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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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    Malpeque harbour users vote in favour of new wharf at Cabot Shores

    On Wednesday, July 8, Malpeque harbour users gathered in Summerside to hear proposed plans for a new wharf. Around 50 people attended the presentation given by Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Young Bros. Dragger with Ma CAP Permit

    Specifications, information and 1 photo >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 13:59 Read More »
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    Evolving Business: Bristol Bay salmon fishery dealing with latest challenge, Coronavirus.

    Wild salmon return from the ocean to restart a life cycle that has persisted for millions of years. Wild Alaska sockeye (a favorite species of salmon) is Read More »

  • Aleutian Islands Nominated as National Marine Sanctuary

    The waters around the Aleutian Islands support a dizzying range of wildlife — and major industries right along with it. Right now, the government’s job is Read More »
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    Will offshore wind presence get even bigger off Ocean City?

    The first auction of 2024 for more land leased for offshore wind off the Delmarva Peninsula was cleared for Aug. 14 after the Bureau of Ocean Read More »

  • Annual Blessing of the Fleet Returns to Stonington Borough

    As Stonington has done for over 60 years, the St. Mary community will celebrate the annual Blessing of the Fleet. This is to honor present and Read More »

  • Is there a monster killer shark on the loose off Perth?

    A fisheries drum line hook was snapped by a giant sea creature the day after British diver Doreen Collyer was killed, sparking fears that a monster Read More »

  • Factory trawlers praised for halibut conservation

    What a difference a year makes for the halibut bycatch controversy in the Bering Sea at the December meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Read More »

  • FISH-NL: Labour Board status

    FISH-NL received an update Tuesday afternoon from the Labour Relations Board regarding the status of our certification application. On March 10, the Board ordered the Salt-Water Read More »
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    Scottish Fishermen 3 Major Preferences

    Lunar Fishing, a Scottish fishing company operating in the North Sea and the Atlantic, relies on custom-built boats from Danish Karstensens Shipyard and CP-propulsion equipment, propellers, Read More »

  • Sturgeon population slowly improving in lower Columbia

    State biologists estimate the population of legal-size sturgeon in the lower Columbia River increased 5 percent in 2014, the first year of a total ban on Read More »

  • DFO issues warnings about lobster trap tampering in Nova Scotia

    The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia. The department issued a statement late Thursday saying Read More »

  • North Carolina: Economic impact on the half-shell

    As mollusks go, are an especially generous lot. They clean the water. They help stabilize eroding shorelines. And they’re delicious, especially with butter. Which is why Read More »

  • Wolastoqey fishers say proposed elver fishery shutdown infringes on treaty rights

    Some Wolastoqey fishers say closure of the fishery for baby eels, or elvers, this year will infringe on their treaty rights and impact their right to Read More »

  • Key West: Lobster traps limits not well received

    The idea of reducing the number of spiny lobster traps as a way to ease fishing pressure on the Florida Keys’ most lucrative commercial fishery did Read More »

  • Diversions, barrier islands discussed at coastal restoration meeting

    State officials heard concerns over fresh water diversions and future local development as the state presented its annual plan for coastal restoration for the 2014-15 fiscal Read More »
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    New York: $6.7 million in Coronavirus relief to marine fishing industries

    Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced $6.7 million in relief aid is being distributed starting today to New York’s seafood, marine commercial, and for-hire fishing industries after Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to Cold Bay, Alaska, medevaced a man Wednesday from the 154 -foot fishing vessel Read More »

  • Bill Passed To Ban Shark Fin Trading in Texas. (Guess theres no sense in selling shark fins from legally caught sharks, huh?)

    AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas could become the first Gulf Coast state to enact a ban, which protects shark species. Tens of millions of sharks are killed each Read More »
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    Is politics getting in the way of rebuilding a sustainable fishery in Newfoundland?

    The sentinel program, created after the cod moratorium in 1992 to monitor fish populations, is run exclusively by the Fish Food & Allied Workers, the powerful Read More »

  • Alberta pushing Fort Chip commercial fishers north to Great Slave Lake

    After 57 years of setting his nets on Lake Athabasca, Ray Ladouceur is out of work, a victim of the Alberta government’s decision in August to Read More »
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    After 39 years of NOAA/NMFS fisheries management, how are they doing? How are we doing because of their efforts?

    FishNet USA/January27, 2016 Nils E. Stolpe – Back in June of 2012 I wrote After 35 years of NOAA/NMFS fisheries management, how are they doing? How Read More »
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    Carl Roby, tuna fisherman

    A white scar carved across Carl Roby’s hand tells the story of the time a tuna, a creature he has spent decades harvesting, almost won. It Read More »

  • 2 La. men admit illegally fishing for shark fins

    BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) — Two men  have pleaded guilty to a Louisiana fishing violation after authorities said fins  from hundreds of sharks were found aboard Read More »

  • Updated: Reclamation reverses course on water for Klamath River

    Water release from Trinity Reservoir will begin Saturday, Aug. 23, at 7 a.m.; Public urged to take safety precautions on or near the river while flows Read More »

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