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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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    State of Hawaii wants to triple fees for commercial marine licenses

    The state is proposing to triple by cost of commercial marine license fees by 2018. The $50 fee would jump to $100 initially, then to $150 Read More »

  • Reminder : Your Webinar is on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST NEFMC SSC Meeting

    Join us on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST Agenda: The New England Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will Read More »
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    USCG offers Commercial Fishermen Marine Safety/Survival Training, asking Oregon fishermen to sign up

    The Coast Guard has scheduled marine safety and survival training in five different cities along the Oregon Coast and is offering six separate two-day trainings beginning Read More »
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    Polluted water flowing into Tampa Bay could cause massive algae bloom, risking manatee and fish habitats

    Millions of gallons of water laced with fertilizer ingredients are being pumped into Florida’s Tampa Bay from a leaking reservoir at an abandoned phosphate plant at Piney Point. Read More »

  • Hickman’s Harbour fishers relieved DFO ditched new rule for herring fishery

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  • Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened. (here we go)

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  • Lobster Fishermen Reminded of Safety as Season Starts

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  • Securing the supply of sea scallops for today and tomorrow

    Good management has brought the $559 million United States sea scallop fishery back from the brink of collapse over the past 20 years. However, its current Read More »

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    F/V Kodiak Enterprise: Crews removing water, chemicals from Tacoma fishing boat before investigating cause of fire

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  • Lobstermen prepare for 3-month Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan fishing ban

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    ‘They look at me as an outsider’: Cape Breton fisherman says boat burned, gear vandalized

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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 83′ Steel Shrimp Freezer Trawler/Dragger, 600HP Cummins KTA-19 Diesel

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  • NSC’s policy director Vito Giacalone to appear on “Greater Boston” with Emily Rooney tonight on WGBH-TV

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  • Swinney gives commitment to ensure that fishing and offshore wind can co-exist

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    Scientist calls 6-year delay in Maine lobster rules ‘mind-boggling’

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    Bring Back the Peddlers

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    Coast Guard suspends search for possible person in water near Dutch Harbor, Alaska

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  • Carp herpes Intervention? Eradication program will damage environment, commercial fisherman warns

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    Maine: Pogie fishing season gets underway

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  • ICCAT decides to help conserve Atlantic bluefin tuna

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