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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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    Captain forms bond with Red Eye the seagull he saved while out at sea – Its really a Love Story!

    It can be a lonely job pulling lobster traps way out in the middle of the Gulf of Maine. But for 15 years, Captain John Makowsky Read More »
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    Search for missing fishermen off Sussex coast resumes

    A major rescue effort began off Seaford, near Newhaven, on Saturday when the coastguard received an emergency alert at about 06:00 GMT. One crew member was Read More »

  • Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission votes to extend closing the Gulf of Maine to shrimping

    The ASMFC’s shrimp section, the panel responsible for setting the northern shrimp regulations, voted to extend the closure throughout 2017 and to establish a 53-ton research Read More »

  • Coast Guard Tows Disabled Fishing Boat 200 Miles To Cape Cod Bay

    The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane towed the 95-foot fishing vessel Megan Marie after it became disabled Saturday about 200 miles southeast of Cape Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs 68-year-old man from F/V Tidelands

    The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old man Wednesday from the 200-foot fishing vessel Tidelands approximately five miles northeast of Great Machipongo Inlet near Cape Charles. Read Read More »
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    The U.S. is not harvesting as many fish as it could, driving up imports

    In 2020, the global fishing industry reached an all-time record of production worth an estimated $406 billion, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 15, 2021

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<15:15 Read More »

  • MAFMC Votes15-4 AGAINST Hudson Canyon Sanctuary bid

    In their official nomination, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and their Coney Island Aquarium staff outlined their specific reasons for nominating the offshore Hudson Canyon as Read More »
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    California Dungeness crab season faces delays in parts of state

    The opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least Dec. 1 in the waters north of Bodega Head State Marine Reserve Read More »

  • Rec guys throw a party for the warden’s! Sport boat captain and crew busted in MPA

    Anglers aboard a passenger sportfishing boat and some others in private vessels probably were celebrating one of the best fishing days they ever had on the Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. PRICE LIST for OCTOBER 9, 2013 has arrived

    Contact our Sales Team Today! Call James Barbera @ Seafreaze Ltd. 401-295 -2585  or 800-732-3739 PREFERRED PRICE LIST | OCTOBER 9, 2013 Website Where the Only Read More »

  • 2 injured after dock collapses in New Bedford

    A dock collapsed Wednesday, injuring two people in New Bedford. According to the New Bedford Fire Chief, Scott Kruger, around 2p.m., a pier collapsed at the Read More »
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    Red king crab quota holding steady, snow crab down for 2012-13 Cordova Times

    Commercial fishermen heading out Oct. 15 and beyond for the 2012-13 Bristol Bay red king crab harvest will have a quota of 7.85 million pounds, up Read More »
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    A fishing boat ferries health-care workers to Neils Harbour, Nova Scotia

    The fishing community has stepped up to help deliver health-care workers to the hospital in northern Cape Breton after a storm limited access by leaving washouts Read More »

  • NC seafood processor fined $100,000 for mislabeling shrimp

    A Harnett County seafood processor faces a $100,000 fine and three years of probation for labeling farm-raised, imported shrimp as wild shrimp caught in the United States. Read More »
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    From DFO: Routine fishery inspection leads to significant penalties for a North Coast commercial salmon harvester

    On July 2, 2021, Garry Dean Stoner was sentenced in Terrace Provincial Court after pleading guilty to 12 counts under the Fisheries Act for violations that occurred between June and September Read More »

  • Lawsuit filed over new rules for hired halibut skippers

    The changes to the individual fishing quota, or IFQ, program revolve around the hired master program, and when a quota holder can have someone else catch Read More »

  • NMFS looks at catch reduction of Atlantic herring

    The National Marine Fisheries Service might reduce the herring catch limit by about 3 percent to slightly less than 105,000 metric tons. The limit was a Read More »

  • Our view: Bridging NOAA’s credibility gap

    Bill Karp, director of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, should have a chance later this week to bridge some fundamental gaps in trust and credibility when Read More »

  • ‘I’m a fisherman who hasn’t caught a fish in two years because of ridiculous Welsh laws’

    It’s a boggy December morning on the Cleddau river and Alun Lewis is tending to his four miniature horses and a few boats moored up on Read More »
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    Community devastated by boat collision deaths

    The community of Murray Harbour is in mourning after two men died during a collision between two fishing boats on Saturday, says a pastor from the Read More »
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    From croaker to clams: Commercial fishing in OC

    Ocean City is home to a substantial commercial fishing fleet that works our surrounding waters to harvest marketable resources from clams to swordfish. Visitors to the Read More »

  • NMFS must go back to drawing board on Steller sea lions – Gov. Sean Parnell, Alaska

    So familiar! The National Marine Fisheries Service imposed draconian fishing limits in  2011 to protect Steller sea lions. The restrictions hit our Aleutian Islands  communities especially Read More »
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    Retiring rescue helicopter paramedic Doug Flett recalls life on the frontline

    The call came at midnight. An emergency beacon had been activated. That was all intensive care paramedic Doug Flett, pilot Graeme Gale, co-pilot Mike Reed and Read More »

  • Science Center for Marine Fisheries Announces New Members: Intershell International Corporation and The Town Dock/Seafreeze Ltd.

    July 11, 2017, Gloucester Pt., VA – Intershell International Corporation, and The Town Dock/Seafreeze Ltd. have become the newest industry partners at the Science Center for Read More »

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