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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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    Massachusetts: Herring run in full swing along South Shore

    Herring are filling local streams and rivers during their annual migration from the sea. Like salmon, herring live in salt water but travel to fresh water Read More »

  • Federal Judge Evokes Dr. Seuss in Upholding Seafood Regulations

    Invoking Dr. Seuss, a federal judge on Monday quoted from the 1960 classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” to uphold a regulatory regime Read More »

  • Crabber Dundee – Professional crabber Dale Collie has gone to extreme measures to send crab pot thieves scurrying.

    He hired a chopper so he could search from the sky for his stolen pots, and has scattered numerous infra-red Scoutguard cameras among the trees and Read More »
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    Opinion: Why Bonneville can’t save salmon

    The Northwest is not winning the battle to save wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River. Although most of the 12 listed salmonid stocks in Read More »

  • Maine – Fishing surveillance bill amended

    A bill that would authorize the Department of Marine Resources to conduct surreptitious electronic surveillance of lobster boats drew mixed reviews at a hearing by the Read More »

  • Friends and loved ones to gather, celebrate the life of Fisherman Douglas William Thomas in Port Alberni September 26th

    Doug passed away suddenly as a result of a marine accident off the coast of Vancouver Island. He was a fisherman, gardener, and cook. His hands Read More »

  • Maine Lobster industry grateful for ‘normal’ summer

    If there is anything commercial fishermen in Maine have learned over the past several years, it is that things aren’t the way they used to be. Read More »

  • Demonstrations – It’s time for the skullduggery to end. Fight back against attack on inshore shrimp sector

    DFFAW-Unifor will be holding demonstrations on Wednesday to protest DFO’s management of the northern shrimp fishery. Join us at one of the following locations at 7:15 Read More »

  • Cooke Aquaculture of Canada will purchase Icicle Seafoods

    Cooke Aquaculture, a Canadian fisheries firm based in New Brunswick, said May 9 that the company has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Icicle Seafoods. The Read More »
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    LETTER: On the future of salmon farming in B.C., Ecologists have been sounding the alarm for decades

    For the first time ever, three political parties have pledged to transition open net pen fish farms on the B.C. coast to completely closed (likely land Read More »

  • Prices for commercial halibut shares reach jaw-dropping level

    As Alaska’s iconic halibut fishery wraps up this week, stakeholders are holding their breath to learn if the catch limit might ratchet up slightly once again Read More »

  • Obituary: Radio host John Furlong was voice of rural Newfoundland

    Though his journalism career spanned more than 40 years, John Furlong may be best known for hosting CBC Radio’s The Fisheries Broadcast from 2005 to 2013. Read More »

  • Work on grounded fishing vessel continues after halting due to bad weather

    Operations to remove the pollutants from the fishing vessel ‘Elke M’ that ran aground in St Francis Bay on January 6, resumed this morning, January 12, after Read More »

  • Lobster shell disease: Disease creeping towards Maine coastline

    PORTLAND, Maine – A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England  lobster industry for years by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases  unmarketable Read More »
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    Mid-Water Herring Trawlers to Return to Inshore Waters – Court Overturns Exclusion Zone

    Herring fishermen from New England and the Mid-Atlantic won a crucial decision last week when a federal judge in Boston ruled in their favor against an Read More »

  • Simrad New Technology Improves Accuracy and Reliability for Fishery Surveys

    Simrad, a Kongsberg Maritime AS brand and developer of hydro acoustic technology for commercial fishing and scientific vessels has released a significant update for its ME70 Scientific Multibeam Read More »

  • Congressmen Seek Investigation Of Hawaii Fishing Practices

    Four Democratic congressmen have written to officials at the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration claiming that Hawaii’s longline fishing fleet is Read More »
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    Video-Coast Guard medevacs ill fisherman from 115 miles off Provincetown

    A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod medevaced a 24-year-old-man Sunday afternoon from the fishing vessel Athena, which was located approximately 115 miles east Read More »

  • Putting on the Show! – DFO policy being worked out for tourism lobster charters – Interesting

    As lobster fishing think ahead to the start of their commercial fishery this fall, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is thinking ahead to when their Read More »
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    DFO contemplating sweeping North Coast salmon fishery closure

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is strongly considering a total shutdown of all chinook and sockeye fishing on the North Coast. The potential 2018 fishing ban Read More »

  • Update: Missing Gloucester waterman found dead in Guinea Marsh

    Virginia Marine Police found the body of a waterman in Guinea Marsh in Gloucester Sunday afternoon, according to Marine Resource Commission spokeswoman Laurie Naismith. The man, Read More »
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    Maine business group seeks rare deal to export ‘cape shark’ to Cuba

    The cape shark, more commonly known as the dogfish, typically finds its home in the frigid, salty waters of midcoast Maine. However, thanks to the efforts Read More »
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    Alaskans pursue permanent protections for Bristol Bay

    Robin Samuelsen still recalls his first meeting about the prospective Bristol Bay. It was around 2005 or 2006, in Dillingham, Alaska. Listening to an early plan Read More »

  • Harrowing tale of how 20 fishermen aboard Grimsby trawler Laforey paid the ultimate price

    An audio play reliving the events in which crewmen aboard a famous Grimsby trawler sadly died is to be broadcast. The story of the 20 fishermen Read More »

  • The Catch 22 of New England Fisheries’ Catch Share Scheme

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