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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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    NOAA Announces Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area

    NOAA Fisheries is closing the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management Area to all federally permitted limited access general category scallop vessels effective 0001, on May Read More »
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    P.E.I. fishermen exploring compensation if damage done to fisheries

    The Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association is exploring ways members could be compensated if damage is done to local fisheries. The topic was on the agenda Read More »
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    Why Maine Lobstermen Are Looking To Farmed Scallops To Stay Afloat

    Marsden Brewer is a third-generation Maine fishermen who docks in Stonington. “I’ve been involved in all the fisheries over my lifetime,” he says. These days it’s Read More »
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    Salmon fishermen reflect on causes, future as closure looms

    Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order urging California’s water board to waive environmental laws and reserve water for future agricultural use, that Read More »
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    Nordic Hosting Public Zoom Meeting Wednesday taking questions, Study Results for Land-Based Fish Farm

    Nordic is currently preparing its permit applications for a land-based aquaculture facility on the Samoa Peninsula in Humboldt County and has recently submitted the discharge permit Read More »
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    Pacific Halibut numbers could drop

    Scientists monitoring halibut say there could be a decline in the bottom fish along the coast of the U.S. and Canada in upcoming years if the Read More »

  • The flaws in quota-based fishery management – Barry Darby, St. John’s

    Quota-based management plans are based on certain assumptions which are subject to numerous potential errors. Setting quotas requires substantial, accurate knowledge of the stock to be Read More »
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    Steve Johnson’s Lynn Marie is Fastest Lobster Boat Afloat

    Lucky Oppedisano pointed at a boat making its way to the starting line for the Gasoline Free-for-All race. The retired lobsterman identified the dark-colored boat as Read More »

  • Seals gobble half a million fish – commercial fisheries report almost 500K in losses

    Professional fishermen in Finland are up in arms about damages to their catch and equipment from grey seals. Recent figures from the Finnish Game and Fisheries Read More »
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    UK-wide funding scheme supports purchase of life-saving safety equipment for fishermen

    The new UK-wide funding scheme, which is being delivered by Seafish in co-operation with the MCA and Trinity House, is open to owners of active UK 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 »

  • Glass fibers – the rest of the story????? by Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet-USA

    Floating around (sorry!) is the surprising story that the fiberglass that is being donated gratis to our oceans by the offshore wind industry is harmless because Read More »

  • Stupid Ketchikan man faces assault charge of federal fisheries officer

    A 23-year-old Ketchikan man has been accused of swinging a knife in front of a federal fisheries officer. The agent noticed a large filet knife on Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman experiencing flu like symptoms

    A 29-year-old man was medevaced by the Coast Guard from a commercial fishing vessel in Longboat Pass near Sarasota, Florida Saturday. Read the rest here 10:55 Read More »

  • Tofino boat rescue triggered by single flare that almost wasn’t seen

    Since he pulled 13 survivors out of the water near Tofino, B.C., on Sunday, Ken Brown has thought a lot about what would have happened, if Read More »

  • Letter: NOAA can never take away fishermen’s souls

    To the editor: You know I’ve had people ask why I stepped down from my “official” positions in fishing industry advocacy?  Because I found that I Read More »

  • F/V Osprey had trouble on George’s Bank

     The EMD main engine snapped the shaft on one of the blowers that keep the 1600 horse power “Railroad Train” style engine running. After the net Read More »

  • Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level to encourage repopulation

    After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 Read More »

  • Larry Avery Sees Opportunities For Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board

    Larry Avery is a man who sees opportunity where others may see only a meal. And he will create opportunities while bringing decades of business-building acumen Read More »

  • Community Supported Fishery wanted that can service an Oyster Bar in the Washington DC area

    Please contact Fisherynation.com with contact information https://fisherynation.com/contact   Thank you! Also looking to use invasive species like green/marsh crabs, periwinkles, whelks, cownose skate, snakehead Read More »

  • DFO enforcement official says many arrested in elver fishery will face charges

    A top federal fisheries enforcement official says it’s likely many of those arrested this spring for illegally fishing for baby eels along Nova Scotia and New Read More »
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    Coast Guard medevacs 66-year-old man from fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Fort Myers Beach

    The Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old man from a 90-foot fishing boat 40 miles southwest of Fort Myers Beach, Thursday. Rescued was Alfredo Simon, 66, from Read More »

  • Imported seafood is killing a MS Coast industry. Could truth in restaurant menus help? 

    The last of the fishermen whose boats once dotted the Mississippi Coast’s warm waters are worried. Their customers are leaving. Their sales are down. “I don’t Read More »

  • Louisiana Men Cited Red Snapper and Amberjack Violations

    Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited five Louisiana men for allegedly violating federal reef fish regulations on July 26 in the Read More »

  • A New Life for the Boat Immortalized by John Steinbeck

    Sitting in dry-dock, covered in barnacles, is the Western Flyer, a piece of literary history that has been threatened by time, the sea, and a restauranteur. Read More »

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