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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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  • Construction of subsea power cable for Cutler Naval Communications Station has Scallopers concerned

    Fishermen in Machias Bay are on alert as the construction of a subsea power cable is set to get underway. Some met with representatives from the Read More »
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    Midcoast Maine lobsterman Sadie Samuels featured in new NBC series on women in food

    Rockport lobster boat captain and Belfast restaurant owner Sadie Samuels was featured on an NBC streaming show in a recent episode focusing on women in the Read More »
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    Retired fisherman shocked to hear online troll used his photograph

    Cyril Lawless got quite the surprise this week when he discovered his photograph was used on a fake social media profile used to troll female politicians. Read More »

  • Independent Greenpeace? Never Mind

    Greenpeace makes a big deal about how it’s independent. It tells us again and again and again that it accepts no government or corporate money. We Read More »

  • Serving up Asian Carp

    It’s survival of the fittest for fish in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Asian Carp, a non-native fish, are rapidly multiplying and threatening other species of Read More »

  • Canada opens personal-use mackerel bait fishery, extends commercial moratorium

    Canada is opening a personal-use bait fishery for mackerel this spring while extending the moratorium on commercial mackerel fishing in Atlantic Canada and Quebec in 2024. Read More »
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    FISH FACTOR: Salmon permit values rise on optimism; halibut shares sinking

    Nearly all Alaska salmon permits have gone up in value since last fall and buying/selling/trading action is brisk. “We’re as busy as we’ve ever been in Read More »

  • Judge: Agency cited improper authority to increase Trinity flows

    The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, along with their legal representative Earthjustice, celebrated the decision Wednesday as a victory for salmon and the commercial fishing Read More »

  • Coastal issues unresolved in U.S. Congress

    BATON ROUGE — Causes taken up by lawmakers who represent parts of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in Washington D.C., died amid Congressional gridlock as lawmakers wrapped Read More »

  • Shark trackers plot migration of great whites up and down East Coast

    The three East Coast sharks tracked by Ocearch are the first white sharks in history with Facebook followers. As of Saturday, both Lydia and Mary Lee, Read More »

  • Focus on innovation and new markets make New Brunswick top seafood exporter in Canada

    FREDERICTON, N.B. – New Brunswick has grown to become Canada’s largest seafood exporter on the strength of its focus on new markets and innovation. continue Read More »
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    Coronavirus: UK Fishing industry shrank ‘dramatically’ during pandemic

    Activity fell sharply in Britain and China in 2020 but increased in US, Japan and South Korea. In a year of unprecedented decline, the UK and China Read More »

  • Researcher suspended for “egregious violations.”after dolphin moved to resort community’s pool

    FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) – Federal officials have suspended a central Florida dolphin researcher for allegedly putting a sick dolphin in a resort community’s swimming pool Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Danvers, MA September 20 – 22, 2016

    The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting in Danvers, Ma. at the Double Tree by Hilton. To read the final agenda, click here  Register here to Read More »

  • Beaufort’s shrimping industry on the brink. Local boats sit while imported catch floods market

    Thursday at Village Creek on St. Helena Island was another picture postcard-worthy morning with an American flag lilting in a slight southeast breeze near the shrimper Read More »
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    Whole Foods drops Honolulu fish auction until it proves fair boat labor

    Whole Foods has suspended buying fish from the Hawaii fish auction amid concerns over the labor practices of some fishing vessels. It’s an issue Always Investigating Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman Thomas “Tommy Guns” Blevin, 60, of Wildwood, NJ, has passed away

    Thomas “Tommy Guns” Blevin, 60, of Wildwood, NJ, passed away on November 9, 2022 after a brief illness. Tommy is a beloved grandson, son, nephew, brother, Read More »
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    Skipper celebrating clean bill of health with trawler Robyn

    Castletownbere fisherman Daniel Healy is not only celebrating the launch of his new trawler, but also the 11th anniversary of his kidney transplant. Skipper and owner Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’: 8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Show

    For 16 seasons, viewers have loved watching crab fishermen in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan fishing season. The Mike Rowe narrated show is now Emmy Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 7, 2020

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council Meeting – February 25 – 26, 2014 in Danvers , Ma. LISTEN LIVE!

    February 25-26, 2014 – New England Fishery Management Council Meeting at Double Tree Hotel 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923 Phone: 978/777-2500 ; Fax: 978/750-7959   Read the agenda Read More »

  • Re-examining safety practices in the wake of this year’s commercial fishing deaths

    “It’s time for a checkup from the neck up” — meaning an industry time-out to evaluate fishing operations and behaviors — advises Jerry Dzugan, director of the Sitka-based Read More »
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    Oregon: 2021-22 Dungeness Crab season blowing past last year’s harvest

    Tim Novotny is a spokesman with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. He says it was great to have this commercial crabbing season start on schedule for Read More »
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    HEY POLITICIANS !!! The levelized cost of floating offshore wind farms – It is a financial disaster.

    Last year, I wrote a blog post setting out the financial situation of Hywind, the UK’s first commercial floating offshore windfarm, and indeed the first in the Read More »

  • Injunction Denied for Bay Area Herring Fishing

    Commercial fisherman in the Bay Area cannot gather spawning herring within a protected quarter-mile, a federal judge ruled, refusing to issue an injunction. U.S. officials informed Read More »

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