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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: 82ft Steel Dragger, 3412 Caterpillar

    Specifications, information and 33 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:32 Read More »
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    Waiting Game: Gear ready, the North Coast’s commercial crab fleet is on hold

    Fishermen are optimistic by nature, but spending $5,000 on new crab gear this year is still a risky proposition for commercial crabbers like Curt Wilson. The Read More »

  • The Truth Behind the Menu: Study finds widespread mislabeled shrimp in Coast restaurants

    Docked shrimp boats, and empty factories. It’s a sight many in the shrimp industry are dealing with because of the imports flooding the market. “It’s really Read More »

  • Southeast’s salmon season begins ramping up as pink harvests start rise

    Southeast Alaska’s first king salmon troll opening of the summer has come and gone, and now the seiners are about the take center stage. Last week, Read More »
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    Bellingham Dockside Market – From Tide to Table

    Rain had been in the forecast, but as my fella and I strolled from the Squalicum Harbor parking lot to Gate 5 shortly before noon last Read More »

  • Latest Green Idea: Pouring Millions of Tons of Bubble Mix into the Sea

    A new study suggests that large ocean going ships could help reduce global warming, by pouring surfactants into their wake, to extend the life of the Read More »

  • A Fundraiser for Merv Wiseman – Advocate Merv Wiseman has lent a hand all his life, now he needs one

    A Go-Fund-Me campaign has been launched to raise money for Merv Wiseman, a retired Canadian Coast Guard employee best known as a tireless advocate for a Read More »
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    Sustaining Sea Scallops

    SUSTAINING SEA SCALLOPS is a 35-minute documentary on the history and resurgence of the Atlantic sea scallop fishery, seen through the eyes of fishermen and researchers. Read More »

  • Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms

    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie’s recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth Read More »

  • Big Tuna News. Pew: Best Available Science? Credible Scientists in the Field label it an “irresponsible distortion”

    Pew: The Best Available Science on Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna  Read it here Four leading scientists with expertise in large pelagics call Pew Bluefin Tuna fact Read More »
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    WHOI scientists/engineers secure funds to help commercialize their ropeless lobster pot to the public

    Jim Partan and Keenan Ball had an idea for a way to deploy deep-water lobster traps that could help prevent whale entanglements and potentially reopen closed Read More »
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    Indigenous rights-based changes to Tofino crab fishery weigh heavily on family-run businesses

    Recent changes to trap limits have Dungeness crab fishers in Tofino fearing for their livelihoods. When Dungeness season opens on April 1, commercial crab fishers in Read More »

  • American Samoa: Strong views about fishing rights

    Utulei and Fagatogo resident Christina Lutu-Sanchez urged alia vessel owners and fishermen not to label owners and fishermen of longline vessels as “they” or people from Read More »

  • Groups planting eelgrass, vital to the survival of many species on Nova Scotia’s south shore while fighting Green Crabs

    The two groups are working on transplanting eelgrass beds that have been nearly wiped-out by the invasive European green crab. According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Read More »

  • Cape Wind project is dealt a major setback. NSTAR Pulls the Plug!

    NSTAR, a Northeast Utilities subsidiary, informed Cape Wind officials of its decision late Tuesday, officials said. “Unfortunately, Cape Wind has ,” Northeast Utilities spokeswoman Caroline Pretyman Read More »

  • N.J. fishing industry works to recover from Sandy-POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J.

    Commercial fisherman Jim Lovgren has navigated some rough seas lately. First, his 70-foot trawler, Viking II, swamped in high waves and sank 80 miles off Cape Read More »
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    Hundreds of thousands without power in Atlantic Canada as Fiona makes landfall

    Hundreds of thousands of customers in eastern Canada are without power as post-tropical storm Fiona brings intense, hurricane-strength winds and torrential rains to swaths of Nova Read More »

  • Hot Agendas Being Tackled by the North Pacific Council – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini.

    Gulf of Alaska By-catch and the observer program are in the hot seat. Hear more after this . . .listen@fishradio  13:05 Read More »
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    Newport Fishing Vessel sinking at Port Dock 5

    At 12:02 PM on Thursday, June 9, 2022, Newport Fire Department was dispatched to a report of vessel sinking at Port Dock 5 on Newport’s Bay Read More »
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    Coast Guard seeks public comment regarding bar entrances in central, northern California

    The Coast Guard initiated a public comment period Thursday pertaining to proposed safety requirements at several bar entrances in central and northern California. Regulated Navigation Areas Read More »

  • Sea lions inundate Oregon Coast in historic numbers wreaking havoc on fisheries, causing damage to docks and infuriating fishermen

    During a Feb. 11 aerial survey, WDFW also counted more than 1,200 California sea lions at the East End Mooring Basin, along with nearly 600 Steller Read More »

  • Washington Bill seeks resolution for ‘Fish Wars’ convictions

    OLYMPIA — Nearly half a century after hundreds of American Indians were arrested during the “Fish Wars,” a bill would give those who were convicted a Read More »

  • Fishermen speaking up against proposed logbooks by NC Marine Fisheries

    Captains and fishermen in southeastern North Carolina, especially, are upset about the changes that the state is hoping to make. The new  ask for-hire license holders Read More »

  • Owner of Giant 20-Pound Lobster ‘Beyond Ticked Off’ Over TSA’s Handling of Crustacean

    The owner of the 20-pound lobster that was photographed by TSA agents inside Boston’s Logan Airport and posted to social media is furious about how the Read More »
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    Irish Shipyard Supplies Trawler To Shipping Company In Shetland

    The latest new fishing vessel built and equipped from the Irish shipyard Mooney Boats in Killybegs is a trawler for the shipping company One Way Fishing Read More »

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