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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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  • Fishermen frustrated after DFO extends gulf herring moratorium by 2 years

    Scientists say there are no signs that the Atlantic herring stock is improving, but some fishermen aren’t convinced. Fisheries and Oceans Canada placed a moratorium on herring Read More »

  • Fishermen want better fish counts for black sea bass – MRIP is not available during January and February???

    Fishermen are looking for better management of sea bass by fishery regulators after another winter closure of the fishery. “We have no way of knowing how Read More »
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    Florida man used fake names in six-figure Stanwood crab heist

    A Florida man faces federal charges in a conspiracy to transport over $430,000 worth of stolen king crab from Stanwood to Florida, according to charges filed Read More »
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    The Working Waterfront: State may provide grant to Spruce Head Co-op

    The Spruce Head Fishermen’s Co-op is in line to get another state grant aimed at preserving working waterfronts. The Land for Maine’s Future Board announced Friday, Read More »

  • Fire at Town Dock – Lobster boat sinks, another significantly damaged

    A lobster boat sank, another was significantly damaged and a 50-foot section of the was destroyed by a fire reported around 4 a.m. Wednesday. The fishing Read More »

  • The untold truth of the Petit de Grat tragedy

    Several readers from Isle Madame share my distain for those who falsely depict lobster stealer  as a case of “murder for lobster.” Here’s a letter from one of them, a life-long Petit-de-Grat resident Read More »

  • Fishing deals said to have netted £393 million for Scots’ fleet

    A trilateral agreement between the UK, European Union and Norway covers the total allowable catch (TAC) limits and management measures for jointly managed stocks in the Read More »

  • Charges against OCI withdrawn in death on CF/V Katsheshuk II

    The Crown has withdrawn eight charges laid against Ocean Choice International Inc. under the Occupational Health and Safety Act related to a death aboard a fishing Read More »

  • Fish in the Global Balance

    There are reasons to be optimistic about some forms of aquaculture……And the food that feeds the most important farmed fishes, like salmon, has to come from Read More »
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    This lobsterman’s boat was sunk 3 times in 7 weeks. He says he knows who did it.

    Tony Hooper, who has lobstered out of area harbors on and off for years, says he knows who sank his 35-foot lobster boat, Liberty, three times Read More »

  • Willapa worries: Fishermen protest salmon-harvest cutback in bay

    More than 30 commercial fishermen and seafood processors picketed outside the annual Pacific County Marine Resource Committee Science Conference at the Cranberry Museum in Long Beach Read More »

  • Louisiana not ready for early shrimp opener, Shrimp fishermen agree

    While shrimp conditions are good this year, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission isn’t ready to open the spring season early. Commission members said Read More »

  • Littleproud predicts rough seas ahead for Illawarra wind zone under Coalition government

    A future Coalition government would not allow a wind energy zone to be developed off the Illawarra coast, Nationals Leader David Littleproud said in Wollongong on Read More »

  • New size limits proposed for sharks – Proposed regulations would nearly double minimum size

    OCEAN CITY — New regulations nearly doubling the minimum size for sharks are expected to have a big impact on the local fishing industry if passed Read More »
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    It takes a village: Owner of F/V Shayna Michelle stuck on beach talks about rescue efforts

    The Coast Guard was called in to rescue the four-man crew after they anchored down about two miles off the coast of Myrtle Beach.”We expect it Read More »
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    Seafood’s Inflated and Leveling Prices, Revisited

    We decided to revisit the “Why Seafood Prices Are So Inflated” story and those whom we had interviewed to see where prices have landed in the Read More »
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    Life of a Brixham fisherman selling catch straight off his trusty trawler

    He’s the skipper, captain, engineer, cook, and cleaner of the Adela BM79 – a bright blue mini trawler. At 9 meters long, she’s Brixham’s smallest and Read More »
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    Baffin Fisheries Coalition launches $1.4M lawsuit against ex-CEO

    The Baffin Fisheries Coalition (BFC) is suing its former CEO Garth Reid for allegedly defrauding the company of $1.4 million. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme 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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    As Alaskan Waters Warm, Market Squid Extend Their Reach Northward

    Market squid could represent an economic lifeline here, and it’s one that Alaskan fishermen are eager to begin experimenting with.,,, Though scientists haven’t yet nailed down the Read More »
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    New net opens a way to help fishermen and protect cod

    Catching the wrong fish, or catching too much of a low-quota fish like cod, can end a season for a commercial fisherman. In recent years, the Read More »
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    Togiak sac roe herring’s lone gillnetter calls it a season

    Seagulls wheeled under gray skies, and low clouds spit rain as the F/V Wave Ryder motored back into Dillingham after nearly four weeks on the water Read More »

  • Sockeye overfishing risks salmon future: critics

    Conservationists say federal fishery managers allowed serious overfishing of Fraser River sockeye salmon,,, Bob McKamey, vice-president of the Area E Gillnetters Association, dismissed the objections from Watershed Read More »

  • Papahanaumokuakea Review Spurs Tension With Conservation Groups, Fisheries

    President Donald Trump’s targeting of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the northwest Hawaiian Islands for national review has revived a lopsided debate between Native Hawaiians, Read More »

  • What happened to the price of shrimp?

    Since 2010 the price of shrimp has more than doubled, forcing giant Darden Restaurants to try to divest themselves of Red Lobster and their “endless shrimp” Read More »

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