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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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  • Gov. gets deaf ear from White House on fisheries as Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to President Obama Dummies Up!

    Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to President Obama, has declined to explain why the White House turned a deaf ear to the pleas of Gov. Deval Read More »

  • Stronger restrictions adopted affecting California’s drift gill net fishery

    West Coast fishery managers on Monday adopted stringent regulations against California’s swordfish and thresher shark drift gill net fishery, laying the framework to more aggressively limit Read More »
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    The Fishing Fleet: An invisible cornerstone of our economy

    Hundreds of people who drive by on their way to and from wherever probably don’t notice, but you might, or at least you could. Look seaward Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for November 13, 2014

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273  Click here  for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Thing Read More »

  • ‘Give us a call’: Fisheries Protective Co-op welcomes outside buyers

    The Fisheries Protective Co-operative (FPC) welcomes outside buyers interested in purchasing fish from the province’s inshore fleet and invites such companies to contact the co-op to Read More »

  • $62,500 in fines, fishing prohibitions doled out in Yarmouth County seizure of 6,222 illegal lobsters

    The seizure of lobsters by DFO took place on April 27, 2012, in Comeau’s Hill involving the fishing vessel Melanie Lynn II. In provincial court in Read More »
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    Snow crab fishermen plead guilty for failing to accurately report catch weight

    A number of snow crab fishers pleaded guilty in a P.E.I. court Thursday to violations of the Fisheries Act following a Department of Fisheries and Oceans Read More »

  • Billy Frank Jr. Day – Area tribes to honor Billy Frank Jr. with ceremonies, holiday today

    Tribes are remembering Billy Frank Jr. today in ceremonies and with holidays to recognize his achievements as an environmental leader and Native American fishing rights activist. Read More »

  • Saving Seafood Alert – Three Members of Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Push for Fishing Disaster Funding

    Rep. Markey’s amendment, which was filed today, seeks to restore the $150 million in funding as an emergency appropriation, and therefore would not require a reduction Read More »
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    “We were pumped”! Lobster fishermen find and retrieve big anchor outside of Malpeque Harbour

    Matt Wall was out fishing last week, hauling lobster traps, when he noticed something unusual. “It just seemed like the traps were stuck on the bottom,” Read More »

  • Columbia coho run 26 percent larger than forecast

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    Local Commercial Salmon Fishing Industry Sees Silver Lining Amid Coronavirus Crisis

    California’s fishing industry is designated as essential by Governor Gavin Newsom, but their usual markets, restaurants, are all but shut down because of the coronavirus. That’s Read More »
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    DMR briefs legislature on impact of NOAA’s new lobstering rules, options for appeal

    On September 14, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources met and discussed the impact new rules recently released by the NOAA will have on Maine’s Read More »

  • Scotland fishing: Inshore limit called for following HPMA debacle

    An open letter written by a commercial fisherman has called for restrictions to curb more damaging forms of fishing in inshore waters. Alistair Philp, National Coordinator Read More »

  • Young Rye NH fisherman reels in National Geographic viewers

    THE National Geographic show “Wicked Tuna” are already making plans to visit Rye Harbor this summer to spend a day at sea with one of the Read More »

  • Good Samaritan Vessels Rescue 36 from Burning Fishing Vessel in Remote Pacific

    The 36-member crew of a Papua New Guinea-flagged commercial purse seiner are safe following a joint rescue by good samaritan vessels and search and rescue authorities Read More »
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    Sam Parisi: Remembering the F/V Andrea Gail, and the loved ones left behind

    On October 28,10991, we lost six fishermen during the Perfect Storm aboard the F/V Andrea Gail. Captain Billy Tyne, David Sullivan, and Robert  Shatford of Gloucester, Read More »

  • Council accepts mayor’s appeal on yellowtail flounder By Steve Urbon

    John Haran, who manages Sector XIII, a group of groundfish boats with members from New Bedford to Greenport, N.Y., was at Wednesday’s meeting and said he Read More »

  • William Deas: East Neuk fisherman who skippered Reaper dies at 98

    William Coull Deas, the embodiment of the once-thriving Scottish herring fishing industry, has died aged 98. Born in Cellardyke, from the age of 13 he fished Read More »
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    Pacific Ocean ‘blob’ appears to take toll on Alaska cod

    Gulf of Alaska cod populations appear to have nose-dived, a collapse fishery scientists believe is linked to warm water temperatures known as “the blob” that peaked Read More »
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    Cost, timeline for removing Klamath River dams updated

    Removing four hydroelectric dams along the lower Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California is expected to cost just under $434 million and could happen Read More »

  • Passamaquoddy Tribe upset after Maine Department of Marine Resources pulls back from elver deal

    AUGUSTA, Maine — Passamaquoddy Chief Joseph Socobasin said Friday the tribe was disappointed that the Department of Marine Resources withdrew its support Wednesday for a tentative Read More »

  • Skinningrove’s fishing boat restored after years on beach

    A fishing boat which became a “local landmark” on a beach for almost two decades has been restored. The Repus Cole was displayed on Skinningrove Beach Read More »

  • MSU boat safety training helps save two fishermen

    The Atlantic hurricane that sunk the cargo ship El Faro in early October highlights the need for sailors to be trained in how to react in Read More »

  • NOAA, states and fishing industry reconsider buyout or buyback plans

    Even as Massachusetts pushes to get the second phase of federal disaster funding to eligible Bay State beneficiaries, the fate of the federal buyout or industry Read More »

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