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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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    Role of Unionized Firms at Center of Maine’s Offshore Wind Debate

    On Thursday the Maine Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee held a public hearing on a proposal to pave the way for the development of offshore wind Read More »

  • The Oil Barons are Whining! BP is getting Rolled in the Gulf.

    INTRO BY JOHN DONOVAN: THIS BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK ARTICLE PROVIDES A CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE POTENTIAL BANKRUPTING CONSEQUENCES FOR A FOREIGN OWNED OIL COMPANY THAT MESSES UP SPECTACULARLY WHEN Read More »
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    F/V Bunchie towed back to Dillingham Harbor after near sinking Monday

    The fishing vessel Bunchie was overloaded with sockeye on Sunday night when the boat began to list and eventually take on water. The crew aboard were Read More »

  • The New Lobster Frontier! From Britain – This is why you’ll probably be eating American lobster soon.

    The last year’s Scottish lobster catch was 90 per cent down year-on year, he says, and the ponds and vats in which the Autumn catch was Read More »

  • Commercial fishing captain who pleaded guilty to federal poaching charges is missing

    A commercial-fishing boat found Wednesday without its 67-year-old operator triggered a search by U.S. Coast Guard aircraft and boats off Key West. The search for Dennis Read More »

  • If loggerheads are coming back, are more protections needed? How much does a species have to rebound before being taken off the endangered list?

    When the federal government recently designated 68 miles of Cape Fear region coastline as critical habitat for loggerhead sea turtles, some local officials questioned the need Read More »

  • Civil penalities from NOAA could be next for Carlos Rafael

    Judge William Young’s judgment filed Wednesday appeared to be the finish line to Carlos Rafael’s case. Young, though, by ordering the forfeiture of four vessels and Read More »

  • Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 – Our View: Lift fishery restrictions to do good for all

    The New England Fishery Management Council votes this week on recommendations by the council’s Habitat Committee to lift restrictions in three closed areas. NOAA Fisheries Regional Read More »
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    Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for December 2019

    “The only thing we treat our fish with, is respect” – Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273. To review Read More »

  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries sets fall inshore shrimp season opening dates

    The fall inshore shrimp season will have a split opening with the eastern part of the state opening at 6 p.m. on August 15 and the Read More »

  • Cape Breton energy plans worry fishermen

    Although no oil and gas activity is expected in Cape Breton waters in the foreseeable future, fishermen say they have concerns about their livelihood and the Read More »
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    250 fishermen go missing as 16 trawlers sink in Bay of Bengal

    Over 250 fishermen of Patuakhali remained missing as 16 fishing trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal amid inclement weather on Friday, said Naval Police on Read More »

  • Laine Welch: Pink salmon catch likely to shatter forecast

    With pink salmon coming in stronger than expected, Alaska’s salmon catch this summer is poised to blow past the pre-season forecast of 179 million fish. “We Read More »

  • US wants struggling fishermen to pay for observers

    Now, with federal funding for the controversial program set to run out this fall, the region’s long-beleaguered fishermen are being told they have to pay for Read More »

  • Some Fishermen Blame California Water Policies for Salmon Season Closures

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously recommended the closure of all California commercial and recreational ocean salmon fisheries through 2024, after a similar closure last year, Read More »

  • NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Proposed Scup Quotas

    NOAA Fisheries proposes to revise the 2018 quotas and announce projected 2019 quotas for the scup fishery. Compared to the current specifications in place for 2018, Read More »
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    Baffin Fisheries Coalition launches $1.4M lawsuit against ex-CEO

    The Baffin Fisheries Coalition (BFC) is suing its former CEO Garth Reid for allegedly defrauding the company of $1.4 million. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Read More »
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    American Seafood Corp. Fights Giant Jones Act Penalties

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stirred up a storm in the Alaska pollock fishery by issuing Jones Act penalty notices totaling about S350 million. According Read More »

  • Only half of drugs, other newly emerging contaminants removed from sewage treatment

    Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants. More than 1,400 wastewater treatment plants in Read More »
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    Brexit vanguard abandoned by Theresa May: UK fishermen cut adrift by political elite

    During the 2016 EU referendum, fishing quotas briefly became a major talking point in UK politics. Prominent Leave campaigners used the restrictive quotas to demonstrate the Read More »

  • Lack of fishing prohibitions in ‘grey zone’ could pose risk for right whales, expert says

    One marine conservation expert has questions about the efforts on the part of Fisheries and Oceans after North Atlantic right whales were detected in the Bay Read More »
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    Longtime Nushagak fishermen say they’ve never seen a year like this

    The total run to the Nushagak  in Bristol Bay has surpassed the all time record for the district. Those who have spent many, many decades fishing Read More »
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    Dismal Columbia River salmon forecast may trigger emergency fishing restrictions

    Fishery managers in Washington and Oregon are concerned the spring and summer chinook salmons runs on the Columbia River are going to be one of the Read More »

  • Op-ed: Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission applauded for following the science

    Serving on one of Oregon’s independent commissions is often a thankless job. We owe our thanks to Oregonians who do so. It’s not easy when the Read More »

  • Commercial Fisherman Robert Maxwell “Bob” Salter of Santa Cruz, California has passed away

    Family and friends are mourning the loss of beloved uncle and trusted friend, Bob Salter, who passed away at his Santa Cruz home with his loving Read More »

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