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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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  • Lobsterman finds body off Down East coast

    A Jonesport lobsterman on Monday found a body in the ocean near Addison. The Maine Marine Patrol has recovered the body, and it is being transported Read More »

  • Casting for an answer: Can you make a living on the Cape as a commercial rod and reel fisher?

    Ken Baughman is two years into his attempt to make a living as a commercial rod and reel fisherman. It started, he said, after he got into Read More »
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    Canada joins global pact to stop illegal fishing trade, plans more inspections

    Foreign vessels arriving in Canadian ports can expect more monitoring by officials hunting for contraband fish now that Canada is part of an international agreement to Read More »

  • Gloucester’s oldest fishing vessel is entering its next stage of restoration, and we need your help to see it through.

    We are the Phyllis A. Marine Association (PAMA), Inc., a non-profit corporation established in 2006, to promote the history of gillnetting in Gloucester, Massachusetts through the Read More »

  • Demand, Prices Up for Succulent Yukon River Chums

    Autumn has set in on Alaska’s Lower Yukon River, where the fall harvest of those oil-rich Yukon chum salmon is in progress, a fishery that feeds Read More »
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    Trump admin Coronavirus task force urges Alaska to require masks for seafood plants and hot spots

    The state should mandate masks, especially in seafood processing plants and places with high or rising case counts, to slow Alaska’s explosive coronavirus infection rates. That’s Read More »

  • Doing away with fruit, vegetable middlemen

    Its minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said by eliminating middlemen, farmers’ income will increase, after launching the “fight against middlemen in fruits and vegetables sub-sector” Read More »

  • Here we go again. Animal Welfare Groups Seek Protection for Thorny Skate

    The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Defenders of Wildlife have asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to list the Northwest Atlantic population of the thorny Read More »

  • Dwayne Samson begins trial for Phillip Boudreau’s death

    A Cape Breton fishing boat captain accused of killing a man on the water begins his trial Tuesday in a case that has rocked the village of Petit-de-Grat to Read More »
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    Share, and Share Alike! 35 Penniless fishermen strike gold.

    A group of penniless fishermen found £1.1 million worth of “whale vomit” in the carcass of a mammal. The rare treasure, known as ambergris, is a Read More »
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    The President vetoed a bill that would have decimated family fisheries and the ocean

    Thanks to a last-minute veto by President Donald Trump on January 1, dozens of American family fishing businesses will be saved from going out of business, Read More »

  • Alaska halibut fishermen granted quota increase

    Fishermen in Alaska will have access to slightly more halibut this year than last. The International Pacific Halibut Commission voted Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia, for Read More »
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    NEFMC Honors Lou Goodreau for 45-Year Career on Staff

    The New England Fishery Management Council opened the first day of its April 12-14, 2022 hybrid meeting in Mystic, CT by paying tribute to Lou Goodreau, Read More »
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    In major reversal, WA agrees to gillnets on Columbia in 2019

    The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission agreed last week to allow the use of gillnets during the fall salmon fishery on the Lower Columbia River while Read More »
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    Best Diesel Marine Engines

    It’s difficult to even quantify the importance of a reliable marine diesel engine. Sport-fishing/commercial fishing boats around the world simply wouldn’t have the legs to do Read More »

  • In Compliance! Federal government upholds NJ’s flounder regulations; 18-inch size limit affirmed

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross notified New Jersey officials Tuesday that the state’s 2017 flounder regulations were in Read More »

  • Oceana again sues NMFS over bycatch monitoring

    Oceana again sued NOAA Fisheries NMFS on Wednesday, claiming the current bycatch reporting rule finalized last month for the region — in part, as a response Read More »

  • The Evolution of Auctions: Peterhead Fish Market Considers Electronic System

    In the heart of Aberdeenshire lies Peterhead, the UK’s largest fishing port, where age-old traditions meet the winds of change. At its bustling fish market, buyers Read More »

  • Net Effect: A different tack, and Campbell: Fishing regulations

    Our new WRAL documentary takes a different tack. It’s the result of a growing chorus of recreational fishermen, associated organizations and environmental groups that have raised Read More »
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    Extended Closure of CA Dungeness Crab Fishing Season Will Hurt Working Families, Eliminate Holiday Crab Traditions

    “Since mid-November, fishermen have had to sit idle at the dock and accept delays in the opening of their crab season due to the new, highly Read More »
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    Seven rescued after commercial fishing vessel catches fire 350 miles west of Monterey

    The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of seven people after their 85-foot commercial fishing boat caught fire Wednesday morning, approximately 350 miles west of Monterey. Eleventh Read More »

  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to consider next Maine shrimp season

    Federal regulators will hold a meeting in New Hampshire to consider whether there will be a commercial fishing season for northern shrimp in 2014-15. Read more Read More »

  • Shelton Barlow – Atlantic Marine Industries Hall of Fame – 2014 Mariner of the Year

    All of his work with and for fishermen earned Barlow entry this year into the Atlantic Marine Industries Hall of Fame as 2014 mariner of the Read More »
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    Angry and frustrated

    ‘What was delivered in terms of additional fishing opportunities and control over access was very far from what any self-respecting coastal state might expect,’ an NFFO Read More »
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    Lobsterman: A day in the life

    “Let Her Go” is oversized for Frenchtown’s small harbor, so Ledee bases her in Red Hook, where his day begins in darkness. Rising at 3 a.m., Read More »

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