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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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    Gov. Edwards announces program to help Louisiana shrimpers

    Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the creation of a $250,000 program that will pay part of the cost shrimp fishermen will have to pay for mandated Read More »

  • Cod, redfish recommended for endangered status

    Several valuable commercial fish species in Newfoundland and Labrador, including Atlantic cod and redfish, are being considered for threatened or endangered status, CBC News has confirmed. The Read More »

  • American lobster in high demand in China

    EXPORTS of US lobster to China have rocketed in the past few years, largely to satisfy the appetites of the communist country’s growing middle class, to Read More »

  • Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Washington, DC August 11-14, 2014

    Monday  2:00 p.m. Council Convenes To review the Agenda Click here  Webinar Access: For online access during the meeting, enter as a guest at adpbeconnect here 18:57 Read More »

  • A sunken historic fishing boat is leaking fuel off Maine’s coast

    Harpswell officials are working to raise a historic 83-foot fishing boat that’s been leaking oil in the New Meadows River after it was sunk by one 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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    Update: WEATHER DELAY!!! Fishermen Helping Kids with Cancer to hold the Maple Ridge herring sale on Saturday!

    Update (November 29): Fishermen Helping Kids With Cancer (FHKWC) announced that due to inclement weather conditions, the sale has been postponed and rescheduled to December 7. Read More »
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    Game Changer for Prawns

    The Notus Echo, introduced a few years ago to the Irish and Scottish fleets fishing for nephrops, has proved itself an invaluable tool to streamline trawling Read More »
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    Lobster boat building boom in Western Australia a boost for quality catch, regional jobs

    Record-sized rock lobster boats under construction in a small coastal town are driving a boat building employment boom in Western Australia. Fuelled by higher prices for Read More »

  • The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission 2015 Rules For Fish Harvests, recreational and commercial

    The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission met today and set the 2015 harvest specifications and season structures for recreational and commercial groundfish that include significant changes Read More »

  • Why are so many white men trying to save the planet without the rest of us?

    Just the other day, the National Wildlife Federation announced its new president – a white male “whiz kid”. Last month, the Climate Reality Project, founded by Read More »
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    Replenishment, or Misguided Retribution?! Trouble brewing ahead of start to Nova Scotia fall lobster season

    The recent seizure of lobster traps in St. Marys Bay by federal officials could lead to big trouble on the water. Chief Mike Sack of the Read More »
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    Canadian firm’s steelhead trout farm plan under the microscope after salmon escapes

    Last month, a net pen used for fish farming and operated by Cooke Aquaculture Pacific began to dip below the surface off Bainbridge Island. A hole Read More »

  • Congressional delegation battles to save Apalachicola Bay

    News Service of Florida – This week, the U.S. Senate was the scene of the latest skirmish in a tri-state water dispute between Florida, Georgia and Read More »

  • WPRFMC Press Release – Milestone Reached in Setting of New Bottomfish ACLs for US Pacific Island Territories

    HONOLULU (18 Sept. 2015) A milestone was reached this week in the setting of the 2016 and 2017 annual catch limits (ACLs) for federally managed bottomfish Read More »
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    Brexit ‘provides golden opportunity to regain control of fisheries policy’

    Brexit provides a “golden opportunity” to revitalise the UK’s fisheries industry, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has said.  The free market think tank claimed the Read More »
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    Lobster fishing bill draws focus onto grey zone

    A bill to allow Maine lobster fishermen to haul their traps at night throughout most of the year in the disputed “grey zone” has again drawn Read More »
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    More seals, sea lions endangering orcas

    Re: “Ottawa spending millions to help endangered orcas” and “Washington state moves to protect endangered southern residents,” March 16. These articles failed to address a couple Read More »

  • Oceana’s Bycatch Report and Media Coverage Ignores Key Successes in U.S. Fisheries

    Environmental special interest group Oceana made headlines last March with its bycatch report, “Wasted Catch: Unsolved Problems in U.S. Fisheries.” Since the report’s release, mainstream media Read More »

  • Legal dispute causing tension between fishing crews in Strait of Belle Isle

    A fisherman from Flower’s Cove says the legal dispute over who will benefit from a scallop compensation fund is causing tension in the Strait of Belle Isle Read More »

  • For Tax-Exempt Groups, How Much Politics Is Too Much?

    Murky And Contradictory Rules  In brief, there are three big categories of tax-exempt groups. Those under section 501(c)(3) are charities engaged in charitable work. They’re allowed Read More »

  • Fishing for business: Cortez one of Florida’s few remaining fishing villages

    Karen Bell can’t think of any­thing she’d rather be do­ing than run­ning a com­mer­cial fish­ing op­er­a­tion along Florida’s Gulf Coast. A.P. Bell, on the north­ern edge Read More »

  • Fishermen, fleet owners hope Trump helps their industry

     New Bedford fishermen fly many flags. There is the American flag, the skull and crossbones flag. There are flags expressing resistance to offshore wind development. And Read More »
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    Coast Guard search underway after radio beacon alert and debris found off Wilmington, North Carolina

    The Coast Guard is searching for a possible missing vessel after being alerted by an unregistered emergency position indicating radio beacon and finding debris approximately 126 Read More »

  • Atlantic Bluefish 2013 and 2014 Final Catch Limits Approved -New Spiny Dogfish Exemption Areas East and West of Cape Cod

    Today, NOAA/ NMFS announced approval of the final 2013 and 2014 catch limits for the Atlantic bluefish fishery. The Atlantic bluefish total allowable landings are 23.861 million Read More »

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