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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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  • A nice audio presentation of the NEFMC December 20, 2012 public comments from savingseafood.org

    I just got this from savingseafood and am posting it for those interested in listening to the comments without the hassle of listening to the audio recordings Read More »

  • Powerful typhoon kills 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna in Japan

    Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southwestern Japan on the night of July 16 and slowly moved northward before turning into a tropical depression. Torrential rain and Read More »
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    Prince Edward Islanders urged to prepare for tropical storm Henri

    The National Hurricane Center’s latest on the track for Henri was issued Friday at noon AT. It says to expect sustained winds of 100 km/h, and Read More »

  • In the Shadow of the Volcano

    It hasn’t been an easy few months for the inhabitants of Grindavík, the fishing port on the south coast of Iceland that first found itself in Read More »
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    Alaska: Commercial fishermen struggle in coronavirus pandemic

    “We tied the boat up, hoping and waiting for things to stabilize a little bit,” said Jim Hubbard, who has been commercial fishing for nearly 50 Read More »

  • Glass fibers – the rest of the story????? by Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet-USA

    Floating around (sorry!) is the surprising story that the fiberglass that is being donated gratis to our oceans by the offshore wind industry is harmless because Read More »

  • North Star Seafood Inc purveyor to pay $250K for Lacey Act Violations

    A Pompano Beach seafood purveyor who federal prosecutors allege conspired to sell live spiny lobsters caught in the Florida Keys to China must pay a $250,000 Read More »
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    Maine Lobstermen’s Association Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Burdensome Federal Regulations

    The fight to save Maine’s iconic lobster industry has reached the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) filed Read More »

  • Minister Keith Hutchings – Time may be right to discuss U.S. seal products ban

    Recent comments in the national media by Bruce Heyman, the United States ambassador to Canada, that he wanted to foster deeper trade relationships between the U.S. Read More »

  • Comparing the Pacific Coast’s Commercial Fisheries

    Since these Fish Reports focused exclusively on salmon and striped bass fishing in California, we wanted to share an expanded review of fisheries harvests and their Read More »
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    Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources talk Bonnet Carré Spillway, CARES Act funding

    Many fishermen got some help from that $1.5 million of CARES Act money that was granted to the state of Mississippi, with most of that going Read More »

  • Maine lobster industry wary as warm waters suggest repeat of disastrous 2012 season

    For those in the lobster industry, any sign of a return to the conditions of 2012 is cause for high anxiety. Researchers say the industry needs Read More »
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    Small Fishing Vessel Code enters into force – Updated vessel inspection requirement

    The Maritime & Coastguard Agency Code of Practice for Small Fishing Vessels now includes a requirement for fishing boats to be inspected both in and out Read More »

  • Michigan state officials recommend against Great Lakes fish farms

    Three state agencies released a report recommending Michigan not pursue commercial fish farming operations in the Great Lakes because of several environmental and economic risks. The Read More »
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    Fishing: The Great Betrayal

    The Common Fisheries Policy began as a land (or rather, sea) grab, evolved into a stitch-up and grew into an environmentally devastating and commercially disastrous scandal. Read More »
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    Final Landing by Farnella Ahead of Vessel Sale

    Farnella H 135 ended her 22-year career on 11 December, making her final landing into Hanstholm, after which a thank-you breakfast was held for the crew, Read More »
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    Red Lobster Criticized For Decimating Biscuit Populations Along Cheddar Bay

    CHEDDAR BAY, ME—Warning that local stocks had been depleted to dangerous levels, environmentalists criticized Red Lobster on Wednesday for its part in decimating biscuit populations along Read More »

  • What’s next? NOAA warns large ships to avoid Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

    PORT ANGELES — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking ships of 400 gross tons or greater to stay farther away voluntarily from part of Read More »

  • Well Preserved

    In 1979, Bumble Bee Seafoods divested some of its properties on the Lower Columbia River. Nine fishermen purchased seven acres in Clifton from the seafood company. Read More »

  • Laine Welch: Fuel cell technology boosts long-distance fish shipping – Bristol Bay and the USA – Bionic crab shells

    A maritime milestone will be set this week as a container of 18 tons of fresh salmon from Chile is offloaded from a cargo ship in Read More »

  • Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers

    Earlier this spring, Maurice McGinty, a tribal leader from the village of Nulato, pulled out his last mason jar of smoked Yukon king. “We have no Read More »
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    Two fishermen are dead after fall from fishing boat off coast of Lamèque, N.B.

    Two men have died after falling from a fishing boat off the coast of Lamèque, N.B., on Saturday, police say. According to a release, members of Read More »

  • Fraser sockeye watchers see stock rebuilding

    Salmon watchers are hoping this is the year the troubled Fraser River sockeye run turns the corner on its disastrous collapse four years ago. If returns Read More »

  • Valuable fishery – Whitefish prices rise, Great Lakes commercial anglers benefit

    MARQUETTE – A 30 percent rise in wholesale whitefish prices helped keep the value of Great Lakes fish harvested by licensed commercial anglers above the previous Read More »
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    Shelving shrimp: Inside Katsheshuk II, OCI’s $8-million bet on groundfish

    For years the Katsheshuk II hauled in shrimp off the shores of Newfoundland. The ship caught, processed and froze the shrimp to be sent to customers. Read More »

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