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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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    Follow the Science? US Ignored Own Scientists’ Warning in Backing Atlantic Wind Farm

    US government scientists warned federal regulators the South Fork offshore wind farm near the Rhode Island coast threatened the Southern New England Cod, a species so Read More »

  • Virginia shucks oyster taxes, starts user fees

    On Monday, Virginia officially shucks its antiquated bushel-based tax system for commercial oyster operations and replaces it with annual user fees. But not all watermen are Read More »

  • Wis. DNR punished workers in ’14 for sexual harassment, running sex toy business

    A February letter accuses Teague Prichard, a state lands specialist, of sexually harassing three female co-workers in a hotel bar in Appleton following a forestry meeting Read More »
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    Fishermen forced to share spawning pounds in spawn-on-kelp herring fishery

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  • Burglars nabbed during out of season shrimping roust in Terrebonne Parish

    Enforcement agents with the Fisheries busted three alleged thieves last weekend on their way back from writing up commercial shrimpers accused of fishing in a closed Read More »

  • A New Report Documents the Economic Value of the Alaska Seafood Industry By Mike Mason

    The value of the seafood from Alaska in 2011 was well over $6-billion dollars according to a new report from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. The Read More »

  • China thinks they own the joint! – The theft of global commons

    The international legal battle initiated by the Philippines against China’s appropriation for itself of nearly 80 per cent of the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone is a Read More »

  • Swimming eagle rescued by Maine lobstermen

    In the annals of odd lobster-fishing tales, the one that unfolded aboard the “Theresa Anne” for John Chipman Jr. and his sternman, Kevin Meaney, last week Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 1, 2019

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »
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    NTSB says clam tank flooding likely caused fatal sinking

    Federal investigators have determined that the likely cause of the sinking of fishing boat off the coast of Nantucket in 2017 that claimed the lives of Read More »

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    ‘Aggravation’ expected when part of lobster fishing area closes

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  • Fiona MacInnes: Why it’s time to wake up, smell the fish, and really take back control

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    California: 3 commercial fishermen rescued off Sonoma Coast by fellow crabbers

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    SEA-NL on Pot to Plate, new program to sell crab at the wharf

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    Mackerel trap approved for St. Margarets Bay, will fish from mid-May to July

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  • Grachek: Connect The Dots – The question is why would anyone trust anything that comes from organizations such as Oceana?!!!

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  • Fight the Big Box Boats; Save Family Fishermen and the Fish – Sign this petition Sponsored by Ron Borjeson

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    Maine’s congressional delegation asks President Trump to help lobstermen facing right whale regulations

    “Dear Mr. President: We write to urge your intervention in a matter of serious economic importance to the State of Maine. The livelihoods of thousands of Read More »

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