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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

• Recent Posts

  • With Sadness: The passing of fishing vessel Captain Lars Sovik of Fairhaven, Ma

    Lars Sovik, 75, of Fairhaven died March 3, 2014 at home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Read More »

  • Meet San Diego’s ‘Aquacowboy’

    The sheer size of the project – 29,000 square meters, or about six football fields — means it will be the first and most ambitious offshore Read More »
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    Coast Guard searching for shrimp fisherman in the water in Lake Pontchatrain

    The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water in Lake Pontchatrain, Louisiana, Friday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report Read More »

  • ‘Don’t call me Bubba’: How former NFL player Jarvis Green learned shrimping from scratch

    Almost two years after retiring from the NFL, Jarvis Green found himself back in training camp. Shrimp training camp. The former Patriots defensive end was learning Read More »
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    International Whaling Commission meets this week, will they discuss the US whale slaughter? By Jim Lovgren

    The International Whaling Commission [IWC] meets this week from September 23 rd to the 27 th , in Lima Peru. The commission was established in 1946 Read More »

  • Coast Guard search suspended for crabber who fell overboard-Alaska Dispatch | Oct 12, 2012

    “Suspending a search and rescue case is one of the hardest decisions that we have to make,” said Michael McNeil, a command duty officer at Coast Read More »
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    Illex Squid: Falklands concern with vast fishing fleet gathering on high seas

    A vast fleet of fishing vessels assembling to catch Illex squid on the high seas, some 400 miles north of the Falkland Islands, is an issue Read More »

  • Maine Voices: The Press Herald misrepresented state’s timely actions on lobster contamination

    The Portland Press Herald’s recent articles calling into question the timing of the state’s action to close a small area in the Penobscot River to lobster Read More »

  • How the US coast guard made an unsinkable boat

    Introducing the remarkable 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (47 MLB), an unsinkable marvel exclusively operated by the United States Coast Guard. This vessel’s self-righting ability is a testament Read More »

  • More bycatch going to foodbanks

    This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Alaska’s bycatch goes to more food banks. I’ll tell you more after this –Listen @fishradio  16:02 Read More »

  • Sweden Asks EU to Stop American Lobster Invasion. How do they know they’re not Canadian?!!

    Sweden has asked the European Union for help to stop an invasion of American lobsters, saying they could wipe out their European cousins with deadly diseases. Read More »

  • N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries sinks trawler at artificial reef site off Cape Lookout

    The state Artificial Reef Program sank a 55-foot trawler at the artificial reef site, AR-305, off Cape Lookout, last week. The program is part of the Read More »

  • Elver fishermen split on derby-vs-quota proposals to cut harvest

    “You’re going to have people who just don’t reach their quota,” fisherman Billy Milliken of Jonesport told Keliher, which will mean money that legally could be Read More »

  • Boston Fish Pier’s seafood business evolving with the industry

    After years of struggle in the face of a declining local fishery, the Fish Pier in Boston is again bursting with seafood businesses. But with New Read More »

  • East Coast Climate Change & Fisheries Governance Workshop March 19 – 21,

        Information, and Agenda here 11:14 Read More »

  • NOAA Drones find a home at MacDill hangar for their new toys

    TAMPA – Inside Hangar 5 at MacDill Air Force Base may be the future for missions flown by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA operates the storied Read More »
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    Northern shrimp season canceled for 2017

    In response to the depleted condition of the northern shrimp resource, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section extended the moratorium on commercial fishing Read More »
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    Starr Campbell says Support your local lobstermen

    A recent article in the Reporter focused on an issue concerning our local lobstermen. Apparently, many of them are feeling “left out in the cold” due Read More »

  • “It’s a boat-to-table concept,” A net gain for Sandwich Marina District

    Two brothers who have been fishing out of the Sandwich Marina boat basin for three decades are looking to open a seafood restaurant and market that Read More »

  • High Liner nears $100m in scallop sales with American Pride deal

    Acquiring American Pride – the result of talks first unveiled by Undercurrent News — will also give High Liner direct access to scallop sourcing. Since it sold Read More »

  • Alaskans hear East Coast perspective on MSA

    SEATTLE — Several members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council participated in a workshop on the Magnuson-Stevens Act Tuesday organized by the Center for Sustainable Read More »

  • Fish, shellfish recovered from Katrina faster than fishermen

    As Hurricane Katrina lashed everything above ground, it also caused problems for seafood in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. With the exception of oysters, seafood does OK Read More »
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    Montauk fishermen rescue dovekie, a tiny sea bird

    A Montauk fishing boat traveling 60 miles south of Long Island rescued a penguin-like sea fowl called a dovekie struggling in the waters Thursday. Doug Davidson, Read More »
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    The Cromer crab is a Norfolk staple – but does it have feelings?

    According to a report by the London School of Economics, there is strong scientific evidence to suggest crabs do feel and that they should be treated Read More »
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    Ashored Innovations creates ropeless trap to help with marine animal entanglement

    According to The United Nations Environment Programme, an estimated 640,000 tons of ghost gear is lost each year. It’s a problem that in 2017, caused the Read More »

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