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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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    WPFMC asks for transparent analysis of proposed marine monument expansion

    The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council on Wednesday agreed to a resolution that asks the U.S. government to address a suite of concerns before acting Read More »

  • Your View: Fishery council must reject unreliable assessments – By Richard Canastra – southcoasttoday

    I nearly always attend New England Fishery Management Council meetings in person, but last month, I was unable to attend the meeting in Newport, and instead Read More »

  • Imports and Rising Costs Concerns For Seafood Board’s Keith Watts

    Competition from imports and the rising costs of doing business are just two of the pressures facing Louisiana crabbers, said Keith Watts as he prepares to Read More »

  • Landry appeals sentence in ‘murder-for-lobster’ case

    Joseph James Landry, one of three men involved in Philip Boudreau’s 2013 “murder-for-lobster” killing in waters off Petit de Grat, will argue that his 14-year sentence Read More »
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    Births rates up among North Atlantic Right Whales

    North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed Read More »

  • Marine mammal predation – “Sea lion solutions are scarce as the 2013 salmon run

    The Oregonian –  It was a sea-lion kind of week, with lots of media attention (spurred by The Oregonian’s John Canzano) brought to .  Marine mammal predation on Read More »

  • Little hope in latest evaluations of codfish – NEFMC SSC Meeting, October 23-24, 2017, Live Streaming Information

    The completed operational assessments to help determine 2018-2020 groundfish quotas do not appear to be any more optimistic about the state of Gulf of Maine cod Read More »

  • Military-grade radar network watching for oyster poachers ‘It doesn’t sleep’

    In the 1860s, poachers struck at night, sometimes in black-painted ships with darkened sails, outlaws raiding protected oyster beds. Lawmakers formed an Oyster Navy armed with Read More »
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    Lawmakers issue strong rebuke after con group adds lobster to ‘red list’

    Seafood Watch, a conservation organization based at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, this week put North Atlantic lobster on its “red list” of seafood to Read More »

  • BP oil spill trial: NOLA.com reporters cover it live from the courthouse

    Monday, Sept. 30, marked the beginning of the second phase of the  civil trial against BP and its partners in the ill-fated Macondo oil well. The news Read More »

  • Local fishers to benefit from extra post-Brexit fishing quota

    Fishermen in Cornwall are set to be the first to benefit from extra post-Brexit fishing quota as part of new trial schemes announced by the government Read More »
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    TSB investigation into fatal sinking of F/V Chief William Saulis recommends improved safety procedure awareness

    The Transportation Safety Board of Canada recommends inspections of commercial fishing vessels verify that required written safety procedures are available to crews and that they are Read More »
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    Last shrimp boat tossed ashore by Hurricane Ian on Fort Myers Beach back in the water

    A crew from Resolve Marine works at Gulf Cove Trailer Park on San Carlos Island on Fort Myers Beach to get the shrimp boat, the F/V Read More »
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    FISH-NL takes stand against precautionary approach management system for snow crab; ‘inshore harvesters don’t want it’

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has taken a stand against the implementation of the so-called ‘precautionary approach’ management system in Read More »

  • The past-due rent of wrath: Boat linked to John Steinbeck becomes $7,978 Port of Port Townsend liability

    As of Friday, Gerry Kehoe, the owner of the Western Flyer — which was brought into the Boat Haven covered in mud and barnacles earlier this Read More »
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    Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Spokane, Washington, June 7-13, 2018

    The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet June 7-13, 2018 in Spokane, Washington to address issues related to groundfish, coastal pelagic Read More »
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    D.B. Pleschner: Is court the right place to determine ‘best available science’?

    A U.S. District Court judge recently ruled that the federal government’s catch limit for California’s central stock of anchovy — currently 25,000 metric tons — is Read More »

  • Response to ASP Grievance on Crab Tie-Up – What the Decision Means and Next Steps

    Statement from Greg Pretty, FFAW-Unifor President – February 21, 2024 – The 2023 crab tie-up was an extremely difficult time for the entire province and our Read More »
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    Maritime fishermen’s groups pull out of meetings with Northern Pulp

    Groups representing fishermen’s associations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. say they won’t meet with representatives from Northern Pulp unless the paper mill provides an Read More »

  • Gulf Fishermen advocating for no tax on BP settlement money

    The Plaquemines Gazette – At a meeting last week of the St. Bernard Parish Council, life-long shrimper George Barisich, President of the United Commercial Fishermen Association urged the Read More »
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    Andy Hillstrand from Deadliest Catch – What Happened to Him?

    Talk about the show Deadliest Catch, and the mention of Andy Hillstrand is a must. The famous face on the show left the whole fans shocked Read More »

  • Recreational Fishing Industry report seeks federal fisheries reform

    Several stakeholders in the recreational fishing and boating industries released a set of recommendations for the incoming administration and Congress to change the way federal overseers Read More »

  • FWC announces new law enforcement director

    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced a new law enforcement director, Col. Curtis Brown. Brown, known among colleagues at the FWC and partner Read More »
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    Are Temperatures and Sea Levels Rising Dangerously? Hardly

    There are two widely held climate-change beliefs that are simply not accurate. The first is that there has been a statistically significant warming trend in the Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico Commercial King Mackerel Fishing Closes October 12

    NMFS will close the northern Florida west coast subzone of the Gulf of Mexico to commercial fishing for king mackerel effective 12:00 noon (local time) October Read More »

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