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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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  • The northern shrimp problem — a brief history, Russell Wangersky

    Perhaps it’s fitting this battle is over a creature that’s a hermaphrodite — because the ongoing battle over northern shrimp hinges on a fundamental change. The Read More »
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    Crab fleet gearing up for season

    Crab fishermen began setting their pots today in preparation for opening day of the 2019 commercial Dungeness season. Following a delay of about six weeks due Read More »

  • Oral argument scheduled in salmon lawsuit

    The Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund and United Cook Inlet Drift Association allege that the federal government erred when it removed Cook Inlet salmon management from the Read More »

  • 3MMI – Small Pollock Creates Strong Minced Market, Brazil’s Economy Impact on Global Seafood Market

    3-Minute Market Insight: As Alaska Pollock continues to land with smaller sized fish (500-750 grams), the Minced Pollock market continues to grow. Pacific Whiting supply is short, Read More »

  • Steelheaders call for Buckmaster’s removal from fish commission

    In the latest development in the feud between sports anglers and commercial fishermen over the use of gillnets in the lower Columbia River, a sports angling Read More »

  • Warming Waters Could Shift Salmon, Other Species on West Coast

    Fights over salmon have raged for decades in the Pacific Northwest. Overfishing in the late 19th century, the proliferation of dams in Oregon and Washington in Read More »

  • ‘Wild Alaskan’ floating strip club owner guilty of dumping human waste in harbor

    The owner of a crabbing boat that was converted into a floating strip club off the shore of an Alaskan island has been found guilty of Read More »

  • Dwayne Samson, captain in ‘murder for lobster’ case, sentenced to 10 years

    A Cape Breton lobster boat captain who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of another fisherman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Dwayne Matthew Read More »
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    Fish-o-nomics 101

    Alaska leads the nation in unemployment, and fish processors in Bristol Bay are complaining they couldn’t find the workers necessary to head, gut and in some Read More »
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    Nova Scotia lobster fishery braces for a downturn as inflation hits

    Fishermen are seeing the downside of a cyclical industry at a time when inflation has sent their input costs skyrocketing. Geordy Bennett, a lobster boat captain Read More »

  • Rep. Antonio F.D. Cabral seeks $450,000 for SMAST project

    “SMAST is an innovative leader for fisheries research and I’m proud to have won state funds for SMAST to continue its independent research on groundfish populations,” Read More »
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    Lobsters to be given away to Mainers in Need Christmas Eve

    Nothing says Maine generosity quite like giving away lobsters to those in need. And on Christmas Eve, no less. Local lobsterman, Noah Ames, and his family Read More »
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    Already the most dangerous profession, drug and alcohol use an increasing problem on fishing boats

    One of Canada’s largest and most lucrative fisheries appears to be facing a growing drug problem, with sources saying drugs ranging from cannabis to cocaine have Read More »

  • Would offshore wind turbines save or ruin the Jersey Shore? Debaters rumble in Berkeley

    Police officers filled Central Regional High School on Tuesday night, where tensions ran high as critics and proponents of electricity generated by offshore wind faced off Read More »

  • US: Chinese Island Building Threatens Shipping, Fishing

    China’s aggressive island building in the South China Sea has drawn international attention to Beijing’s expansive maritime territorial claims. This week it also drew a caution Read More »

  • While we slept, the damned end of the Eastport breakwall fell into the water! Video

    So peaceful, so tranquil, then,,,, BAM!!! At about 2:20 a.m., the Washington County dispatch notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Eastport, Maine, that the end of the Read More »
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    Freak wave hit trawler ‘like a cannon’

    Here Michael Sparkes shares another tale of the sea. Michael told us that he found it easy to record this account as it was the coldest Read More »

  • Baker: The changing tone of the seal harvest – A Sustainable Natural Resource

    Having any kind of logical, fully-informed debate about seals is never an easy thing to do because it’s laced with so much emotion. From my perspective Read More »
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    EnBW North America hires fisheries liaison

    EnBW North America has appointed Beth Casoni as the company’s fisheries liaison and has joined the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance’s (RODA) joint industry task force devoted Read More »

  • ‘Deadliest Catch’: Wild Bill Opens Up About Cancer Diagnosis

    Captain Wild Bill Wichrowski of ‘Deadliest Catch’ refused to ‘crawl into a shell’ when he learned he had prostate cancer. Deadliest Catch star Wild Bill Wichrowski Read More »

  • Documentary filmmaker Twyla Roscovich captures the wild life of salmon

    It’s a Vancouver International Film Festival first for Ms. Roscovich, who has worked as a director and cinematographer for the BBC Natural History and Discovery Channel. The Read More »

  • Mi’kmaq woman to challenge lobster fishing rules

    Cheryl Maloney is gearing up to go lobster fishing. She doesn’t have a commercial licence and she won’t be using one of the food and ceremonial Read More »
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    Scientists warn of ecosystem consequences for proposed B.C. seal hunt

    A British Columbia group wants to revive the seal and sea lion hunt on the west coast, provoking a debate about the controversial practice and prompting Read More »

  • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council – The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel meeting starts at 1:30 today (Tues). You can listen in via webinar

    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel meeting starts at 1:30 today (Tues).  You can listen in via webinar here and check out Read More »

  • Where Barnegat Bay’s pollution really comes from

    Rapid growth in southern Ocean County in the last decade may be accelerating the marked decline of Barnegat Bay in the last few years —extending southward Read More »

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