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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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    The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, July 13th includes the latest on the price for sockeye this season and an update on the response to Read More »

  • Regulating fishermen out of business – President Barack Obama’s 2010 National Ocean Policy executive order and his National Ocean Council

    In recent years, high fuel prices and stringent federal regulations have combined to take an especially heavy toll on charter boat owners and operators across the Read More »

  • Kulluk recovery outlined – From the Deckboss

    The Aiviq — can she do it? USCG photo Deckboss just listened in on a unified command press conference on the Kulluk situation. Here are the key Read More »
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    Banff and Buchan MP urges rethink of Highly Protected Marine Area plans

    David Duguid MP has written to Scottish Government minister Mairi Gougeon MSP urging her to rethink proposals for Highly Protected Marine Areas following concerns that they Read More »
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    Something smells

    Prince Edward Island and northern Nova Scotia fishermen are scratching their heads in bewilderment these days over lower-than-expected prices for spring lobster. At the halfway point Read More »

  • Ventura County Fishermen find a body at sea believed to be missing Commercial Fisherman

    Fisherman Moody Brickett thought the object caught in a boat’s net late Monday afternoon was a decomposed seal. It was a human body. Brickett and his Read More »

  • SW Florida blue crab trap closure starts July 10

    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is requiring recreational and commercial blue crab traps in state waters, from the Palm Beach-Broward county line to the Read More »
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    The moment an Ayrshire fishing crew rescue another boat off the coast of Arran in horrific conditions

    The moment an Ayrshire fishing crew saved fellow fishermen in horrific conditions has been captured in dramatic footage. The F/V Spes Bona crew from Troon hauled a Read More »
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    Foreign trawlers continue to pillage Grand Banks of Newfoundland

    Five foreign trawlers have been issued a total of six citations in recent months for illegal fishing on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, outside Canada’s 200-mile Read More »
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    Questions over Teesside Freeport’s role when it comes to washed up fish – Andy Brown

    A new deep water port is being created to service the offshore wind industry and new facilities are being established to build the turbines. In theory Read More »
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    Something Fishy: Local seafood is first class. So, what has changed?

    It was in 1983 that there were around 23 trawlers working to full capacity returning to port, day after day, with excellent catches of fish and Read More »

  • Alaska Legislature approves seafood task force for sector in ‘crisis’

    The Alaska Legislature on Sunday approved creating a task force to make policy recommendations to help the beleaguered commercial fishing industry. The task force is modeled be Read More »

  • Swordfish Sustainability

    Did you know Boston Sword & Tuna is one of the founding members of Sustainable Seafood LLC? Our two longliners, the Iron Maiden and the Iron Read More »
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    Offshore wind farm plans collide with fishing industry concerns off Carolina coast

    The Biden administration’s plans to develop wind power off the East Coast are drawing concerns from the fishing industry, in the latest example of climate policy Read More »

  • No sign of abandoned trawler Alaska Juris in Bering Sea recovery effort

    A tug is searching an area of the Bering Sea for an abandoned fishing vessel, which was still afloat Tuesday after its crew of 46 abandoned ship, according Read More »

  • Southside fishers hope first haul bodes well for season

    Monday’s first haul of the lobster season for south side fishers brought calm conditions on the water, with preliminary prices ranging anywhere from $7.50 to $8 Read More »

  • Former RI Attorney General James E. O’Neil, Esq. Letters to Rhode Island Coastal Resources – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Deepwater Wind

    Rhode Island Coastal Resources                        February 1, 2013 Management Council Re:  Objection to Deepwater Wind Requested Waiver of Application Fee Dear Sir/Madam, Please be advised that I Read More »

  • Kerry Immersed in Conference on Clean Oceans as Iraq Falls Apart

    As Iraq is overrun by terrorists and President Obama said “intensive diplomacy” is needed to solve the crisis, Secretary of State John Kerry is spending the Read More »
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    California oil spill forces fisheries to wait at least 2-4 weeks before restrictions lift

    “Nothing,” Terese Pearson, who runs the 50-year-old business with her husband, Tommy, said of the empty state of the tanks, now nearly two weeks after an Read More »

  • Connecticut fishermen are upset (pissed off) with restrictions

    Connecticut fishermen are afraid the industry their grandfathers and great grandfathers started may come to an end. The crew of the Regulus just returned to Stonington Read More »
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    10 British Columbian Fishermen Offered $20,000 Compensation for Proposed Salmon Farms

    The offer came shortly after a June private meeting between the shrimp fishermen and Grieg concerning the two salmon farms, which are proposed within two square Read More »

  • Two Dead After Taiwan’s Largest and Most Advanced Research Vessel Sinks

    Two people are reported dead and 43 have been rescued after the Taiwanese-flagged ocean research and survey vessel ‘Ocean Researcher V’ sank Friday night off the southwest Read More »
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    A shrimping standoff

    The shrimp season officially opened off the Oregon coast on April 1, but local shrimp boats are still sitting idle at the docks because of a Read More »

  • Southeast’s first crab fisheries of the year set to open

    Alaska has dozens of crab species—about seven that are commercial harvested. So what’s Tanner crab like? To help answer that question, I asked Joe Stratman, the Read More »

  • Shore Lawmakers Call for Hearings on High-Risk Power Cables for Offshore Wind Project

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