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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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    Shrimpers, citizens voice concerns at meeting with N.C. Marine Fisheries officials

    People from across Eastern North Carolina who want shrimp trawling to remain open showed up in Emerald Isle Wednesday night for a public hearing. Shrimpers, fishermen, Read More »

  • Oregon crabbers and environmentalists are at odds as a commission votes on rules to protect whales

    In the wheelhouse of a crab boat named Heidi Sue, Mike Pettis watched the gray whale surface and shoot water through its blowhole. Tangled around its Read More »

  • Audio Presentation: Eavesdropping on the Private Lives of Cod

    If you want to protect New England’s most iconic fish and still allow fishermen to catch them, it’s critical to know when and where they reproduce. Read More »
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    Sentencing reset for “Wild Alaskan” owner

    A sentencing hearing has been rescheduled in the case of an Alaska man who was found guilty of illegally dumping human waste into a harbor while Read More »
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    UPDATED: Coast Guard sets Port Condition Yankee for Port of Morehead City, N.C.

    The Captain of the Port for North Carolina set Port Condition Yankee for the Port of Morehead City at 2 p.m., Sunday, and anticipates setting Port Read More »

  • BRIGHTON: It’s a hull of mess we’re looking at

    Authenticity lies at the core of Nova Scotia’s tourism brand, so it’s important to get the story straight. Either the vessel carrying the Bluenose II name Read More »
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    Northwest Fishing Communities Find Economic Power Doing Business Together

    Six port communities on Oregon’s rocky southwestern coast are taking their seafood-rich economy into their own hands. More than 80 percent of the state’s catch travels Read More »

  • Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday that the state will spend $90 million to further hydrate the Everglades

    During a stop in Fort Myers, Scott discussed a plan to construct a 2.6-mile bridge on Tamiami Trail in Miami-Dade County. A similar 1-mile bridge opened Read More »

  • Illegal Filming of Illegal Fishing – Evidence Leads to Bust!

    The owners and an associate of an outdoor film company, Montana Wild, were issued 38 state citations and 11 federal citations, resulting in $5, 950 in Read More »
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    Three fishermen saved after their fishing vessel overturned in seconds.

    The crew were fishing off Flamborough Head when their vessel began listing to one side at around 8pm on Saturday night. It capsized before they were Read More »

  • Crab gear reduction for commercial fishers extended through mid-March

    Less than a month after the commercial Dungeness crab season opened in the Monterey Bay region, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has extended Read More »

  • Commercial Fisherman Peter Allen Zuanich of Anacortes, Washington has passed away

    Peter Allen Zuanich was born September 3, 1946, in Bellingham, Washington. He passed away peacefully on November 24, 2023, in Oak Harbor, Washington, with his wife, Read More »

  • Exploratory turbot fishery underway in high Arctic

    The Arctic Fishery Alliance has a new locally owned vessel in the high Arctic at the moment looking into the possibility of a commercial fishery there. The ship, the Atlantic Read More »
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    Lucky winner gets 3-acre Wellfleet shellfish grant in ‘unprecedented’ lottery

    For the first time in recent memory, a shellfish grant was returned to the town and leased to a new shellfish farmer via lottery on June Read More »

  • ‘We DON’T need the single market’ Fishing boss DESTROYS Remain claims with one fact

    Bertie Armstrong, the CEO of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, told MPs that the depreciation in the value of the pound since June 23 will massively offset Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescues man from commercial fishing vessel taking on water in Juneau, Alaska

    The Coast Guard rescued a mariner Tuesday morning after his vessel began taking on water in the Gastineau Channel. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Read More »

  • Lobsterman Sadie Samuels to speak at Camden Yacht Club Aug. 23

    How did a young girl from Searsmont become a professional lobsterman? Find out during a free seminar at the Camden Yacht Club, 68 Bay View St., Read More »
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    North Atlantic Right whale trouble: Lawsuit on protections could last for months

    Environmental groups sued the U.S. government with a claim that regulators’ failure to protect the North Atlantic right whale from harm was a violation of the Read More »
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    ‘Today’ fans mock Martha Stewart over ‘squeamish’ cooking segment: ‘How not to open a lobster’

    The stage was set for a brief segment where Stewart’s cooking skills were supposed to impress. Instead, a spell of messiness took over as Martha demonstrated Read More »

  • 13 dead dolphins found in Va. this weekend bringing the total to 100 for the calendar year.

    Virginia isn’t the only state dealing with the increase in dolphin strandings. New Jersey is also reporting a higher than usual number of dead dolphins washing Read More »

  • The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands monument expansion should be opposed – Lyn McNutt

    If you eliminate the U.S. (Hawaiian) fishery, then the area will be completely open to Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fisheries. U.S. fishers are regulated in equipment, Read More »

  • Cape Wind project faces Dec. 31 deadline

    BOSTON (AP) — As it seeks investors, a project off the Massachusetts coast that aims to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm must reach fast-approaching Read More »

  • Additional Details of the Response to the Sinking of the Lone Star

    A large response effort is underway to deal with a fishing tender that sank Sunday morning near the mouth of one of the major salmon producing Read More »

  • Norwegian fishermen snagged U.S. nuclear-powered submarine

    “We had just emptied the nets and put them out again and was on our way back to shore at Sommarøya when we were called by Read More »

  • Off-Bottom Oyster Farming Launched in Grand Isle Waters

    A project demonstrating an alternative way to grow oysters, using off-bottom systems, has launched in the waters off of Grand Isle. If successful, the project could Read More »

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