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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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  • Can cod and crab co-exist? – The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong

    We look at the relationship between cod and crab and whether they can co-exist. Also: the challenge of finding fish plant workers in this province; and Read More »

  • Breaking : Wreckage found from the Foxy Lady II

    BOSTON — Coast Guard Sector Boston confirmed the discovery of the submerged wreckage of the 45-foot fishing vessel Foxy Lady II, Friday at approximately 11 a.m. Read More »
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    Canadians are contesting New Hampshire’s supposedly record-breaking lobster roll

    Perhaps not since the Pork and Beans War has New England been engaged in such an inconsequential food-related dispute with its northern neighbors. But here we are. Read More »

  • Plan to privatize snapper-grouper fishery ownership off southeastern states blasted by fishing advocacy group

    Tom Swatzel says the SAFMC has purposely not used the controversial phrase “catch shares” in the plan, but instead has used less understood terminology for catch Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40′ Young Brothers Lobster Boat, 550HP John Deere Diesel

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  • Sea lion drags young girl into water at Richmond’s Steveston Wharf

    A sea lion was captured on video dragging a young girl into the water at Richmond’s Steveston Fisherman Wharf. In the video, which was posted to Youtube by Read More »

  • Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., co-sponsors bill to give exemption to fishing vessels

    The moratorium addressed in the bill Jones’ cosponsored was for a federal court ruling in California in 2006 that said EPA was required under the Clean Read More »

  • This year’s California salmon catch could be the last good one for a while

    The 2014 California king salmon season that begins May 1 is predicted to be one of the better years recently, despite this winter’s drought. But we’d Read More »

  • Creepy deepwater fish surprises Nova Scotia fisherman

    A fishing trawler off the coast of Newfoundland recently hauled up a creature from the depths of the ocean that made even experienced fishermen do a Read More »
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    Lobstermen in Maine ready for debate over license wait list

    There are few things in Maine as coveted as a lobster fishing license, and a proposal to bring dozens of people off the state’s license waiting Read More »
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    Maine lobstermen tell federal regulators: We’re not killing the whales

    The Maine Lobstering Union accuses the agency of caving to environmental organizations when it should be defending the industry. Kristan Porter, a Cutler lobsterman who heads Read More »

  • 44-foot Whale Carcass on Bow of Cruise Ship Baffles NY Authorities

    Marine conservationists and government scientists are seeking clues to the mystery of how a 44-foot whale carcass ended up on the bow of a cruise liner, Read More »

  • Certified Authentic Louisiana shrimp proves challenging

    That Certified Authentic Louisiana label that you might see on bags of seafood at grocery stores is as much about survival for the state’s shrimp processors, Read More »

  • Boston Seafood Show Science Forum Suggests ENGOs are Misleading Public on Sustainability

     NEWS ANALYSIS by John Sackton SEAFOOD.COM –  The dominant view expressed by leading fisheries  scientists at the Boston meeting was that the NGOs have a profound  misunderstanding Read More »

  • £26k (28,600 US) fine for ‘under cover of darkness’ scallop fishermen

    TWO French fishermen who regularly illegally dredged for scallops in Jersey waters after sneaking in ‘under the cover of darkness’ have been fined a total of Read More »

  • Government of Canada invests over $65M in Marine Search and Rescue services as part of the Oceans Protection Plan

    Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier announced $24.29 million in funding, with $3.37 million ongoing, to expand Indigenous search and rescue Read More »

  • Groundswell sweeps in for Hired Captains and Crew: to Secretary Pritzker, Chairman Olson, and Council Members

     Re BYCATCH 14-004 — C-2: GOA Trawl Bycatch Discussion Paper, EDRs I’m Stephen Taufen, founder of the Groundswell Fisheries Movement, public advocates since the early 1990’s Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Flattening the economy to control COVID-19 will have limited benefits at high costs

    In 2016, U.S. economist Larry Summers, commenting on the release of a report titled The Neglected Dimension of Global Security: A Framework to Counter Infectious Disease Read More »

  • When residents of an Alaska fishing village can’t fish, normal life comes to an end

    Expensive fishing nets sit on the hardware store shelves, unsold. Families struggle to buy baby diapers, back-to-school clothes and gasoline for boats that take them to Read More »

  • Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to discuss Columbia River reforms on Friday

    The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet by teleconference at 8:30 a.m. Friday to discuss the Columbia River salmon reforms. The public may listen to the Read More »

  • The Ted Stevens Memorial

    With the crab quotas that Ted Stevens pushed through congress leasing to fishing vessels at 80 percent of the value of the catch and the crews Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Steel Longliner, 500HP Cummins, 30-kw gensets, Federal Permits

    Specifications, information and 25 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<13:47 Read More »

  • PETA protester sheds shell for cause!

    A crowd of curious spectators and journalists gathered at the corner of Park and Main Streets Aug. 3 to witness a supporter of PETA (People for Read More »
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    International Pacific Halibut Commission disagrees on catch cuts

    Commissioners from the U.S. and Canada this week could not agree on the size of catch reductions that fishing fleets in the two countries should take Read More »

  • Rare North Pacific Right Whale Sighted Off British Columbia Coast

    For the first time in over 60 years, a North Pacific right whale has been spotted in British Columbia waters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist James Read More »

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