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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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    25 Years ago. Seaport says goodbye to men lost at sea

    GLOUCESTER— This historic seaport, which has lost as many as 10,000 of its fishermen at sea over the centuries, bade a tearful farewell to three more Read More »

  • California delays opening of crab season amid toxic scare

    The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to delay opening of the crab-fishing season as officials scramble to deal with a coastal algae bloom that’s Read More »

  • Unnatural – Eating fish that don’t eat fish? Manufacturer develops a fish food 100 per cent free of wild caught fishmeal

    Dr Leo Nankervis, from in Norway, said the company had gradually lowered the minimum level of fishmeal from 25 per cent to 5 per cent and Read More »
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    Working Waterfront: Fifth-generation fisherman counts on sixth generation to take his place

    Greg Veitenhans was destined to be a fisherman. His father fished, as did his father, going back five generations. And growing up in Gig Harbor, Veitenhans Read More »

  • Have wind turbines ruined Britain’s prized lobster haul?

    This area of the North Sea is by far the UK’s most prolific lobster ground. Before the boats were barred from entering it, in mid-2013, to Read More »

  • Louisiana Fisheries – Steam on down to the seafood summit

    The third annual summit for Louisiana commercial fishermen and the seafood industry will held March 11 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. Hundreds of commercial fishermen, seafood Read More »

  • Steve Train, lobsterman

     Dropping out of college doesn’t lead to financial hardship in every case. When Steve Train, 48, left Northeastern University in Boston as a young man, he Read More »

  • SIGN THIS PETITION! North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission: Save local seafood! No permanent secondary nursery areas in NC!

    To: W. Robert Bizzell, Chairman, NC Marine Fisheries Commission Save local seafood! Please do not designate all inland waters of North Carolina as secondary nursery areas. Read More »

  • Legislative task force offers possible actions to rescue troubled Alaska seafood industry

    Alaska lawmakers from fishing-dependent communities say they have ideas for ways to rescue the state’s beleaguered seafood industry, with a series of bills likely to follow. Read More »

  • SOCKEYE BLITZ! Sockeyes surge into Bristol Bay fishermen’s nets

    After a lackluster beginning, Bristol Bay red salmon have roared to life well past their normal timing, with a July 14 total commercial harvest of just Read More »
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    Fighting the ‘good enough’ syndrome How Iceland is turning fish into a luxury item

    The members of Iceland’s Ocean Cluster House, an innovation incubator for start-up companies, are developing new business ideas from fish meat, oil, bones, intestines and skin. Read More »

  • Offshore Wind Advocates Want Feds to Delay Leasing Tracts Off Jersey Coast

    Letter warns governor, legislators that untimely leases could hurt NJ’s offshore wind industry. Read more@njspotlight  10:50 Read More »

  • Ghost boat found after its owner disappears while trying to save it, Coast Guard says

    A missing man was last seen trying to salvage his shrimping boat in Louisiana, the Coast Guard said. Then his boat turned up partially sunk with Read More »
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    New Trawler Delivered From Karstensens Shipyard

    In March of 2019 a contract was signed between Mats Johansson, Vingaskär Fiskeri AB and Karstensens Shipyard A/S for the construction of a new 34.00 m Read More »

  • Coast Guard saves fishing boat from sinking near Nantucket

    The Coast Guard helped four fishermen, Saturday, when their boat started flooding about 25 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Read the rest here  00:44 Read More »

  • Coast Guard halts engagements after Russian annexation

    JUNEAU — Political fallout from Russia’s military-backed annexation of the Crimean Peninsula has hit Alaska’s fisheries. The annual U.S. Coast Guard/Russian Border Service meeting to coordinate Read More »

  • Sockeye forecast adds concern to Board of Fisheries process

    Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery stakeholders should be concerned with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2017 sockeye forecast for many reasons — not the Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescues disabled fishing vessel 115 miles east of Glouceser

    Rescue crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Legare are towing the 61-foot fishing vessel Angela Michelle to land today after their anchor line became wrapped around Read More »
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    Bad science journalism and the false dilemma of offshore wind and oil.

    “If you’ve ever wondered why science journalism is so incredibly bad…” NPR Is Seeking A Science Editor. Science Education Not Required. The job ad is appalling. NPR, which Read More »
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    Commercial fisherman Ross Miller, 90, still building prawn trawlers despite concerns about industry’s future

    Building a commercial prawn trawler at the age of 90 as the fishing industry undergoes change in New South Wales would be viewed as the ultimate Read More »
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    Opinion: Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Statement on Vineyard Wind Federal Review Process

    In light of the recent decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to perform a cumulative impacts analysis regarding the proposed Vineyard Wind project, Read More »

  • Sipekne’katik First Nation, federal government to begin mediation in effort to settle fishing dispute

    Litigation scheduled for next year that could have helped settle outstanding questions about treaty fishing rights related to the Marshall decisions will no longer happen, after Read More »
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    ‘We want a better deal’: talking Brexit aboard a fishing trawler

    Crystal Sea is a 20-metre twin-rig stern trawler, one of the bigger boats operating out of Newlyn in Cornwall. Twin rig means she drags two nets, Read More »

  • This is exciting! SMAST scientists improving cod counting technology

    A new video system designed by UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) scientists to assess the population of cod has passed its first Read More »
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    Three Run for Two Seats on Barnegat Light Council

    This fall’s Nov. 7 general election in Barnegat Light is contested. Two three-year seats on Barnegat Light Borough Council are sought by three candidates.,,, Eric Svelling. “I Read More »

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