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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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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 56.8′ Steel Stern Trawler, CAT 3406, Kubota – 30 KW Genset

    Specifications, information and 8 photo’s  click here   To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:20 Read More »

  • Millions for harbor infrastructure improvements in West Nova

    “As you know, commercial fishing is the cornerstone of many coastal communities across the province and the country,” Fraser said. “In 2015 commercial fishing contributed $6 Read More »
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    Wind Farm Opponents to Host Fundraiser For Legal Defense Fund

    For nearly four years, opponents of a proposed offshore wind farm that they say could negatively affect marine life, tourism, the commercial fishing industry and wildlife Read More »
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    DFO: Season-long fishing closures possible under new North Atlantic right whale protections

    On Thursday, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced more protections in an effort to prevent future entanglements. “These new measures build on that work, and Read More »
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    World’s largest sea turtle could come off ‘endangered’ list

    An arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has received a petition from a fishing group asking that the Northwest Atlantic Ocean’s leatherback sea turtles Read More »
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    Feds declare salmon fishery disasters

    California’s 2016 and 2017 commercial ocean salmon seasons have been declared as federal fisheries disasters, one of many declarations for the state and the rest of Read More »
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    Fishing ship Vostok, missing in Sea of Japan, capsized after icing – witnesses

    The fishing ship Vostok, which has gone missing in the Sea of Japan, capsized under the weight of built-up ice, eyewitnesses said on social networks. “My Read More »

  • Over 2-Million Sockeye Harvested Thursday in Bristol Bay – WHOO! Thats a lot of Dinners!

    The sockeye harvest in Bristol Bay topped 2-million on Thursday to push the season total to 4.1-million. Over 860-thousand sockeye were taken in the Egegik District Read More »

  • Obama will propose vast expansion of Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary

    The announcement — details of which were provided to The Washington Post — is part of a broader push on maritime issues by an administration that Read More »
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    BP & Equinor Demand 54% Hike In Offshore Wind Power Price Increases

    BP PlcBP and partner Equinor ASA EQNR are demanding a 54% hike in electricity prices produced at three offshore wind farms in the United States, per Read More »

  • Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Sacramento, California March 8-14, 2016 Listen Live

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet June 10-16, 2015 in Spokane, Washington, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento. Download the June 2015 Read More »

  • Snow crab harvest slashed by 40% compared to last season

    Crabbers’ fears of diving quota came true with the third-lowest snow crab harvest limit since 2005. The quota cut represents nearly a third of the entire Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Bristol Bay community leaders lay out minimum protocol needed to allow salmon season

    Leaders of several major community organizations in Bristol Bay have issued a list of minimum protocols they expect to be in place before the commercial salmon Read More »

  • Sullivan Win’s! Begitch Out! Loses Chair, U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommitee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard

    Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. Sullivan led Begich by about 8,100 votes on Election Night last week Read More »
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    Boat captain charged with fishing violations

    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Offshore Patrol Vessel Program officers stopped the 48-foot commercial vessel, named Legacy, in the Pompano Endorsement Zone in Read More »

  • Search for Bella Coola fisherman suspended

    The search for a fisherman who went missing near Bella Coola last Friday has been suspended. RCMP conducted a three-day search for the 35-year-old local man Read More »
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    Body of missing Coos Bay fisherman recovered in Alaska

    The body of a missing fisherman whose boat capsized off the Alaskan coast has been found, according to his family. Jake Hannah, 22, was one of Read More »

  • Team of horses, haul of lobster — one day at a time for Joudrey

    Truman Joudrey was taking it one day at a time. He sat on two tractor-trailer tires harnessed to two tired workhorses on an evening earlier this Read More »

  • A Good News Report: Blue crab numbers rebounding

    Blue crab population numbers have grown for the second straight year, especially for female crabs, but their numbers are still below target levels, a Chesapeake Bay Read More »

  • Cove Harbour – Man puts huge boulders around harbour to stop fishermen leaving their boats

    A landowner at an historic harbour in Aberdeen has this weekend put in place four “eyesore” boulders as part of his ongoing efforts to prevent a local community – which has Read More »
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    Australia: Senate inquiry on impacts of seismic testing starts in Hobart

    An inquiry into the impact of seismic testing in Australian waters has heard there is little scientific research into the effects it has on marine life Read More »
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    A safety training exercise that every fisherman “needs to know”

    Bob Scammon lived out the words of the medical training. Michael Oliveira experienced the man overboard training in reality. Scammon, a commercial fishing captain for more Read More »

  • First in Maine, Now in Massachusetts. Toxic algae outbreak halts shellfishing in Buzzards Bay, Mount Hope Bay

    The state’s Division of Marine Fisheries has banned shellfishing in the west side of Buzzards Bay and in Mount Hope Bay because of a breakout of Read More »
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    Scientists see long-term hope for Maine’s lobster fishery despite warming waters

    Dire predictions about the effects of global warming on Maine’s lobster population may be exaggerated and underestimate the potential that conservation measures have to preserve the Read More »

  • Shrimp prices down amid flurry of imports, reports of foreign abuse

    It was quiet as sunburnt deckhands scrubbed trawlers moored at the shrimp house on Wheelers Creek this week. The last three months of shrimping have been Read More »

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