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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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    Long Island Sound boundary at Oyster Bay Harbor decided by courts

    Baymen called on Oyster Bay officials to move jurisdiction markers for shellfishing beds at the boundary of the Long Island Sound as decided recently by a Read More »
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    North Coast crabbers line up against bill mandating ropeless gear, AB 534

    A coalition of crab industry associations across California has issued a letter opposing a state Assembly bill mandating all fishing fleets switch to ropeless fishing gear Read More »

  • Fish Factor: Alaska seafood safe

    SitNews) –  Alaska seafood is free of radiation stemming from Japan’s 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster.  That was the take home message from the Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 52′ Crab, Gillnetter, Lobster, Other, CAT, Federal Permits

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  • Nils E. Stolpe: Flotsam and Jetsam FishNet-USA/December 8, 2013

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  • Legal issues holding up fish-farming complaint to environmental commission

    VANCOUVER – An effort by environmentalists, a First Nation and commercial fishermen to use a NAFTA side agreement to force Canada to change the way it Read More »

  • Opinion: What “Green Governor” Jay Inslee could do on World Oceans Day

    This Sunday, people around the world will mark World Oceans Day by celebrating the water that unites us. Here in Seattle, we have the opportunity to Read More »

  • Exterminated Alberta commercial fishermen sue province for $15 million over 2014 decision to end industry

    A group of former Alberta commercial fishermen are suing the province for $15 million over its 2014 decision to end the industry and no longer issue Read More »

  • US Coast Guard convenes Marine Board of Investigation into loss of F/V Destination

    WASHINGTON- The U.S. Coast Guard has convened a Marine Board of Investigation into the loss of F/V Destination and its six crewmembers. A Marine Board of Read More »

  • H-2B guest-worker program under fire over salary discrepancies

    With crawfish season just around the corner, Congress’ decision to quadruple the size of a guest-worker program might be described as a gift to Louisiana’s seafood Read More »
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    Fishing Vessel Orion is the latest new trawler from Macduff Shipyards

    The steel-hulled Orion has an aluminium wheelhouse and mast, and is laid out on largely conventional lines with the cabins, engine room, fishroom and fresh water tank Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Dragger with State/Federal Permits, 3412E Cat

    To review specifications, information, and 101 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:39 Read More »

  • Shark Week? Shark Hunt!! Australia – Calls for shark cull after fatal Great White attack

    Tourism operators in Western Australia yesterday demanded a shark cull, following the fourth fatal attack in seven months and amid warnings that the state’s beaches are Read More »

  • The Shocking News About Cod NYTimes.com

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  • Hamilton Marine, Maine’s largest marine supplier, started in a Searsport garage

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    Board votes down change in Southeast Dungeness crab season

    Crabber Max Worhatch proposed the change and successfully got the board to add the proposal to the meeting after missing the deadline for regulation changes.“I would Read More »

  • Fishermen debate potential Southeast mine north of Haines

    A Canadian company is exploring copper and zinc deposits at the Palmer Project site . It’s not even a proposed project yet – but it’s already Read More »

  • Early signs iffy for shrimp harvest in Charleston area

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  • Nova Scotia Fishing industry concerned about plans for undersea coal mine

    The mine could create as many as 300 direct mining jobs, and the undersea  facility is believed to have enough coal to remain operational for at Read More »
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    Sneads Ferry fishing community honored at annual Blessing of the Fleet

    Reading from II Chronicles, Pastor Dane Yates of Covenant Church urged the fishing and shrimping families of Sneads Ferry to keep strong and not lose hope Read More »

  • The Nova Scotia Jobs Fund lends Blue Wave Seafood $500,000 to help them restructure.

    Blue Wave Seafoods Inc., a fish processor and exporter, employs nearly 70 full and part-time staff at its facility in Port Mouton. The province is lending Blue Read More »

  • Russian fishermen film live giant squid surfacing and eating near fishing trawler

    THEY’RE creatures of the depths, rarely seen by human eyes. Existing images of giant squids usually depict the animals once they’re dead and washed up on Read More »

  • Maine Blood Wormers: We’re not to Blame for Clam Flat Devastation

    Invasive green crabs have decimated the livelihoods of Maine clammers in recent years. And now green crabs are coming to lawmakers’ attention. Today the Marine Resources Read More »
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    UPDATED – BREAKING: ‘Cold Water Cowboys’ fishing boat catches fire at Newfoundland wharf

    Plumes of smoke could be seen coming from the wharf near a fish plant in Twillingate, N.L., this morning after a longliner caught fire. Deborah Bourden, Read More »

  • Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board: New Orleans Saints deal was telling ordeal

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