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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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  • Jacobs (fourth-generation waterman) unopposed in District 36 in the Maryland House of Delegates

    “For 20 years, I feel like Annapolis has really regulated the industry, really in a way that has been very detrimental to the industry,” Jacobs said. Read More »

  • Matt Ridley: Beware The Corruption Of Science

    As somebody who has championed science all his career, carrying a lot of water for the profession against its critics on many issues, I am losing Read More »
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    Coronavirus: ‘Like a funeral’: Fisherman laments tanking prices in once-lucrative lobster fishery

    The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has set opening dates for the lobster fishery from May 1 to May 6, depending on the area of the Read More »
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    Ardglass trawler skipper fined over collision

    An Ardglass trawler skipper has been fined more than £2,000 after his boat collided with another vessel off the County Down coast in July 2015. Paul Read More »

  • ‘Superhero’ Maine lobstermen will star in worldwide lobster marketing

    In December, the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (MLMC) hired the global public relations firm Weber Shandwick, based in Boston, to help expand existing markets and find Read More »

  • Ocean Fishing Ban – Should large areas of the ocean be off-limits to fishing? Daniel Pauly thinks so.

    ScienCentral News – Should large areas of the ocean be off-limits to fishing? Daniel Pauly, professor at the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance filed lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C

    The claim, National Marine Fisheries Service didn’t have strong enough measures in place to prevent the recreational fishing sector from far exceeding the amount of red snapper Read More »
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    New research suggests 70% decline in diversity of B.C. sockeye salmon stock in past century

    There are at least 13 genetically different sockeye salmon that spawn in the rivers or tributaries of the Skeena River watershed and that has not changed Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Bruno & Stillman lobster boat, 8-V-71 Detroit Diesel

    To see specifications, information and 15 photos Click here. To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:28 Read More »
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    Ocean Beauty permanently closes Petersburg cannery

    Ocean Beauty Seafoods will permanently close the company’s Petersburg cannery. Company president and CEO Mark Palmer said in an Aug. 2 letter to Petersburg borough that Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 28, 2015

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 09:34 Read More »

  • Good Morning, and Happy Birthday, America!

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  • Governor Walker names two good Alaskans to North Pacific Fishery Management Council

    “Alaska strong” is the phrase that best describes Gov. Bill Walker’s recent nominations of Theresa Peterson and Buck Laukitis to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Read More »

  • Lees used Shahin as ‘pawn against Mar-Lees’

    US scallop supplier Mar-Lees Seafood claims its current president and CEO was used as a pawn against the company by John Lees, co-founder and twice former Read More »
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    What Does the Jones Act Mean for Offshore Wind?

    The Block Island Wind Farm, a 30-megawatt wind farm located just off the coast of Rhode Island, began operations in December 2016, fulfilling the goal of Read More »

  • Gloucester celebrates its finest kind

    The launch of Gloucester Fisheries Heritage Month in the city’s 400+ anniversary year in front of the Fishermen’s Memorial on Stacy Boulevard on Tuesday evening celebrated Read More »

  • Catch Limits Increased in Atlantic Herring Fishery

    NOAA Fisheries NMFS today announced that we are  it is increasing the catch limits for Atlantic herring fishery, due to the healthy condition of the Atlantic herring Read More »

  • Judge agrees to $1 million lien against seafood dealer, co-op manager for alleged lobster theft

    A judge agreed last week to slap a lien for more than $1 million attachment on properties of a southern Maine seafood dealer as well as Read More »
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    Researchers Had ‘No Idea’ Killer Whales Could Dive This Deep

    Killer whales in the South Atlantic Ocean are willing to dive more than a thousand feet more than previously recorded—if they are certain to get a Read More »
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    Vessel lost at mouth of Coos River belonged to Joshua Porter, victim of Mary B II tragedy

    The commercial fishing boat lost on the rocks near the entrance to the Coos River this weekend belonged to the late Joshua Porter, the Oregon man Read More »
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    Fisheries across nation seeking monitor waivers

    What began in the fisheries of New England has spread across the country. Fishing stakeholders from as far away as the West Coast and Alaska have Read More »

  • R.I. Clammer Dan Briggs concerned about wastewater plant chlorine killing steamers in Narragansett Bay

    Dan Briggs is afraid he’s losing his job. That explains his angry posts to social media this summer. His venting, however, isn’t doing anything to solve Read More »
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    Squid fishery proposed for Southeast as squid follow warmer waters to Alaska

    Following warmer waters to Alaska, market squid may be here to stay and at least four Southeast fishermen think there’s enough here to begin catching and Read More »

  • FFAW President Greg Pretty not seeking re-election, will retire

    Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union president Greg Pretty is retiring after more than 40 years with Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest private sector union. Pretty Read More »

  • Moved by the rescue of the ‘Lucky 7,’ Gander artist creates tribute sketch

    Inspired by the rescue last week of seven fishermen feared lost at sea, a Gander artist has created an artwork in tribute to the crew of Read More »

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