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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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  • Tom Poland – Wake-up call aboard the F/V Pamela Sue

    I got up at 4:30 a.m. to go to two Carolina bays in the Francis Marion National Forest. Hours later I left pitcher plants, blue irises Read More »

  • North sea cod stocks bounce back, analysis shows

    While the fish populations in many of the 400 problem fisheries might be healthy, no one knows the true status because of severe lack of scientific Read More »

  • Press Release to Fisherynation.com – Salmon Pandemic in Norway! From: Green Warriors of Norway

    From: Green Warriors of Norway <[email protected]> Subject: PRESS RELEASE; SALMON pandemic in NORWAY! Message Body: The environmental rights activist group, the Green Warriors of Norway (Norges Miljøvernforbund), Read More »

  • Oregon crabbers struggle despite large harvest

    CHARLESTON — Three months in, feedback on the Oregon commercial Dungeness crab season is mixed. “Maybe it was a big-boat season,”’ Reeves said. “The big boats Read More »

  • New England 2013 Final Rules for Framework 50, Framework 48 and Interim Final Rule for Sector Operations Plans

    This afternoon the final rules implementing final fishing measures for the groundfish fishery filed with the federal register. To view the regulations that go into effect Read More »
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    One in four crew members injured on fishing boats

    A Neilsen survey commissioned by Maritime New Zealand and WorkSafe found 28 percent of crew members – or more than one in four workers – have Read More »

  • Man Of Fortune: Beloved Fisherman to Receive Memorial Statue at Shem Creek

    When dawn breaks on Shem Creek, there will soon be a glimmer on the water like never before. Atop the boardwalk that connects both sides of Read More »

  • Gulf Fishermen advocating for no tax on BP settlement money

    The Plaquemines Gazette – At a meeting last week of the St. Bernard Parish Council, life-long shrimper George Barisich, President of the United Commercial Fishermen Association urged the Read More »

  • Harvesters Land and Sea Coalition alleges Maryland Department of Natural Resources illegally set menhaden regulations

    EASTON — A recently organized group, the Harvesters Land and Sea Coalition, is calling for the withdrawal of regulations put into effect in June by the Read More »
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    N.L. skipper found guilty of trying to throw wife overboard, even after she told judge the story was made up

    When a Newfoundland judge was about to sentence the skipper of a fishing boat for trying to throw his wife overboard, he suddenly found himself in Read More »

  • FFAW’s 5-cent-a-pound lobster ‘levy’ most shocking of all secrets uncovered in 2016

    Of all the questions that have been raised about FFAW secrecy/conflict of interest in recent months, one of the most shocking discoveries was that the union Read More »

  • New York DEC extends scallop season one month to help baymen recoup after icy winter

    A decision by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to extend the bay scallop season by a month is getting a local round of Read More »

  • Coast Guard to present award to fishing vessel captain, crew

    The media is invited to an award ceremony at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, Thursday, where the Coast Guard is scheduled to recognize a Point Loma Read More »

  • Scallop Fleet Responds to NMFS Criticism of NEFMC Habitat Recommendations

    Last week, NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator John Bullard submitted a nine-page letter to the  (NEFMC) critical of recommendations made to the full Council by the Council’s Read More »

  • Fisheries official pleads not guilty to obstructing justice – Peter Andrews will go on trial in March 2014 on obstruction charge

    Robichaud has denied allegations that he pressured staff at the fisheries department not to prosecute his brother under the Aquaculture Act. He also said he has never Read More »

  • Letter to the Editor: Lobster bill deserves lawmakers’ support – Capt. Arthur “Sooky” Sawyer, Vice president, Massachusetts Lobsterman Association

    After reading the story about selling of processed lobster tails and the followup editorial (the Times, March 19, March 21) plus letters to the editor, a Read More »
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    The Dead Zone – Nothing Here Gets Out Alive

    With an easy drawl, Dean Blanchard, the owner of Dean Blanchard Seafood in the barrier-island town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, makes an understated observation: “There’s a Read More »

  • Fishermen Join Fight for Herring Trawler Rules

    The marine ecosystem around Cape Cod is built on the backs of Atlantic herring. These baitfish school in massive numbers, providing food for marine mammals, seabirds, Read More »

  • New tech designed with Cornish fishermen to transform bycatch monitoring

    An innovative new tool being developed with fishermen in Cornwall aims to radically transform how by-catch is documented on board fishing vessels and, ultimately, prevent it Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescue crews, Chatham Harbor Master, searching for missing fisherman near Great Round Shoal, Mass.

    Watchstanders at Sector Southeastern New England received notification via VHF radio that a 51-year-old man, a crewmember aboard the 27-foot fishing boat, had not been seen for Read More »
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    Keith Anderson Cause of Death: The Tragic Story of a Deadliest Catch Star’s Father

    Keith Anderson was a retired high school counselor and the father of Jake Anderson, a fishing captain and reality TV star who co-owns the FV Saga Read More »

  • Just Now!! F/V Mary K Backing up in a frozen harbor.

    The harbor in New Bedford is frozen over and the Norpel fish plant is processing the mackeral that always seem to show up with the cold Read More »

  • Focus on innovation and new markets make New Brunswick top seafood exporter in Canada

    FREDERICTON, N.B. – New Brunswick has grown to become Canada’s largest seafood exporter on the strength of its focus on new markets and innovation. continue Read More »
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    You should read this. Right whale extinction crisis gains momentum on Capitol Hill

    Leaders from industry, science and advocacy convened on Capitol Hill this week for a congressional briefing and panel discussion on the North Atlantic right whale extinction Read More »
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    Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling renews push against seismic testing as a deadline nears

    Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling has formally opposed federal permits that would allow companies conducting seismic testing to harass marine life as a byproduct of the process. Read More »

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