Lobstermen battle for bragging rights in 52nd annual Winter Harbor boat race

August 14, 2016 New England

Boats lined up along both sides of the course to watch each wave of racers barrel down the stretch between Grindstone and Schoodic. The few landlocked spectators that braved the rain gathered around the closest vantage point at Frazer Point, donning ponchos, umbrellas and sets of binoculars. The 52nd annual Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races was about to start, with more than 70 boats and their fishermen racing around Henry Cove Saturday from early morning to afternoon. Read the rest, and see 18 images of the event here 10:49

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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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