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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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    Ross Tiger goes digital as visitors can take a virtual tour of Grimsby trawler

    Grimsby’s historic trawler the Ross Tiger has gone digital as you can now take a virtual tour around the boat. The new initiative from Grimsby Fishing Heritage Read More »

  • Alaska House bycatch resolution a casualty of Cook Inlet divisions

    The Cook Inlet fish wars killed an effort in the Alaska House to ask the North  Pacific Fishery Management Council to address king salmon bycatch in Read More »

  • NTSB Report: Flooding and Non-Operational Alarms Led to Fishing Vessel Loss

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded that the likely cause of the capsizing and sinking of the fishing vessel Hotspur near Nunez Rocks, Alaska, was Read More »

  • Fisherman rescued after falling into water at Fishermen’s Terminal

    A man was taken to the hospital after he was pulled from the water at Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal Friday night. Seattle fire officials said the man Read More »

  • Fishermen Are Going To Rename Dogfish (Sand Sharks) So We Will Eat Them – Hippies Top 5 Names! Can you beat them?

    Feeney and his colleagues, along with the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance and the National Oceanic,,,Orrrr… maybe the reason for dogfish’s popularity in the UK might Read More »

  • Shaheen joins Portsmouth, NH fishermen to highlight their challenges

    PORTSMOUTH — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, was at the commercial fishing pier on Thursday to hear about the many challenges the local fishing industry faces, how Congress Read More »

  • Hurricane Sandy Aid Bill Includes $150 Million for Alaskan Fisheries – BREITBART (as our industry disasters East and West are marginalized)

    One out of every $20 spent in a new bill to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy will go to “non-relief-related pork,” says American Majority Action Spokesman Read More »

  • New Port of Brookings Harbor plant brings jobs

    The new structure under construction at the Port of Brookings Harbor will soon allow seafood caught by commercial trawlers to be processed locally, creating about 25 Read More »
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    The fatal truth about commercial fishing

    A note from the authors: Dear readers, we have wanted to cover this story for a long time. Given the fishing tragedies this province has endured, Read More »
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    New England Fishery Management Council Webinar Meeting, April 14th-15th, 2020

    Due to federal and state travel restrictions and updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the new coronavirus, COVID-19, the April Council Read More »

  • Wrecking the Sea Bed with Offshore Wind (Part 4)

    Potentially, for the 213 turbines plus three substations a met mast and other assorted sea bed scrapings, the amount of displaced spoil comes in at well Read More »
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    Whale protection, trawl limits entangle Zone C lobstermen

    October is a peak month, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, for feistiness in Maine’s population of hornets and wasps. Lobstermen too, Read More »

  • Welcome to Butt Hole Road – Please rethink shellfish farming in bays – Bob Maddex, Fenwick Island

    For many of us who enjoy kayaking and other water sports on Little Assawoman Bay, the proposal by the State of Delaware to use oysters and Read More »

  • William Y. Brown, chief environmental officer for BOEM says, Stop Freaking Out Over Seismic. It’s Harmless!

    I wanted to take some time to clear up a few misperceptions about the bureau’s decision and what it means. As a scientist who has spent Read More »
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    The Faroe Bank Cod: How a ‘mythical’ Faroes delicacy has vanished

    The head chef at Barbara Fish House, one of four restaurants located in tiny wooden houses in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands’ capital, Christensen was hosting what Read More »

  • A Fisherman’s Perspective: Catch Shares – Support HR 1335

    EDF’s campaign to implement catch shares in our nation’s fisheries is not only misguided, but it is a serious threat to the livelihoods of the majority Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs 48-year-old man 272-foot F/V American Dynasty near Cold Bay, Alaska

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak, forward deployed to Cold Bay, medevaced a 48-year-old man from the 272-foot fishing Read More »

  • Don Young hits term limit for House subcommittee chairmanship

    Alaska’s sole congressman, Don Young, will not chair any committees or subcommittees during this term of Congress, having reached term limits in all of his prior positions. Young Read More »
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    The Green New Deal??? How About The High Cost Of The Green-Energy Delusion!

    The march of ‘green energy’ continues, but it is not green at all. Solar energy is very dilute, so solar collectors cover huge areas of flat Read More »

  • Georges Bank said to be ‘paved with fluke! Fishermen Assail NOAA Quotas – Schumer fears major job losses

    Commercial fishermen on the draggers seen offshore last week took advantage of calmer seas and the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s raising of the daily limit Read More »

  • Commercial vessel may be tied to dead menhaden

    A vessel with the fish-processing company Omega Protein caught more menhaden than it could carry and rolled about 30,000 of the small, silvery fish back into Read More »
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    Coronavirus: Crew screening, enhanced cleaning part of P.E.I. lobster season launch Friday

    The season was delayed two weeks by the COVID-19 pandemic. That delay was partly in the hopes that depressed markets would recover somewhat, and partly to Read More »

  • The US Fishing Industry Contributes Nearly $90 Billion To The Economy

    The Hamilton Project notes that “current policies do not capitalize on the full economic potential of U.S. fisheries, ( World Bank and EDF/Pew Nature Con have Read More »
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    Interview: ‘Wicked Tuna’ star Dave Marciano talks misconceptions about fishermen

    “Wicked Tuna” star Captain Dave Marciano has been in the fishing business for over 30 years… “The series gives viewers an in-depth look at the intense Read More »

  • Good Read! Desperate scramble to save the Kulluk before it grounded near Kodiak

    The Kulluk, Shell Oil’s Arctic drill rig, was “like a Weeble,” says tugboat engineer Craig Matthews — like one of those egg-shaped, roly-poly toys from the Read More »

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