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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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    Fishermen block Placentia lift bridge after waiting overnight to unload crab

    A skipper who waited overnight to offload crab because the Placentia lift bridge was down blocked vehicular traffic in protest Thursday morning. Brian Barry and his Read More »
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    Charity calls on government to help Teesside fishermen

    Just over 18 months ago, waves of dead and dying shellfish began washing up on mile after mile of shoreline in the north-east of England. No-one Read More »

  • N.S. lobster dealer granted bail in buyer intimidation case

    A 65-year-old lobster dealer from southwest Nova Scotia charged with several counts of intimidation linked to the industry has been granted bail but is barred from Read More »
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    British fishermen tired of taking ‘scraps’ from Brussels are counting down the days to Brexit

    They still like a Canadian down in Cornwall. The fishermen here all remember flying the Maple Leaf on their boats in solidarity back in 1995, when Read More »
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    DFO and fishing vessel safety – A Damning Indictment of its safety culture

    Fisheries and Oceans’ decision not to extend the halibut fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the province’s inshore harvesters who didn’t catch their quotas Read More »

  • Greenland halibut quota increase to boost fishing jobs in N.L.

    A small increase in the total allowable catch (TAC) of Greenland halibut will pay big dividends for fishing communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the Read More »

  • Tom Dempsey is in Climate Denial. “It wasn’t even the prime driver,”

    Calling for “a national voice for fishermen about climate change,” Dempsey also advocated better regional fisheries management and more control by fishermen in setting goals and Read More »
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    U.S. Secretary of Commerce Declares Commercial Fishery Disasters for West Coast Salmon and Sardines

    Today, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that commercial fishery failures occurred between 2015 and 2017 for salmon fisheries in Washington, Oregon, and California, in addition Read More »
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    DFO rules forcing fishing industry into unstable boats

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association: Weekly Update for September 12, 2022

    Last week the US House Committee on Natural Resources marked up a bill on the Magnuson Act reauthorization. The late Congressman from Alaska, Don Young, was Read More »

  • Mads Barbesgaard’s Report on Ocean Grabbing to the delegates of the 6th WFFP General Assembly

    Published on Sep 2, 2014 Mads Barbesgaars, chairperson of Afrika Kontakt, gives a report on Ocean Grabbing and it’s context within neo-liberalisim and growing inequality, to Read More »

  • Atlantic Canadian lobster industry seeks stamp of sustainability

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    Nils E. Stolpe/FishnetUSA – NOAA Fisheries Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

    Well, first we have this reassuring (at least if you’re not that familiar with the capacity of NOAA Fisheries to get it really, really wrong!) statement Read More »
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    Trawler which sank after colliding with Condor ferry off Jersey’s coast to be raised

    The wreck of the F/V L’Ecume II fishing trawler is to be raised from the seabed, the government has announced. During a media briefing to provide Read More »

  • Big ocean waves give Dungeness Crab Christmas vacation

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  • DFO warns Canadian fishers about participating in French halibut fishery

    On Friday, Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a statement saying it has requested formal consultations under the Proces-Verbal to reach an agreement related to quota allocation. Read More »
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    Dungeness Crab season is going strong on Oregon Coast

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  • Exclusive: Ocean acidification not a current problem, top NOAA scientist insists in FOIA-ed e-mails

    JunkScience.com got NOAA scientist e-mails via FOIA? Why can’t Congress? Last October, the New York Times published this dire op-ed on ocean acidification, supposedly authored by Read More »

  • John Bullard – No guarantees that fish stocks will come back

    The big question is: Why has this happened? Over the years, quotas have been gradually reduced, but still the fish aren’t coming back as expected. It Read More »

  • New rules for dolphin proposed

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  • Southside fishers hope first haul bodes well for season

    Monday’s first haul of the lobster season for south side fishers brought calm conditions on the water, with preliminary prices ranging anywhere from $7.50 to $8 Read More »

  • Gulf oyster harvest has nose-dived since BP spill

    Gulf Coast oyster harvests have declined dramatically in the four years since a BP PLC oil well blew wild in the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. Read More »
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    PHOTOS: Lobster season Dumping Day in Digby

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  • Labrador crew maintain their smiles despite heavily damaged Arctic vessel

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  • F/V Sea Angel catches fire at Providence scrap yard

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