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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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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Dixon Tuna/Longliner 800HP, 6 Cylinder CAT, Prices Optional!

    Specifications, information and 27 photo’s click here 12:55 To see all the boats in this series, Click here  11:53 Read More »

  • Four posts from Fish Radio

    Sen. Murkowski asks for 60 day extend for input on undersea sounds/marine mammals – Listen @fishradio AK halibut = 19.7 million pounds; IPHC meeting round-up – Read More »

  • Newfoundland and Labrador – What did we get for giving up MPRs under CETA?

    The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is the trade deal Canada just signed with the European Union, and the signature for Canada was Read More »
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    Lobstermen earn majority of commercial fishing haul

    Maine’s commercial fishermen earned about half of what they did last year, according to preliminary data released on Tuesday by the state’s Department of Marine Resources Read More »

  • Free Safety and Survival Training for Fishermen – April 26, from 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM at the University of Massachusetts SMAST building , 706 Rodney French Blvd. in New Bedford

    Free Safety and Survival Training for Fishermen New Bedford – April 26, 2013 Burlington, MA – (For Immediate Release) —  On Friday, April 26, Fishing Partnership Read More »

  • Silver Bay Seafoods recruits in American Somoa for Alaska Fish Processing Jobs

    The demand for jobs was evident Saturday when about 300 people responded to a company from Alaska’s call for workers. Silver Bay Seafoods is looking to Read More »
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    Currituck County debates ordinance change that could save the local crabbing industry

    Crab fishermen are seeking a change in the law so they can operate legally in Currituck County even while neighbors complain of clutter, noises and smells. Read More »

  • Captain Glen Libby Needs Your Help!

    Captain Glen Libby needs your help! You may recognize him from his years of fishing on the F/V Skipper out of Port Clyde. Afterwards, he joined Read More »

  • Pacific Fishery Management Council and Enviro’s Cripple California Swordfish Driftnet Fleet.

    The measure approved by the Pacific Fishery Management Council would cap at two over a two-year period the number of creatures such as sperm whales and Read More »

  • Commercial catch upsets Skeena fish group

    A local fish conservation authority is upset federal officials opened a coastal commercial fishery for sockeye salmon, a move which it says goes against previous decisions Read More »

  • Scary lessons for Bristol Bay from recent B.C. mine-waste accident

    For millennia, humanity’s insatiable appetite for valuable metals has degraded the integrity of ecosystems that provide habitat for the world’s wildlife, and the clean water and Read More »

  • Three offshore wind companies – The Ghost of Cape Wind

    The three offshore wind companies seeking to build large-scale turbine projects on ocean waters south of Martha’s Vineyard said emphatically Friday that financing their projects wouldn’t Read More »

  • From the Moderator : NOAA Fisheries Service? No such agency! It’s still the National Marine Fisheries Service

    First off, I’m a cranky old person.I wasn’t always like this, but time and events have taken their toll. I’m not ready for the dirt sandwich, although, Read More »

  • $357,000 payment in a damage claim from the 2010 BP oil spill must be repaid because the claim was fraudulent.

    The claim had been made by Casey Thonn for seafood losses. An investigation by former FBI director Louis Freeh determined it was made based on phony Read More »

  • Fishermen Fight for Their Livelihoods Against Wind Farm Project in New England

    In a recent interview with Fox Business, Jerry Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association, expressed his deep concerns about the impact of a wind Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly & Special Update for November 12, 2021

    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 here<  08:06 Read More »
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    US Coast Guard Warns on Vessels Importing Wind Turbine Parts

    The US Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has released Marine Safety Information Bulletin 04-23 to advise mariners that an increasing number of break-bulk and retrofitted Read More »

  • South West Nova Lobster Fishermen to demonstrate Sept. 14

    Stakeholders in the lobster fishing industry will be demonstrating at Department of Fisheries and Oceans offices in Digby, Tusket, Meteghan and possibly Barrington on Thursday, Sept. Read More »
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    North Carolina: Decision on gill nets delayed, officials say more information is needed

    No decision was made Thursday by the Marine Fisheries Commission on whether or not large mesh gill nets will be allowed in North Carolina. The decision Read More »
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    Turf War: Cooler heads need to prevail in Lobster disputes

    One thing’s for certain — things need to calm down, and soon, in an escalating dispute between two area families that’s already resulted in charges being Read More »

  • Sheriff’s captain accused of helping ‘Codfather’ smuggle cash

    A Captain with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with helping Carlos Rafael, the owner of one Read More »
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    Proposed Virginia offshore wind farm threatens North Atlantic Right Whales

    The proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project is directly in the NARWs’ annual migration path. Dominion Energy has applied to erect 176 wind turbines, covering an Read More »
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    Mafia tactics employed at New Bedford scallop hearing

    On March 20 th at the public hearing for Amendment 21 General Category Scallops in New Bedford an incident occurred in the audience that raises serious Read More »

  • SC Fishermen William Collins, 55, and Josh Carter, 25 rescued after F/V Little D runs aground, begins taking on water

    CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard crews rescued two fishermen early Saturday morning after their 55-foot boat ran aground and began taking on water at the south Read More »

  • Iditarod demand for king crab keeps Nome fishermen busy

    On a brisk and breezy afternoon, the stillness of the Bering Sea ice was broken up by the sounds of commercial crabbers, hard at work removing Read More »

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