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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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    Christopher Neff, a lecturer in public policy at the University of Sydney, has been documenting the impacts of a more insidiously influential film: “Jaws,” (is that Read More »
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    Donnie Carlson found his niche on Swan’s Island

    Many people in the lobster industry see fishing as a birthright. They fish because their father fished, and maybe his father before him. Donnie Carlson started Read More »

  • Newport lobsterman opposes plan for marine national monument

    Newport lobster fisherman William Palombo is quite familiar with the territory designated for the new monument. Palombo issued his own press release Wednesday night, asserting that Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for 06/21/2019

    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 Read More »
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    Engine shortage slows pace of boatbuilding

    Seated behind the desk in his office, boatbuilder Stewart Workman seemed pretty relaxed for a businessman with a big problem that seems to be growing worse.,, Over Read More »
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    Record NSW Coke Bust? Police find tonne of suspected cocaine on a commercial fishing boat

    An unusual-looking route bought the Coralynne to the attention of authorities and, as investigators boarded the fishing vessel, it didn’t take long to confirm their suspicions Read More »

  • New England Fishery Management Council Report

    The Council Report summarizes major actions approved at NEFMC meetings or highlights items of interest. At its June21-23 meeting in Portland, ME, the Council  approved actions  Read More »

  • Big Pine Key Lobster fisherman court ordered to surrender 400 traps

    David Lee Boggs, 51, was ultimately charged with more than 100 counts of misdemeanor fishing without proper tags after state wildlife officers and the Monroe County Read More »
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    Opinion: The Reason for No Season – Jim O’Connell

    These are 2 females. The black shelled female on the left did not shed this year for the first time skipping the yearly shed. It now Read More »
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    Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Edwin Lee Owings, 1958-2021

    Eddie passed away peacefully on February 23, 2021, at 62 years old, in Crescent City. He was born in Fort Bragg to Thelma and Joel Owings. Read More »

  • It takes fish to make fish – Larry Engel

    The uptick in silvers to the Mat-Su is part of what we on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fish and Wildlife Commission were asking for last February when Read More »

  • Anderson: Offshore wind risks outweigh exaggerated rewards

    A recently published article referencing the upcoming sale/lease of 827,000 acres of area in the Gulf of Maine to developers for offshore wind turbines should not be Read More »

  • NEFMC to NOAA on Closed Area Access: “Council Opposes 100% Observer Requirement” – “Your Arguments Are Not Convincing”

    New England Fishery Management Council Chairman C.M. “Rip” Cunningham has written to NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard expressing the Council’s opposition to NOAA’s requirement Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ RI Marine Steel Offshore Lobster Boat with traps, permit

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  • Proposed Ban on Commercial Fishing Off Miami – Video report

    With fish populations decreasing, the National Park Service is proposing a ban on commercial fishing in Biscayne National Park off the coast of Miami, an area Read More »
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    The end of an era for Alaska fishing may already be here

    The historic Long Island fishing town of Amagansett is about 100 miles from New York City — roughly the distance from Ninilchik to Anchorage. Remarkably, a Read More »

  • NMFS Announces Proposed Rule to Protect Deep-Sea Corals in the Mid-Atlantic

    On September 26, 2016, NOAA Fisheries announced a proposed rule to designate a deep-sea coral protection area in the Mid-Atlantic. The area extends from the continental Read More »
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    Environmental Police Investigate Mysterious Menemsha Harbor Lobster Deaths

    “It was reported that a commercial lobsterman within Menemsha Harbor discovered what appeared to be motor oil poured on top of several of his lobster crates Read More »

  • Commercial fishing industry deserves greater appreciation

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  • BC Becoming a ‘Poacher’s Paradise’

    Budget cuts and enforcement downsizing have left British Columbia open to fish poachers with little risk of getting caught while they launder their unlawful catch in Read More »
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    Proposed Snowy Grouper Management Measures Will Harm the Stock and Commercial Fishermen — Help Us Fight

    Last fall the [SAFMC] South Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved Amendment 51 to the South Atlantic Snapper/Grouper FMP. Now the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is Read More »
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    Vietnam builds first modern fishing ship for Canada

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  • Boat crash damages pier, docks at Ventura Harbor

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  • Ottawa paid multinational fish farms $4.1 million for diseased fish

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