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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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Connecticut’s traditional fishing catch is heading north – New England marine life on the move
There was a hefty irony to the announcement by Connecticut’s two U.S. senators earlier this summer that they were joining the sponsorship for a National Lobster Read More » -
Northern ice becoming more dangerous, says sealer stuck 23 days in frozen expanse
The memory of 23 long, cold and uncertain days trapped in the Atlantic ice is never far from the recollection of fisherman and sealer Dave Patey. Read More » -
NT fisherman left with gaping arm wound after developing flesh-eating virus
A fisho has been left with a “gaping hole” in his left arm after being spiked by a sawshark and developing a rare flesh-eating virus on Read More » -
F/V New Age Owner Desperately Trying to Save Sinking Boat
The owner of the New Age, a commercial fishing vessel from Montauk that took on water Wednesday morning, forcing its crew to evacuate the boat 25 Read More » -
Coast Guard sets Port Condition Yankee for Morehead City, NC
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) North Carolina has set Port Condition Yankee for Morehead City in preparation for the anticipated weather impact of Read More » -
NIOSH Announces Availability of $6 Million in Commercial Fishing Safety Research and Training Grants
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announced the availability of $6 million dollars in grant Read More » -
NH port director Geno Marconi indicted a day after his wife, a NH Supreme Court justice
New Hampshire Ports and Harbors director Geno Marconi has been indicted on felony charges announced Thursday, along with Bradley Cook, the chairman of the state Ports and Read More » -
Boycott the avoiders
It’s time to boycott restaurants and other places that take lobster off their menu to save the North Atlantic right whale. Restaurants and stores that take Read More » -
Video: Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Fisherman from F/V Jerilyn in Southeast Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists and injured 21-year-old fisherman from the vessel Jerilyn 92 miles southeast of Sitka, Alaska, Aug. 5, Read More » -
Port of New Bedford ranks No. 1 for 18th consecutive year
Death, taxes and New Bedford ranked as the most valuable fishing port in the country remain certainties in life. NOAA announced its annual fish landings data Read More » -
Government went against scientific advice in setting fishing quotas, court told
The Government went against scientific advice when it set maximum fishing quotas for 2024, risking the sustainability of stocks and the livelihoods of fishers, the High Read More » -
Here it is! The Rundown of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
From Atlantic Herring to Summer Flounder and everything in between! Meeting Summaries, Press Releases, and Motions. Read it here 11:58 Read More » -
Senator Rubio Brings Back the Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
Rubio has been pushing the “Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act” since 2018 and he reintroduced it this week. The bill “would require any country that Read More » -
WPRFMC Press Release – Milestone Reached in Setting of New Bottomfish ACLs for US Pacific Island Territories
HONOLULU (18 Sept. 2015) A milestone was reached this week in the setting of the 2016 and 2017 annual catch limits (ACLs) for federally managed bottomfish Read More » -
Deegan Marine’s Stabicraft latest model of ‘unsinkable’ boat
Tucked away in the marine drive at Agfest is a first in Australia. Deegan Marine’s Stabicraft is the latest model of the well-respected brand of ‘unsinkable’ Read More » -
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq vie for licence in lucrative Arctic surf clam fishery
Thirteen Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq bands have announced they are partnering with Clearwater Seafoods to seek a licence in the lucrative Arctic surf clam fishery, following a Read More » -
What Disaster Aid Won’t Do for Massachusetts’ Fisheries
According to a deal announced last week, Massachusetts will receive nearly half of the federal disaster relief funds coming to the Northeast groundfish industry. Nobody thinks Read More » -
F/V Emmy Rose: NTSB uses video, high-res photos in probe of sunken fishing vessel
Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago, taking the lives of all four crew members, are using Read More » -
Like NASCAR and tractor pulling all wrapped into one’: Lobster boats race in Stonington Harbor
STONINGTON, MAINE — On Stonington’s idyllic coastline, the sounds of gulls were drowned out by the roar of 750 horsepower engines on Sunday. Race fans lined Read More » -
Gov. Cuomo Sinks Proposed Gas Terminal Off Long Island
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rejected a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the waters off New York and New Jersey, effectively killing the Read More » -
Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition aims to increase Gulf seafood market
The Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition, which brings fishing industry and marketing officials from the five Gulf states together to promote the Gulf fishery, is working with Read More » -
Nunavut Inuit suing feds over fishing license allocations to Mi’kmaw company
In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association asked the federal court to quash a decision by Canada’s Minister Read More » -
Past Climate Change Was Caused by the Ocean, Not Just the Atmosphere, New Rutgers Study Finds
Most of the concerns about climate change have focused on the amount of greenhouse gases that have been released into the atmosphere.But in a new study Read More » -
Three Fishermen and Their Boat Rescued Near Humboldt Bay
The Coast Guard aided three fishermen in distress after the engine room on their vessel began flooding near Humboldt Bay, Saturday. A good Samaritan issued a Read More » -
Nova Scotia lobster industry facing headwinds after Clearwater exit from live shipping
Those who work in the seafood processing and shipping industry in Nova Scotia say they were surprised by Clearwater Seafoods’ decision to exit the live lobster Read More »
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