24)” once again illustrates this former Alaska Board of Fisheries Read More »
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    Upgrades coming to 105-year-old Fishermen’s Terminal

    The Port of Seattle is set to breathe new life into their oldest facility, the Fishermen’s Terminal, which just celebrated its 105th birthday. Major upgrades and Read More »

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