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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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    Former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi, Chefs Protest Marine Monument Expansion

    Set against a backdrop of commercial fishing boats at Pier 38 in Honolulu, former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi told a crowd of roughly 200 people Friday that Read More »
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    Nantucket History: Collapse of the Quahog Industry by Amy Jenness

    In 1913 an Edgartown fisherman named Sam Jackson was dragging for flounder around Tuckernuck Shoal when he discovered a massive bed of quahogs and forever changed Read More »

  • Officials across Cape Cod estimate repairs from ice floes damaging infrastructure will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    As temperatures warmed on Cape Cod this week, officials began to calculate the damage that ice has done to docks and pilings. At the same time, Read More »

  • Strong weekend for eastern Cape Breton lobstermen

    Warm temperatures, sunny skies and decent prices greeted Cape Breton’s eastern shore fishermen at the wharf during the opening of their annual lobster season. It is Read More »
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    Year in Review: Alaska Fisheries – Board shakeup, drifters win, sockeyes up as pinks, crab crash

    After a hectic fisheries year in 2015 involving felony charges, forced retirements and resignations, the 2016 Board of Fisheries confirmation cycle was mild, with few of Read More »

  • Fisherman backs shark-cull tourism

    A third-generation Albany commercial fisherman has weighed into the ongoing shark cull debate, suggesting that the State Government explore the prospect of giving charter operators the Read More »

  • Southampton Bayman Gets Back On The Water

    Seven months after losing his commercial vessel, the Elizabeth J (click here), to the ocean after it was struck by another boat south of the Shinnecock Read More »

  • A Very Special Holiday Message From Governor Larry Hogan

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  • Man accused of stealing crabs on Troublesome Point

    A Currituck County man found himself in a pinch Friday night after deputies say that they caught him making trouble on Troublesome Point. Deputies say that Read More »

  • Coast Guard terminates fishing vessel voyage off central Oregon Coast

    The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk while on patrol off of Winchester Bay, terminated the voyage of a fishing vessel for safety gear concerns Read More »

  • American Lobster Settlement Index | Update 2016

    Just as US and Canadian lobster landings seem to be breaking all the records, settlement has been dipping to all-time lows. The disconnect is causing a Read More »
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    GLOUCESTER S-K GRANT MEETING WITH NOAA WAS CANCELED

    Dear readers, I was very disappointed yesterday to find out that NOAA cancelled a meeting in Gloucester to do with SKG money. I had fishermen, and Read More »

  • Maine Voices: A catch share system would be better than canceling the shrimp season

    The recent cancellation of the 2014 shrimp fishing season has been a devastating blow to Maine fishermen, many of whom rely heavily on the short yet Read More »
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    RCMP identify New Brunswick lobster fishermen who died after falling into ocean

    An uncle and his nephew have been identified as the two lobster fishermen who died on the opening day of their season off the northeastern coast Read More »
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    Retired Lobsterman Dennis Winthrop Norton of Martha’s Vineyard has passed away

    Dennis was born on Oct. 16, 1945, in Vineyard Haven, and grew up in a bygone era of simple Island life. He was the son of Read More »

  • Listen to the Bridge Audio Recording that Reveals Mistakes in Houston Ship Channel Collision

    In the audio recording, you can hear a Houston pilot onboard the inbound MV Summer Wind bulk carrier warn the captain of the Kirby Inland towboat, Read More »

  • A Fish Story

    This documentary follows the plight of 2 commercial fishing families as they cope with falling fish stocks and increasing government regulation. This is a foundational expose Read More »

  • F/V Frøyanes: Ice-Capable Trawler/Crabber for Norwegian Barents Sea Fishing Company

    Norwegian fishing company Ervik Havfiske recently took delivery of a new shrimp trawler built to a design by naval architecture firm Marin Teknikk. The steel-hulled F/V Read More »

  • Halibut catches set this week by IPHC

    This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch …  This year’s halibut catches, season start and end dates and much more will be decided this week at Read More »
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    Great Yarmouth fisherman swaps shrimp for offshore wind

    From inshore shrimper to head skipper on offshore wind crew transfer vessels, Wally Saunders turned generations of his family’s love and living from the sea to Read More »

  • ENGO Sues UK Government Over International Fishing Quotas

    UK’s environmental group Blue Marine Foundation has sued the British government for setting fishing quotas above sustainable levels. The charity claims that the government has set fishing Read More »

  • The Magnuson Stevens Act and its Ten Year Rebuilding Timeline: Science or Fiction? by Meghan Lapp

    Under the Magnuson Stevens Act (MSA), regional Fishery Management Councils must develop a rebuilding plan for every overfished fishery, and must “specify a time period for Read More »
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    Fire devastates Ilwaco seafood facility

    A massive fire broke out at a crab-landing facility on Monday, inflicting significant damage and destroying fishing gear ahead of the commercial Dungeness crab season. No Read More »

  • What are the fish telling us: the story of the world’s largest wild salmon fishery

    The myth (it was a myth) goes that when Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in 1492, he and his crew couldn’t sleep because of the Read More »

  • Fisheries official tried to keep Robichaud file secret – didn’t make government ‘look good,’ Wilbert Sabine testifies

    The head of enforcement at the Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries says he marked his emails on the Donat Robichaud case as “confidential” because he Read More »

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