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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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  • No more fish waste disposal in Petersburg harbors –

    Petersburg Pilot – Petersburg Harbormaster, Glorianne Wollen, has issued an alert to the public stating there will be no more fish waste disposal allowed in Petersburg harbors effective Read More »

  • Sea You Home Safe! Seafish is calling on the UK’s fishermen to think about their safety

    Seafish is calling on the UK’s fishermen to think about their safety after research revealed 46% of commercial fishermen consider their job to be dangerous but Read More »
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    Statewide commercial salmon harvest tops 14M fish

    Millions of wild salmon heading for their spawning grounds in Alaska are being greeted by commercial fishermen with drift gillnets and setnets, harvesting upwards of 14 Read More »

  • Held Without Bail: Drunk Skipper arrested/charged after playing “bumper boats” and slamming into a dock

    At about noon on Labor Day, a man driving a 43-foot commercial fishing vessel played “bumper boats” in Aurora harbor before he slammed into a dock Read More »

  • American Samoa – Local fising boat owners plead for help

    Port charges, clearance requirements, and the drop in the price of albacore are being cited by local boat owners as the reason most of American Samoa Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43′ Fiberglass Scalloper with Ma. CAP, CAT 3406,

    Specifications, information and 6 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<MA Coastal Access Permit with the following endorsements: CAP-Squid; Whiting; Read More »

  • FISH-NL calls for resignation of leader of province’s Federation of Labour, and they’re not alone!

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is demanding the resignation of Mary Shortall, president of the province’s Federation of Labour, for Read More »

  • Feds ax porpoise-related fishing grounds closures

    GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Federal fishing regulators have eliminated a strategy that aims to protect the harbor porpoise by closing New England fishermen out of certain Read More »

  • Sources: Davis in deal for US scallop catcher Peabody Corp.

    After being in talks to buy Oceans Fleet Fisheries and looking at Wanchese Fish Company, Jeff Davis and his private equity partners are reportedly set to Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Menhaden Business – 2 vessels, with permits, and quota

    To review specifications, and information, and 60 photos, Turn key business includes 2 vessels, seines, and existing customers, permits and quota for New Jersey, MA permit Read More »
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    Police smash cocaine smuggling ring at Sydney Fish Market in Christmas Day raid

    A former rugby league first grade player, a Bondi entrepreneur and several fishermen are among 15 men arrested on Christmas Day in a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring bust. Read More »
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    Coast Guard searching for missing Maine lobsterman

    Dense fog wrapping the Downeast coast is complicating the Coast Guard’s search Saturday for a young Maine lobsterman who didn’t return Friday evening from a day Read More »
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    At Sea Observer – Whistleblowers say workplace abuse hides true impacts of B.C.’s trawl fishery

    Under the at-sea observer program, observers are required to estimate bycatch on ships, often while mountains of fish are being dumped on deck and unwanted species Read More »
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    Vessel runs aground near Naknek, prompts temporary fishing closure

    After a fishing vessel washed up on shore in the Bristol Bay area near Naknek and leaked diesel fuel, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Read More »
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    Investigation reveals private equity firms dominate the New Bedford fishing industry

    A debate is raging in the local scallop industry about whether fishermen should be allowed to lease their permits. Supporters say the proposal could help fishermen Read More »

  • The West Coast Drift Net Guys Can’t Catch a Break!

    This notice announces that, through rulemaking in the Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is closing the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area, prohibiting fishing with Read More »

  • Video: Coast Guard, Seattle-based F/V Aleutian Beauty Rescue 5 Fishermen From Life Raft in Bering Sea, Alaska

    Good Samaritans aboard the 98-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Aleutian Beauty,  responding to a Coast Guard issued urgent marine information broadcast, rescue  five uninjured fishermen from a Read More »
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    For NH’s food producers, Coronavirus sends a very mixed message

    Across New Hampshire, the demand for local food is up, even as restaurants have closed or have tried to get by with takeout. The state’s small Read More »

  • New Zealand: Underwater life in Kaikoura Canyon marine nature reserve entirely wiped out after earthquake

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November at Kaikōura, on New Zealand’s South Island, has destroyed all creatures living on the seabed in the Kaikōura Canyon marine Read More »

  • Joe’s Lobster Mart – Fish dealer fights for livelihood

    The decision is likely to come within days and was prompted by owner Joseph Vaudo’s guilty plea in March that he received stolen oysters at his Read More »

  • SSC: Scientists Recommend Management Options for South Pacific Albacore, False Killer Whales, Hawai`i Bottomfish

    Honolulu – The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) that advises the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council concluded its three-day meeting Thursday in Honolulu. Read more Read More »

  • Japanese Fishermen Painted as ‘Sadists’ in Oscar-Winner “The Cove” 

    A group of Japanese fishermen have broken their silence over a controversial annual dolphin kill that was the focus of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove”. “In Read More »

  • Our ocean, communities not for sale – Fishers

    Our ocean, communities and our sociocultural wellbeing are not for sale. This statement formed part of the declarations made by FishNet Alliance, a network of fishers Read More »

  • Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology Researchers identify new factor in global warming

    Researchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany have studied a factor in climate change which has not been included in previous climate change projections. Read More »

  • Long Island restaurant owner receives 23-pound, 95-year-old lobster

    A lobster that spent 95 years in the sea was a sight to behold when it was finally captured. The mammoth, 23-pound shellfish was finally captured Read More »

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