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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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  • Coast Guard Medevacs Commercial Fisherman 50 Miles Off Ocean City, Md. – Video

    An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., performs a medevac from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter Sunday, June 7, 2015. The Dolphin crew medevaced Read More »

  • New Zealand: Dead fish ‘leakage’ not dumping, company says

    One of New Zealand’s largest fishing companies has defended its loss of  into the Tasman Sea off Auckland this week saying there was only a “leakage” Read More »

  • California Salmon forecasts favorable, despite drought uncertainty

    Predictions for a robust king salmon haul buoyed California fishermen assembled Wednesday for a preseason meeting with state and federal regulators, even if forecasts fell short Read More »

  • School Principle bans seafood from lunches because one student has a seafood allergy! BRILLIANT!

    One of the largest elementary schools on P.E.I. has banned seafood from students’ lunches because a student has a life-threatening allergy. Parents at Stratford Elementary received Read More »

  • Thriving in Cape Cod’s Waters, Gray Seals Draw Fans and Foes

    A survey in 1994 spotted 2,035 seals in Cape Cod waters. In 2011, surveyors counted more than 15,700, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Some scientists Read More »

  • VIMS finds an ‘off’ year for rockfish

    Juvenile striped bass, or rockfish, made a poor showing in Virginia waters this year, but researchers said it’s likely only a natural variability in recruitment and Read More »
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    Fisherman who died going overboard from F/V Lady Brittany on Jan. 21 has been identified

    Paul Sayward, 36, of Wareham, was identified as the fisherman who went into the water on Jan. 21 some 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket Read More »

  • This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – The expanded observer program’s first annual report is revealed this week.

    The category with the most new coverage and information was the catcher vessel hook and line in the Gulf of Alaska   —  in that fishery we Read More »

  • 3 Fishermen Rescued After Vessel Washes Ashore In Ventura

    Three fisherman were rescued Monday after their fishing vessel washed ashore in Ventura. According to the Ventura City Fire Department, firefighters were sent just after midnight Read More »
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    Cape Cod: Expert says sharks, seals here to stay

    Last year, George Burgess predicted that a fatal shark attack would occur on Cape Cod within five years. “It’s the combination of a large predator, and the Read More »
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    Aleutian Dreams: life as an Alaska fisherman – in pictures

    Corey Arnold is a fine art photographer and a commercial fisherman, working the stormy waters of the Bering Sea by Alaska. His latest work documents life Read More »
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    Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Now Open Statewide

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery statewide on Dec. 31, 2022. Fishing Zones 3-6 (all areas south Read More »

  • FISH-NL recommends Ottawa cancel 2017 sentinel cod program 

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) recommends that Ottawa cancel the 2017 sentinel cod program, a series of tests fisheries around Read More »

  • BP Deepwater Horizon spill oil causes heart damage that can kill tuna, new study finds

    The scientific paper, which will be published in the Feb. 14 edition of the journal Science, was discussed by several of the researchers at a news Read More »
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    New Southern New England lobster fishing rules on the way amid warming waters

    New restrictions are coming to southern New England’s lobster fishery in an attempt to save the area’s population of the crustaceans, which has dwindled as waters Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 34′ Ernest Libby Lobster/Tuna Boat, 430HP Cummins

    To review specifications, information, and 35 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:50 Read More »

  • Busy readying boats at Digby wharf

    LFA 35 lobster season opens Wednesday in upper Bay of Fundy Area lobster fishermen are busy at Digby’s wharf today, loading traps in preparation for the Read More »

  • Our View: SMAST poised to bring valuable change

    Lohrenz was recently appointed as co-director of the Marine Fisheries Institute, a collaboration between UMass and the state Department of Marine Fisheries, to the chagrin of many Read More »
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    Category B lobster licence holders still facing 50-year-old punishment

    In 1976 DFO created the “moonlighter policy” which was aimed at removing people from the fishery as a conservation method.  The result is that it has Read More »

  • No, global warming is not going to take away your fish and chips

    No wonder, then, that when a new study came out yesterday seeming to suggest that the  due to climate change could threaten stocks of fish like haddock — one Read More »

  • Great news for US fisheries! – Texan Perry speaks at offshore energy convention – It’s all about the oil!

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry and leaders of several other coastal states will speak about energy development at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. A panel discussion Read More »
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    This board advises the state on offshore wind’s impacts on fisheries. They all just resigned.

    All the members of the panel that advises state coastal regulators on the impacts of offshore wind on fisheries have resigned in protest of what they charge Read More »
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    Environmental groups sue to restrict salmon fishing for Northwest orcas

    The Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a lawsuit nearly two decades ago to force the U.S. government to list the orcas as endangered, and the Read More »

  • Coast Guard instructors ensure federal fisheries enforcement consistency in Alaska

    In the middle of the Bering Sea, from the perspective of a 25-foot Coast Guard small boat, only two things can been seen in the vast Read More »

  • The Blessing of the Fleet mixes celebration, anticipation, nostalgia, along Bayou Little Caillou

    Residents gathered along Bayou Little Caillou on Sunday to bless the shrimp fleet and celebrate another season on Louisiana’s fading delta. “It’s an honor just to Read More »

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