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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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    Lobster prices are through the roof!

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  • Imported seafood is killing a MS Coast industry. Could truth in restaurant menus help? 

    The last of the fishermen whose boats once dotted the Mississippi Coast’s warm waters are worried. Their customers are leaving. Their sales are down. “I don’t Read More »

  • Why This San Diego Fisherman is Selling Pacific Bluefin Tuna For $2.99 A Pound

    “It’s a very difficult task to count animals as elusive as tuna,” says Craig Heberer, NOAA. But commercial fishermen like David Haworth, who brought this pile Read More »
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    Ex-Fishing Boat Captain Guilty of Dumping Oily Waste Into Pacific

    A former fishing boat captain is facing up to six years in prison for deliberately dumping oily slops into the Pacific Ocean. A jury in Seattle Read More »

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    In the coming days, according to officials at Woods Hole, the institution is set to sign agreements with Saudi Aramco, the primary oil company owned by Read More »

  • Fishermen suspensions trigger Maine elver quota changes

    Because some elver fishermen are expected to have their licenses suspended this year due to outstanding fines, fishermen with active licenses will not have 5 percent Read More »

  • Who are Alaska’s biggest fishing whiners?

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  • Center for Sustainable Fisheries President Dr. Brian Rothschild to recieve Highliners Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pacific Marine Expo

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    North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries to begin industry funded survey of shrimp trawl fishermen

    The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will begin contacting shrimp trawl and skimmer trawl vessel operators in the coming weeks for a survey about the types Read More »

  • Antarctic toothfish poaching ships shrug off New Zealand navy

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    PEISPA, PEIFA disappointed with the opening date of fall lobster season

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    Forget Offshore Windfarms! How Canada’s other major energy export could light up New England states

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  • Perry’s Lobster Shack fully reopen after recovery from storm damage

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    Banff and Buchan MP criticises Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP for ‘disowning fishing industry’

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