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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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    Montauk 1915: When the Village Was on the Arc of Fort Pond Bay

    The wooden shacks composing this village had all been built around 1895 by people who did not own this land. They were squatters on this arc Read More »

  • Capt. Dave Marciano: Catch shares for tuna could end fishery

    The end of the tuna fishery has begun. No one thought that giving one group of selected wealthy individuals their own special quota in the guise Read More »
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    Fishing boat catches fire and sinks in Narragansett Bay

    The Northeast Sector of the United States Coast Guard says that a 40-foot fishing boat sank in the Narragansett Bay Thursday afternoon following a fire on Read More »
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    We need Stephanie Hawke – Mark Jones

    Dear Editor: Being a lobsterman for the last 45 years, I would ask you to support Stephanie Hawke for House Seat 89 in the Maine legislature. Read More »

  • Updated: The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank this morning – Video

    BOSTON – The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank Thursday, about 40 miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island. Coast Read More »
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    God Bless America

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  • Federal judge grants preliminary injunction to block Pacific Seafood acquisition

    Stepping in to avert a potential monopoly, a federal judge has granted commercial fishermen a preliminary injunction to block Pacific Seafood Group from acquiring Ocean Gold Read More »
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    R.I. delegation raises concerns with speed of offshore wind review

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  • BREAKING: FFAW AND ASP REACH AGREEMENT TO GET SNOW CRAB FISHERY STARTED

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  • Allowing Outside Buyers in Fishery Won’t Fix Issues in Processing Sector, Says Advocate

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    BREAKING: Multi-alarm fire erupts on fishing vessel docked in San Diego Bay

    A fire on a 120-foot fishing vessel billowed smoke over the San Diego Harbor area early Friday. Crews from U.S. Coast Guard San Diego, San Diego Read More »

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  • A day in the life of 18-year-old fisherman Mat Price

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    An Fundraiser – Help for the Family of Mike Drake of Fortune, NL

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  • Australia Seeks to Extend Commercial Fishing in Protected Waters

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  • Lobstermen help rescue fisherman who fell from cliffs in York

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    Coast Guard halts illegal use of “paper captains” in WA-based tuna fishing operation

    Since 2019, Coast Guard personnel, working collaboratively with CBP and NOAA agents, detected eight separate “paper captain” violations operating in the Pacific Northwest. Paper captain is Read More »

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    Monster crab measuring over nine feet hauled up in fishing nets of Kerry trawler

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    Louisiana spring shrimp season late this year

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