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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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    Work ramps up on Western Flyer

    Sitting in the pilot house of the Western Flyer, the fishing boat that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took down to the Sea of Cortez, shipwright Read More »

  • Fisheries minister accepts recommendation for no lobster ballot industry vote next year

    SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA – Usually with less than a month to go before the end-of-November start to the commercial lobster fishery in Yarmouth and parts of Read More »

  • Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak medevacs fisherman from F/V Ruth M near Cordova, Alaska

    The helicopter crew, forward-deployed to Cordova for the summer season, was conducting a routine patrol when Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center watchstanders received the medevac Read More »

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  • 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 »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ Bruno Trawler-Scalloper-Gillnetter Detroit 12-V-71 (Fresh Rebuild)

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    Brexit News: Britons Rage At Boris Over Fishing Move: ‘Not Done What He Was Elected To Do’

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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 58′ Steel Stern Trawler, 6 Cylinder Cat 343, Lugger – 8KW Generator, Permits

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  • Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Members Witness Bigelow Survey Operations

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  • Crabs to crawfish! – Longview Washington fisherman catching a different crustacean

    TDN.com – Outside of Michael Furford’s mobile home next to the skiff boat he’s repairing, wire crawfish pots stack the wall, almost reaching the roof. Furford said Read More »
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    Lobster fisherman involved in fatal collision to be sentenced March 17 – Prosecutor wants jail time

    A federal prosecutor is calling for at least two years in jail for a lobster fisherman involved in a boat collision that killed two people off Read More »
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    Oregon Eyes Killing Sea Lions to Save Steelhead Trout

    Fish managers scrambling to gain approval to kill dozens of California sea lions feasting on threatened winter steelhead trout got a bump this week from a Read More »
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    Remembrance Day: Memory of Labrador veteran killed in Afghanistan lives on

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    All-time high for Norwegian seafood

    “2021 was another exciting export year for Norwegian seafood. We are in the very favorable position of having products in high demand the world over, even Read More »

  • Maine: Local fishermen praise bill limiting offshore wind

    From Brooksville to Blue Hill to Stonington, local fishermen are applauding Congressman Jared Golden’s co-sponsorship of a bill prohibiting commercial offshore wind energy development over nearly Read More »
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    New research suggests 70% decline in diversity of B.C. sockeye salmon stock in past century

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  • Moulton, reps press NOAA on monitors

    “We made it very clear that we don’t support the costs of at-sea monitoring being shifted to the fishermen,” Moulton said after the meeting. Moulton, along Read More »

  • FFAW Calls for Drastic Changes to Provincial Processing Licensing Amid Harvester Protests in St. John’s

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    La Scie store owner explains why fishermen risk pack ice – ‘People are desperate’

    “Desperate times” are driving fishermen to risk their boats and their lives by heading out into waters clogged with heavy pack ice, according to a store Read More »
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    P.E.I. fishermen getting more time to start using breakaway lines that protect right whales

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  • Linda Bean buys Rockland building to meet demands of growing lobster business

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