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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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  • More Mississippi River sediment will mean more problems for Louisiana shrimpers

    Louisiana’s quintessential shrimper – the independent, weather-beaten man with a small boat that’s seen better days – may be the hardest hit by two sediment diversions planned on the Read More »
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    Goodbye Destin

    I remember an old café where old fishing boat captains used to hang out. I was a kid. I lived up the road from the joint, Read More »
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    Trapped On The Ocean Floor: A Stunning Tale Of Maritime Survival

    Cape Sable in Nova Scotia has been the scene of many hundreds of shipwrecks over the centuries.  According to one reliable chronicler of the days of Read More »

  • Scots fishing tragedy widow in tribute to ‘miracle worker’ Alex Salmond

    A widow of one of the fishermen who perished in the Sapphire fishing tragedy told how Alex Salmond performed a miracle to bring the bodies of Read More »

  • Wa wa wa WILD ALASKAN Floating strip club navigates regulatory trouble

    Alaska – A new attraction on Alaska’s Kodiak Island features exotic dancers who entertain fishermen on a converted Bering Sea crabbing boat dubbed the “Wild Alaskan” Read More »

  • Video: Coast Guard responds to fishing vessel’s may day call near Martha’s Vineyard

    Coast Guard crews escorted a disabled 47-foot fishing vessel to safety Monday evening into Tuesday morning from 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The fishing vessel Read More »

  • Florida Gov. DeSantis To Seek Aid For Fishing Industry

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state will seek federal help for the fishing industry in the Big Bend region, as cleanup efforts moved Read More »
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    NMFS Proposes State Water Exemptions for Scallop Fisheries in Maine and Massachusetts

    The National Marine Fisheries Service is seeking comment on a proposed rule that would revise the State Waters Exemption Program under the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Read More »

  • TradexFoods 3-Minute Market Insight – Pacific Hake Plugging Up West Coast, Upcoming Puget Sound Chum Salmon Run

    A Major producer in the United States has reported that more than 1000 metric tonnes of Pacific Hake will be unable to ship to Russia due Read More »

  • Will SAFMC open oculina coral reef to shrimp trawling? Environmentalists oppose plan

    Will an area of ocean bottom offshore of Florida’s Atlantic coast soon be reopened to shrimp fishers? That’s what’s expected to be decided Thursday during a Read More »

  • Pacific fishing nations warn more price rises ahead

    Pacific nations have warned foreign fishing countries, including the United States, to expect more price hikes to the cost of fishing in their territorial waters. The Read More »
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    Fishermen rescued, fuel, debris spilled near Anna Maria Island

    The Coast Guard rescued three fishermen from a 70-foot commercial fishing vessel that took on water Friday evening two miles west of Anna Maria Island. The Read More »
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    Fishing industry gets hooked up again after Santa Barbara harbor was closed by sand

    With the weekend reopening of the Santa Barbara harbor, the fishing industry is getting back on schedule, and some are calculating losses. While weather conditions are Read More »
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    New Bedford Port Authority Probed by Feds Over Grant Application

    A federal grant application submitted by the New Bedford Port Authority is the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of the Inspector Read More »
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    Nearly 3 years after deadly sinking, debris from F/V Scandies Rose finds its way to a family in Kodiak

    Seven men were on board the F/V Scandies Rose when she went down during stormy weather in the waters off Sutwik Island near Chignik, on New Read More »
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    Blown Away: Offshore wind regulators ignore danger to fishing industry

    “This industry, this group of people in the room today, really are the key to unlocking that clean energy future,” Beaudreau, the deputy secretary of the Read More »

  • No legal barrier to South Australia’s fur seal cull in Coorong and Lower Lakes

    Tens of thousands of long-nosed fur seals have taken to the lower stretches of the River Murray, causing problems for the local commercial fishing industry. I Read More »

  • Lauren Reid: The Truth About Tuna – Sailing to the Front Line of Pacific Tuna Fisheries

    With recent stories of overfishing, shark finning, and human rights abuses (one New York Times reporter stated that being a fisherman in some parts of the Pacific Read More »
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    New monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen

    Changes to U.S. rules about the monitoring of Northeast commercial fishing activities are going into effect this month with a goal of providing more accurate information Read More »

  • Ottawa attacks fishermen

    Finance Minister Bill Morneau sucker-punched Canadian business owners, and now Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc wants to finish fishermen off. Mr. Morneau’s attempted seizure of retirement savings Read More »

  • Study Finds Reduction in Pollution in Chesapeake Bay

    A new report says the states in the Chesapeake Bay’s watershed are making progress in reducing pollution, but fall short in preventing runoff from urban, suburban Read More »

  • A CFA or an RSDA for Community Benefit from the Fisheries

    In the Magnuson – Stevens Act that was enacted to provide a framework to manage the fisheries in the 200 miles of fish rich waters around Read More »

  • Petition: Revoke Jim Pattison’s Canfisco’s parasitic monopoly of fishing licenses

    The largest salmon cannery in Canada, owned by one of Canada’s richest men, Jim Pattison — is closing its processing plant in Prince Rupert, leaving 500 Read More »
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    To honor our lost fishermen, we must act

    Every time a Coast Guard crew embarks on a rescue mission to a commercial fishing vessel, we all want the same outcome – a successful rescue Read More »
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    An Inlet Seafood owner says lease is not a ‘partnership,’ – Orsted Wind Plans Montauk Operations Site

    “We are pleased to be locating an operations and maintenance facility in Montauk to service our South Fork Wind Farm and bring additional jobs to the Read More »

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