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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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    Processors working with harvesters on budget plan

    Fish harvesters and processors might not agree on much, but everyone hates taxes. Commercial fishing stakeholders took turns in 2016 tearing apart a commercial fisheries tax Read More »
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    Climate change: Scotland’s fishing fleet doesn’t deserve to be turned into a water-borne bogeyman by enviros

    In fact, official government advice is for people to eat at least two portions of fish per week, one of them oily, and the Scottish government Read More »

  • Remembering Vinalhaven’s past

    About five years ago, while in New Jersey, Richard Burton stumbled upon hundreds of images of Vinalhaven, Maine. The images show fishermen from nearly a century Read More »

  • Pacific Seafood Group calls off acquisition of Ocean Gold Seafoods – Fishermen press forward with the lawsuit

    Pacific Seafood Group announced Tuesday it has canceled plans to acquire Ocean Gold Seafoods, citing a legal challenge from commercial fishermen who allege the purchase would Read More »
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    Letter: Offshore wind

    A lot of important information was omitted from a recent article touting Massachusetts’ commitment to 1600 megawatts of offshore wind turbines (“Bay State Windfall” 12/19/2021). The Read More »

  • ‘Wicked Tuna’ Star Captain Delivers Beatdown … Gets Arrested

    One of the captains from “Wicked Tuna” got busted in port for smashing a guy’s face. Captain Tyler McLaughlin was charged this week for misdemeanor assault … according Read More »
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    Fishing boat skipper has been hailed a hero after he died trying to save a young crew member

    Lachlan Robertson, known as Lachie, did not think twice about leaping into the water when a member of his crew fell overboard in rough seas in Read More »

  • Fishermen’s Wives attorney responds to Coast Guard claims that the helicopter is not needed in Newport

    Fishermen’s Wives attorney Michael Haglund has filed his clients’ rebuttal to the Coast Guard’s allegations that they have done their homework to justify the closure of Read More »

  • Popular red snapper makes a comeback

    South Florida Sun-Sentinel – WASHINGTON – Over 18 years of running Old Dixie Seafood in Boca Raton, Larry Siemsen has seen supplies of locally caught red snapper Read More »

  • New methane scare off Washington coast begs the question: did anybody look for these before?

    I have to wonder, before the scientific world went nuts looking for GHG boogymen under every rock and tree, had anyone observed methane venting in this Read More »

  • Time is running out to protect the Atlantic coast from Seismic Testing for oil exploration

    President Trump recently proclaimed that his administration is seeking “American energy dominance.” The reality is we’re already there. The United States produces more natural gas and Read More »

  • Karter Larson says Thank you to all the sponsors of the 6th Annual Jazzy Scallop and Seafood Festival.

    We greatly appreciate everyone’s generosity and support as we strive to educate the public about the commercial fishing industry and stand with our commercial fishermen to Read More »
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    American eel turns up in southwestern Minnesota lake

    An American eel — far, far away from its natural home in the North Atlantic Ocean — was found in a southwestern Minnesota lake late last Read More »

  • Lobster fisherman’s narrow escape following incident in Dingle Bay

    A Co Kerry fisherman narrowly avoided being pulled into rough seas when he became entangled in lobster pot ropes seriously damaging his leg during a solo Read More »

  • Pickup of seabed debris at Vineyard Wind broken turbine underway

    Work is underway to recover debris that sank to the seafloor below Vineyard Wind’s AW-38 turbine when the blade broke apart in July, according to GE Vernova, the Read More »
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    Cape Cod: Expert says sharks, seals here to stay

    Last year, George Burgess predicted that a fatal shark attack would occur on Cape Cod within five years. “It’s the combination of a large predator, and the Read More »

  • Schooner Ernestina Morrissey departs New Bedford for restoration at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine

    The small flags atop the Ernestina-Morrissey’s masts whipped in the wind, as the schooner made its way out of the harbor, tugged by the Jaguar early Read More »

  • Starkist accused of ‘under filling’ products

    A Californian citizen has filed a federal civil action against Starkist, accusing the owner “of consistently under filling certain Starkist canned tuna products”, reports atuna. Patrick Read More »

  • We do a lousy job of informing our fellow citizens about fishery issues. Read the Comments!

    Message from Alaska: Our disaster relief isn’t ‘pork’ It’s unlikely that many Americans in the Lower 48 know about it, but the Alaskan salmon industry — Read More »

  • Fisherman medivaced from scalloper F/V Ocean Prowler approximately 50 miles east of Nantucket

    BOSTON – An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., medically  evacuated a man 50 miles east of Nantucket, Mass., June 30, 2013. Read More »

  • The Discard Ban: Fishers will have to work longer, top skipper warns

    Fishing crew are going to have to work longer hours when the discard ban is extended from the start of next year, according to north-east celebrity Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 22, 2013

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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    Coronavirus results in falling New England lobster prices

    The American lobster fishing industry, based mostly in Maine, has had to cope with a supply chain that has been disrupted by the pandemic. Wholesale prices Read More »
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    ‘Two guys are doing all of the work’: Orcas’ inbreeding may devastate the population

    Just two male whales fathered more than half the calves born since 1990 in the population of southern-resident killer whales, a sign of inbreeding, scientists have Read More »

  • Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea refuses to budge on inshore shrimp cuts

    Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea stood her ground Tuesday on controversial quota reductions that will cut most deeply among inshore fishermen, and admonished Newfoundland and Labrador Read More »

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