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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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    Proposed Modifications revealed to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan

    Today, we released our proposed modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to further reduce the impacts of entanglement in fishing gear on right whales Read More »

  • Sunken lobster boat raised – Investigation continues

    Police said their investigation into an early Wednesday morning fire at the Town Dock that sunk a lobster boat and damaged another boat that was tied to Read More »

  • Seafood industry, trade minister bullish on CETA fallout

    The recently signed free trade deal between Canada and the European Union should boost seafood exports and create more jobs in fishing communities, according to Trade Read More »

  • N.C. State Senate votes to delay changes to shrimping rules

    The N.C. Senate voted Thursday to put up a hurdle to proposed rule-making by the state Marine Fisheries Commission spurred by a petition that calls for Read More »

  • Hickman’s Harbour fishers relieved DFO ditched new rule for herring fishery

    Melanie Marsh just wanted a simple answer.  How many people are considered “sufficient number of crew members” for a herring-fishing boat? It was a question that Read More »
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    New penalty points system – Fishermen say there is no right to challenge the points for breaches of rules

    The chief executive of Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Séan O’Donoghue has said that fishermen are not being afforded the same rights as other citizens under the new Read More »

  • Jesus Christ! Not Cape Pond Ice. Cape Pond Ice on the block

    Scott Memhard cited the decision by NOAA against allowing the industry a second year of relief via interim catch levels as forcing his hand. The first year Read More »

  • NOAA regional chief, EDF back catch quota caps

    http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x1618664521/NOAA-regional-chief-EDF-back-catch-quota-caps Once again, the cart before the horse. This should have been addressed before amendment 16 was rammed through. The EDF goal of Herr Lubchenco. Yes, Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 18, 2016

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here  10:33 Read More »

  • Carla Samson’s charges dropped in Phillip Boudreau ‘murder for lobster’ case

    The Crown has dropped charges against a Cape Breton woman charged in the death of a fisherman whose body has never been found. Carla Samson had been facing Read More »

  • Aussie Fishermen donate lucrative catch to Melbourne Museum

    James Owen and his crew have saved the elusive sea monster from the cooking pot, and have earned praise by donating it to science instead. “I’ve Read More »

  • Your View: Not all fishermen support Young bill, By Greg Walinski

    We need to hang on to the fundamentals of the act, while improving monitoring, data collection systems — for both commercial and recreational fishing — and bycatch accountability. I Read More »

  • Nils E. Stolpe: Flotsam and Jetsam FishNet-USA/December 8, 2013

    More astroturf “activism” in herring management – And on the subject of who’s doing and who’s not doing real research to better determine the status of Read More »

  • Cape Breton boatbuilders help DFO to face commercial, climate change challenges

    The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is having four new patrol boats built in rural Cape Breton to address some of the challenges faced by Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report July 17, 2015

    The fishery is usually winding down this time of year, but  folks on the east side say catches – and the wind – is going strong. Read More »
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    Obituary: Jeffery Matthews – He was a hard-working, old-school fisherman.

    Jeffery Matthews, 55, sank with his crew and went to heaven as a legend fisherman on Nov. 23, 2020, while he was at sea, doing what Read More »

  • Photos: Fishermen Catch Large Blue Marlin

    “It’s a total shock!” – That was the reaction from brothers Allan and Delvin Bean when they caught a huge Blue Marlin earlier this week.The Beans were Read More »
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    Gloucester: Open Door, fishing vessel win food security grants

    The Open Door and a Gloucester fishing company will share in $5.9 million in state grants to help ensure a secure food supply chain for Massachusetts Read More »
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    X15-Powered Lobster Boats on the Water, the first commercial fishing application of this engine.

    When Steve Corkum Jr. of Yarmouth Sea Products couldn’t find a yard prepared to build 15 lobster boats in a single order, he started his own Read More »

  • We used AI and satellite imagery to map ocean activities that take place out of sight, including fishing, shipping and energy development

    A newly published study in the journal Nature combines satellite images, vessel GPS data and artificial intelligence to reveal human industrial activities across the ocean over a five-year Read More »
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    Bring Back the Peddlers

    With a quarantine upon us, I wonder what it would be like to have our neighborhood peddlers back. Trusted men who added life to our streets, Read More »
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    Greiss embraces Islanders past by putting fisherman on new mask

    Thomas Greiss’ new mask takes New York Islanders fans for a trip down memory lane. The Islanders goalie’s new helmet features the Islanders fisherman logo and Read More »
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    Fishing activity before, during, and after reopening of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

    Evaluation of the economic impacts of marine protected areas is hampered by the fact that it is impossible to observe what would have happened if the Read More »

  • F/V Tracy D saves five people from the Columbia River after boat capsizes

    ILWACO, Wash. A nearby boater rescued five people from the Columbia River bar after a boat capsized Friday morning.  A commercial fishing vessel, the Tracy D, called Read More »

  • Putting lipstick on the ENGO Pig – Oregon fishermen and ENGOs in collaboration

    During a recent lunch at Sharkbite’s Seafood Cafe in Coos Bay, area fishermen broke bread with an unlikely lunch mate — an attorney from the environmental Read More »

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