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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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  • Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Quiet waterfront not a good sign for our fisheries

    It was generally quiet on the Gloucester waterfront yesterday — and that’s not good. In years past, Gloucester’s fishermen and those gearing up to work as Read More »

  • Biden administration sued over Virginia offshore wind farm approval

    A conservative think tank on Monday sued the Biden administration in an effort to reverse approval of what would be the largest offshore wind farm of its Read More »

  • Zooplankton decline reported in North Atlantic

    The absence of the normal surge of plankton in the spring is a concern because that’s when cod and haddock and many other species produce offspring, Read More »

  • Our View: White House putting politics ahead of fishery science

    Something happened Monday that made us wonder if there wasn’t finally some progress being made in fisheries management. About 150 businesses, organizations and individuals with interests Read More »

  • Paul Davis should pull support for trade deal, says Lorraine Michael

    The fund was created to help this province’s fishing industry deal with the elimination of minimum processing requirements (MPRs) for fish products being exported to EU Read More »

  • Alaska Board of Fisheries okays 1/3 trawl ban

    Unalaska Bay trawl ban supporters won a partial victory, when the state fish board voted last weekend to close the bay to trawling in August, while Read More »

  • In Compliance! Federal government upholds NJ’s flounder regulations; 18-inch size limit affirmed

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross notified New Jersey officials Tuesday that the state’s 2017 flounder regulations were in Read More »

  • New Group Is Dedicated to Liberating Lobsters

    The lobster heroes are here: Crustacean Liberation is a new advocacy group dedicated to saving one of the most overlooked and abused groups of animals: lobsters, crabs, shrimp, Read More »

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  • Judge Lets East Sand Island Cormorant Cull Continue

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  • NEFMC to ask Congress in its rewrite of the Magnuson-Stevens Act to establish a certification program for seafood

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  • Mount Polley Mine Report Highlights Threats to Alaska Salmon, Fishing Jobs and Communities

    A diverse group of Alaskans said a report released today on the Mount Polley mine disaster in British Columbia (B.C.) provides new evidence that mines planned Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 28, 2017

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    Brady hits out at Ministers for ‘passing buck’ as Arklow fisherman flounders in debt

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  • Pacific: New Long line fishing rule protects endangered short-tailed albatross

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    Facing the Wind – A fisherman’s take on offshore wind

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  • Broken Bureaucracy – Magnuson-Stevens Act – It’s All Out of Balance

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