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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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    Australian Maritime Safety Authority mandates float-free EPIRBS

    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has announced that, as from 1 January 2021, it will be mandatory for certain types of commercial vessels to be Read More »
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    Prominent Shrimper found guilty of federal charges

    A Tybee Island shrimper and member of a prominent local family was convicted by a federal jury on multiple counts of false statements, mail fraud and Read More »

  • Gillnet Fishermen Committed to Reduce Harbor Porpoise Interaction

    Preliminary data shows a low number of takes in OctoberThe following was released by the Northeast Seafood Coalition. GLOUCESTER, Mass. — November 20, 2012 — Gillnet Read More »

  • NMFS Announces 2016-2018 Regs for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass

    NOAA Fisheries NMFS announces the 2016-2018 regulations for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The summer flounder catch limit is reduced by 30 percent (from 23 million Read More »
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    Maine lobstermen deal with another new rule, and it’s not about right whales

    Until this year, only a fraction of Maine’s lobster fishers were required to report what they caught, including details on when, where and how many. The Read More »
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    This lobsterman’s boat was sunk 3 times in 7 weeks. He says he knows who did it.

    Tony Hooper, who has lobstered out of area harbors on and off for years, says he knows who sank his 35-foot lobster boat, Liberty, three times Read More »

  • Massive tiger shrimp invaders likely have settled in Louisiana to stay

    A recent study reports that the enormous shrimp invaders will become “established” in the Gulf of Mexico within 10 years. That means the species is becoming Read More »
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    Are shrimpers abandoning ship?

    When Tam Nguyen’s family immigrated to Port Arthur more than 40 years ago, her father made a living owning and operating shrimp boats, the same thing Read More »

  • Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council Decry ‘Fish Stealing’

       Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council gathered for a joint work session to discuss a variety of topics pertaining to both governing Read More »
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    The Biggest Corporate Welfare Recipients Ever: Big Wind and Big Solar

    How much do solar, wind and electric vehicle companies get in federal handouts and tax loopholes in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill? Well over $100 Read More »

  • Fishing boat Captain Craig Sock honoured for Bravery

    Craig “Jumbo” Sock, the Elsipogtog fishing boat captain who lost his life while rescuing members of his crew in 2021, was honoured Thursday with the Governor Read More »

  • Welding on George’s Bank

    This image was taken on George’s Bank. We were making repairs to the submersible fish pump that pumps the catch onto the Western Venture. When it Read More »

  • Fish and Game announces Pacific cod openings

    Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game announced yesterday that the state waters  Pacific cod pot fishery in Chignik Area and South Alaska Peninsula Area will  open Read More »

  • Big Herring Haul for BC Children’s Hospital, as Fishermen outsmart Sea lions to get it!

    After 35 years in the industry, the sea lions were a familiar annoyance to Viking Fisher’s skipper Neil Jensen. The marine mammals are smart enough to Read More »

  • Sport Fishing Industry Voices Concern With Possible Offshore Sanctuary Idea; Official Provisions Sought Before Designation Considered

    On the same day the National Aquarium announced it was seeking an Urban National Marine Sanctuary designation for the Baltimore Canyon off the coast of Ocean Read More »

  • Canadian Fishing Vessel Miss Ally crew remembered as porch lights left on in Nova Scotia

    Mary Hopkins left her porch light on last night in memory of all fishers who’ve lost their lives at sea — including her son Joel and Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44′ Young Bros. Gillnetter/Lobster Boat, 350HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo

    Specifications, information and 18 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<12:14 Read More »

  • Virginia considers opening blue crab winter dredge fishery, would mean reducing daily bushel limits of hard pot crabbers

    After closing the winter dredge fishery for Chesapeake blue crab for seven years straight to help the struggling stock rebuild, the state is inching closer toward Read More »

  • Drought won’t help migrating baby salmon

    The Golden Gate Salmon Association had asked the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to release more water into the river from Shasta and Keswick dams to help Read More »

  • To the Editor – Salmon – Fred Boest, Red Bluff

    Everybody seems to be upset over the situation with the salmon population in the Sacramento River. All sorts of special interest groups, from environmentalists, to fishing Read More »
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    Say No for the Ocean, Citizens! Impact of Offshore Wind on Commercial Fishing Industry Discussed

    Scallop fisherman and Viking Village fleet owner Jim Gutowski laid out the scope in size of one offshore wind farm turbine as a backdrop to his Read More »
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    Transport Canada – New protective measures announced for North Atlantic right whales

    Transport Canada has announced further protective measures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the North Atlantic right whale. The measures, announced Monday evening, include further Read More »

  • NOAA Responds to Massachusetts legislators on cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder: the answer is still no

    Many legal observers, Members of Congress and elected officials disagree with that interpretation. Saving Seafood requested the legal opinion of the General Counsel under the Freedom Read More »

  • South Atlantic: When estimating fish populations, seeing is believing

    Somewhere off the Atlantic coast of Florida, a fishing boat bobs in the swell, and Nate Bacheler helps swing a fish trap over the side. It’s Read More »
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    Cape Cod Is In CRISIS!

    Because of our menacing great white shark and the seal overpopulation dilemma, Cape Cod is in the middle of an ecological, public safety, and economic crisis. Read More »

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