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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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  • Really Congressman Pallone? The Guest Commentary of Ec Newellman

    Ec Newellman responds to  Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. Stands Up to Big Oil and Fights to Protect Atlantic Coast from Offshore Drilling  Really Congressman Pallone…”give away Read More »
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    Couple Arrested for Stealing $2.5M from Keys Commercial Fishermen

    A Miami couple was arrested in Miami-Dade County Friday on warrants related to the theft of an estimated $2.5 million from a Stock Island fish house Read More »

  • Is NOAA About to Crack? ‘Pausebuster’ study under intense scrutiny

    According to House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), who is leading a Congressional investigation into the infamous Karl et al 2015 “Pausebuster” study, NOAA whistleblowers Read More »

  • BOEM to Convene Renewable Energy Public Seminars in Rhode Island and Virginia for Offshore Wind Development

    Agency Will Explain Upcoming Auctions for First-EverWind Energy Competitive Lease Sales. The dates and locations for the public seminars are: Rhode Island/Massachusetts Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 Read More »
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    Crew of lost crabbing vessel declared legally dead

    The six men lost when their crabbing boat sank on a cold morning in the Bering Sea last month were declared legally dead at an unusual court Read More »

  • Wild fish advocates threaten to sue over Columbia hatcheries

    Funding of chinook, coho and steelhead fish hatchery programs throughout the Columbia River Basin is being challenged by wild fish advocates who contend that hatchery fish Read More »

  • NEFMC Public Hearing Sessions for Limiting Entry to Federal For-Hire Groundfish Fishery

    The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) has scheduled a series of public listening sessions throughout New England. The purpose of the sessions is to have Read More »

  • Shell contractor to pay $12.2 million for 2012 environmental crimes

    Noble Drilling was contracted by Shell Offshore Inc. in 2012 to operate the drill ship Noble Discoverer and the cone-shaped drilling unit Kulluk for Shell in Read More »

  • The interagency love affair – Strengthening Coast Guard, NOAA partnerships

    In 2013, the Coast Guard and NOAA signed the Nation’s first-ever , which strengthened the relationship between the two services. Even more recently, in October 2014, Read More »

  • A ‘Confluence of events’ may have caused mysterious fish kill off Nova Scotia

    A federal scientist says the recent high-profile fish kill off southwestern Nova Scotia may have been caused by a “confluence of events,” including fish behaviour, weather, Read More »
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    Information Update #2: The Make Commercial Fishing Great Again Flotilla 2017

    First, a hearty thank you to all who plan on attending this historic event! There has been some confusion by those who are still trying to Read More »

  • BOEM (the ocean destruction agency) targets fishing impacts

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has complied ‘best management practices’ (BMPs) to reduce fishing impacts by offshore wind energy development in the Atlantic Ocean. Read More »

  • Lifeboats and helicopter race to rescue mission off west Wales coast

    Four lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter were involved in a mercy mission to a stricken fishing vessel off the west Wales coast yesterday (Friday, March 8). Read More »
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    Spanish mackerel fishery changes force anglers to leave livelihoods with no compensation

    For decades, Lisa Putzka’s life was governed by wind and tides. Mrs. Putzka and her husband Walter made their living catching Spanish mackerel off the North Read More »

  • Getting a Jump on the Competition! Two busted for shrimping in closed state waters

    Two shrimpers got a jump on their competition Friday by dropping nets in an area where the season hasn’t opened yet, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife Read More »

  • Tampa Police searching for missing boat Captain

    At approximately 7:42 a.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023, the Tampa Police Department received multiple reports of a shrimp boat being submerged underwater in the 2600 Read More »
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    Georgia: Impacts of Coronavirus pandemic on selling shrimp

    It’s been three months since the start of shrimp season. Back in June, a McIntosh County shrimp boat captain said his first catch could have been Read More »

  • Norwegian fishermen snagged U.S. nuclear-powered submarine

    “We had just emptied the nets and put them out again and was on our way back to shore at Sommarøya when we were called by Read More »
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    ‘I’m a fisherman and lifelong Tory who voted Brexit. I won’t vote for them again’

    Fisherman James Stephen has been at sea for more than 40 years. Based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, which is home to the largest fishing port in Europe, Read More »
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    Busted: Coast Guard uncovers illegal halibut catch near Kodiak, Alaska

    The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bailey Barco, homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska, boarded the 38-foot fishing vessel F/V Competition and discovered 18 halibut and one ling Read More »
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    ‘Until the last fish is gone.’ Cape Cod fishers worry trawling is depleting sea herring.

    A number of the Cape’s small boat fishermen, whale watch captains, and fishing charter operators blame midwater trawlers for depletion of herring stock. That depletion, they claim, Read More »
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    P.E.I. fishermen call for more officers to combat illegal fishing

    The vice president of the Prince County Fishermen’s Association is renewing a push to have more fisheries officers in West Prince. Shelton Barlow, who fishes lobster Read More »
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    Along Georgia’s coast, shrimping remains an important industry

    Shrimpers are known to be the heart of McIntosh County. However, they face significant challenges leading some to wonder if the industry will survive. “There’s a Read More »

  • Maryland Governor Wes Moore Addresses Local Concerns for Offshore Wind Projects

    Maryland Governor Wes Moore was in Ocean City on Friday. It gave us a chance to speak with him about the local community’s strong opposition for Read More »
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    Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Dutch Harbor, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew, forward deployed to Cold Bay, medically evacuated a mariner from a fishing vessel near Dutch Harbor, Tuesday morning. The Read More »

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