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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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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 75′ Raised Foc’sle Scalloper, Scallop – LAGC – IFQ (20,110 LBS. )

    Specifications, information and 60 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 11:43 Read More »
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    The impossible journey of the juvenile coho

    As a Ph.D. student with the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon Program, Jonny Armstrong — now assistant professor at Oregon State University’s Fish and Wildlife Department Read More »
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    Video: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near the St. Augustine Inlet

    The Coast Guard medevaced a 46-year-old man Friday from a fishing vessel near the St. Augustine Inlet. A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter Read More »
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    Trawlers catching “unheard of” amounts of shrimp off Corolla

    South of the Virginia border, the shores off Corolla have become an Outer Banks hot spot to catch winter shrimp. Trawlers have clustered there within 3 Read More »

  • PERC’s Alden recognized as an innovator for fisheries sustainability work

    Robin Alden is the recipient of the 2015 Innovator Award as part of the first SOURCE Maine Sustainability Awards. “Alden has made it her life’s work Read More »

  • Retired Burin welder builds first wooden boat at 73

    A 73-year-old Burin Peninsula man has taken on a big challenge — to build a fishing boat — with no previous experience in wooden boat building.  Read more here  08:58 Read More »

  • Proposed NSC & Associates Groundfish Disaster Aid Spending Plan: My vote is NO – Dick Grachek

    Dear Dick, We need you to review and vote with a YES or NO on the consensus spending plan and respond to us in writing by 10 Read More »
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    Job Opening: Assistant Plant Manager – West Coast Seafood – Vancouver BC

    Are you passionate about the dynamic West Coast fishing industry? Join Aero Trading as an Assistant Plant Manager and develop your leadership skills while sharing your Read More »
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    Delegation, Mills Urge Commerce Secretary to Rescind Right Whale Rule and Protect Lobster Fishery

    Following the U.S. District Court of Maine’s order blocking the Lobster Management Area (LMA) 1 restricted area closure, which is a component of the National Marine Read More »

  • Report: Gloucester landings down, but worth more – Haddock Skyrockets

    The value of those 2014 Gloucester landings, however, actually rose to $46 million in 2014 from $42 million the previous year. The report showed landings of Read More »
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    Thanks to the supervisors who protected SLO County fishermen

    Many thanks to the San Luis Obispo County supervisors that support the fishermen, ranchers, farmers and our ports and harbor districts in the county regarding the Read More »

  • White Glacier’s Arctic 25 – Live Cold Water Immersion Demonstrations at Fish Canada Workboat Canada

    White Glacier, the industry leader in protective immersion suits, presents the Arctic 25 hypothermia protective suit to the Canadian commercial marine industry at the Fish Canada Read More »
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    N.S. fishing vessel overloaded with fish, fuel, ice and freshwater at time of sinking

    In its investigation report released Wednesday, the board said the Atlantic Sapphire should have been carrying no more than 41 long tons of cargo. When it Read More »

  • About that shrimp boat that struck the Matanzas Pass Bridge twice

    Chris Gala had a plan for the new shrimp boat her crew picked up from Texas last week. While bringing it to dock through Matanzas Pass Read More »
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    San Diego: Casinos launch all-you-can-compete lobster wars

    The claws are coming out. Lobster claws, that is. The latest battleground in the San Diego area’s cutthroat casino industry is the buffet, where all-you-can-eat lobster Read More »
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    Wrangell fisherman among the nearly 50 candidates vying to fill Alaska’s Congressional seat

    64-year-old Wrangell fisherman Otto Florschutz was up in Kodiak with his grandkids when Congressman Don Young died.  Of the nearly 50 Alaskans vying to fill the Read More »

  • New study reveals how sensitive US East Coast regions may be to ocean acidification

    Zhaohui Wang, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his colleagues sampled the waters off the US East Coast about the R/V Ron Brown. Starting in the waters off Read More »

  • Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signs territorial waters bill

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that extends Mississippi’s territorial waters by about seven miles. Mississippi and Louisiana waters now extend Read More »

  • Our View: Fishery management needs balance

    The requirement for consistency, above, might explain why Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator John Bullard told Rep. Ayotte that “eliminating overfishing” supersedes all other priorities. The Standard-Times Read More »
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    Tristian Northway is offering a close up of his trawler at sea

    Ever since his appearance on Channel Four’s Devon & Cornwall series, Brixham-based fisherman Tristan Northway says he’s become a bit of a tourist attraction. As captain Read More »

  • NMFS Implements Management Measures to End Overfishing of Blueline Tilefish in the South Atlantic

    NOAA Fisheries NMFS is implementing management measures in Amendment 32 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 32). Read More »

  • OPINION: IPHC must reduce allowable bycatch – By Curtis Jackson

    I first began commercial fishing for halibut along the Aleutian Chain and Bering Sea in 2002. The Aleutian Islands are an incredibly wild and beautiful place Read More »

  • Panama City approves moving ice house

    The News Herald – PANAMA CITY — City commissioners heard details of a proposal to build the largest commercial and residential development in the city’s history Read More »

  • Anti-fishing, anti-science – Chief executive Barrie Deas, explains why Marine Protected Areas aren’t the solution to managing fisheries.

    Former Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw recently led the charge to resurrect the campaign for the immediate designation and implementation of 127 marine conservation zones around the Read More »

  • Boston Light marks 300th anniversary

    When the Boston Lighthouse was first lit 300 years ago today, sailors called on New England ports in wooden ships, pirates roamed the Atlantic Coast and Read More »

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