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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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  • Whole Foods denies that it sells shrimp peeled by slave labor in Thailand.

    “After thorough investigation, we’re confident Thai Union shrimp at our stores did not come from [an] illicit processing facility,” the retailer tweeted Tuesday morning. Whole Foods Read More »

  • BREAKING: Canadian Fisherman flown to hospital after falling overboard BREAKING: TO BE UPDATED

    A 40-year-old fisherman was sent to hospital after falling overboard off the South Shore on Monday morning. Read more here   13:28 UPDATE: A 40-year-old man who Read More »
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    California Dungeness crab season faces delays in parts of state

    The opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least Dec. 1 in the waters north of Bodega Head State Marine Reserve Read More »

  • Breaking News: Fishing boat crew rescued after boat runs aground off Rockaway Beach

    All seven crew members have been rescued from a fishing boat that ran aground off Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday morning. They were taken off the Read More »

  • Fishermen or Divers? Dive Boat or Fishing Vessel? – Four Fishermen Face Felony Charges for Spearing Striped Bass

    In late August, the Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) were on a routine patrol from Shinnecock to Fishers Island when they observed three divers with spear guns Read More »
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    Fishing gear burned in Port au Choix protest

    Fish harvesters from Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula burned crab and lobster pots Tuesday morning outside the Department of Fisheries and Oceans office in Port au Choix, saying Read More »

  • A favorable forecast offered for 2017 South Carolina shrimp season

    Commercial shrimp trawling will open in all legal South Carolina waters at 8 a.m. on May 24 and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) biologists Read More »
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    Florida: Fishery agency floats commercial bullynet plan

    Since Florida has created new rules on commercial harvest of spiny lobster by bullynetters, a federal marine fishery agency wants to hear thoughts on extending the Read More »

  • LifeWear Donates Manufacturing “Seconds” to Local Rhode Island Fishing Industry

    LifeWear Technologies of North Kingstown, the leading supplier of both branded and private label sports medicine products, has found a unique way to support the local Read More »

  • Letters to the Editor – Managing bycatch, Earl Southworth

    Bycatch from Seattle-based trawlers is killing Alaska’s fisheries and local fishing economy. In the early 1990s, my personal livelihood was negatively affected. Now, all Alaskan fishermen Read More »

  • Lineless Lobster Launches The Gear Guardian as a Low Cost Rapidly Deployable Interim Solution to the Entanglement Crisis

    Lineless Lobster proudly announces the launch of its new project aimed to help address the Right Whale entanglement issue with a product called “The Gear Guardian.” Read More »

  • Censored! No Media Allowed: FFAW Union Boss to meet with protesters but not interested in ‘spectacle’

    The Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) will meet with fish harvesters who protested outside the union building on Monday, but says media will not be allowed. “To Read More »
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    Harvey Haddock on fisherman’s rights.

    In light of the recent court decision in regard to the proposed New York windmill farm allowing the project to proceed despite its potential effects on Read More »

  • Hundreds Gather Today in Boston to Demand Federal Action on New England Groundfish Disaster

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    Massachusetts Congressional Candidate meets with members of the Gloucester Fishing Community

    August 7, 2020, I had the distinct honor of visiting one of my most favorite cities in the world, Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 24th.  The Read More »

  • Fishtown Local: A hole in Gloucester’s fabric – Gordon Baird

    Richard had, as every Gloucesterite knows, developed “The Story” — or should I say, mined The Story, unraveled The Story, rode in the saddle of The Read More »

  • NOAA Reports: New England groundfisheries still struggling

    “The report puts every region together with the whole country and calls it a big success, but in New England the groundfishery really isn’t doing well,” Read More »

  • Shrimp fishermen take issue with proposed TED rule

    Shrimp boats that fish offshore already use TEDs. Turtle excluder devices use metal grates that prevent turtles from getting caught in the nets. The new rule Read More »
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    CARES Act: California Fisheries Relief Funding Soon to be Available for Select Sectors Affected by Coronavirus

    Coastal and marine fishery participants – including licensed commercial fishermen, fish buyers, aquaculture businesses, charter boat owners and guides – who have experienced a loss of Read More »
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    With thousands of traps lost to Fiona, N.B. lobster fishermen ask for extended season

    The fishing season for Zone 25, which includes fishermen along the Northumberland Strait in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, began on Aug. 9 and was Read More »

  • Walker names picks for North Pacific Fishery Management Council

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will have two new faces next fall, and the governor’s picks for the seat could push the council toward decisions Read More »

  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ last in, first out (LIFO) is working exactly as planned

    LIFO was never intended to have a long shelf life. Its purpose was and is to pave the way for what has been in the planning Read More »

  • Scientific ‘buried treasure’ may yield data about shorelines’ future. (may, that could, might,,)

    Deep beneath the ocean floor off the New Jersey coast lie secrets that could help scientists predict how climate change might affect one of the most Read More »

  • Southeast Dungeness crab harvest below average

    Most areas in Southeast closed to commercial fall fishing for Dungeness crab on November 30. The State has crunched the numbers and the season was below Read More »

  • Big Three Conspire to Fix U.S. Tuna Prices, Wholesaler Says in Antitrust Class Action

    The “oligopolistic structure” of the nation’s three largest packed-seafood companies – StarKist, Bumble Bee and Tri-Union – helps them conspire to fix tuna prices, a class Read More »

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