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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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    Master of the Leanic: Tim McCormack continues a tradition going back five generations

    For Tim McCormack, life doesn’t get any better than being out on the lake in his fishing boat, the Leanic. He says that it’s his “happy place”. Read More »
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    Alternative Youth Activities students get a lesson in hard work from a fishing boat captain

    Students with Alternative Youth Activities took a trip down to the Charleston Marina on Wednesday afternoon to learn how a commercial slime eel fishing boat operates. Read More »
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    Mightier Than the Swordfish: Nova Scotia’s Harpoon Fishermen

    A hundred miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, fishermen are in offseason mode. If it were wintertime, they’d be hauling lobster in closer to shore. Read More »
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    Marshfield Selectmen Recognize Resident after 911 Call Led to Rescue of Three Fishermen

    Pam Harght was working from her Marshfield home in February, when she saw smoke coming from a boat, about a mile away. The boat disappeared from Read More »
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    Bay of Fundy Herring Industry Proposes Sustainability Plan

    The Bay of Fundy Herring Industry, in collaboration with the Herring Science Council, today unveiled a plan to sustain and rebuild the herring stocks in the Read More »
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    F/V Bear still stuck in the sand at Island Beach State Park

    A 68-foot fishing boat named Bear was (remains) stuck in the sand Thursday morning after it ran aground at the southern end of Island Beach State Read More »

  • Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signs territorial waters bill

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that extends Mississippi’s territorial waters by about seven miles. Mississippi and Louisiana waters now extend Read More »

  • Canadian Coast Guard goes high-tech – Communications system worth $50m has been installed in Halifax, N.L.

    The Canadian Coast Guard’s new $50-million communications system has been installed in Halifax after five years of development. It is a massive project that the coast Read More »
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    New Jersey: Legislators Propose Bill To Limit Local Say Over Offshore Wind Farm Projects

    The bill comes at a time when Ørsted’s proposed offshore wind project has been gaining opposition from several coastal communities concerned about the cables running underneath Read More »

  • F/V Southern Skies makes it to safe harbor at Criehaven

    As a fall nor’easter brought heavy windswept rain into the state Wednesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard boat responded to a fishing boat taking on water Read More »

  • Prince Edward Island fishermen want dedicated cabinet minister

    A dedicated minister and department of fisheries should be created to tackle the issues and challenges facing the second most important primary industry in the province, Read More »

  • Stock Assessment Prioritization: Guiding decisions on which fish stocks to assess

    What are stock assessments?  Assessments for managed fish and shellfish stocks are an important core activity of NOAA NMFS. Why is prioritization needed?  There are 478 Read More »

  • New Group Is Dedicated to Liberating Lobsters

    The lobster heroes are here: Crustacean Liberation is a new advocacy group dedicated to saving one of the most overlooked and abused groups of animals: lobsters, crabs, shrimp, Read More »

  • FISH-NL renews call for province to allow in outside buyers; ensure provincially owned quotas caught by inshore harvesters

    In light of declining south coast cod stocks, the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is renewing its call that the provincial Read More »

  • The Chuckleheads are planning another Lawsuit. – Marin group plans suit to help protect sperm whales

    (They just went through this.) “These endangered sperm whales should be protected from these gillnets,” said Joanna Nasar, spokeswoman for the Turtle Island Restoration Network. “It’s Read More »
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    New Anacortes-built trawler could be grounded by old law, endangering two local firms

    The largest, most modern American-made trawler built in nearly three decades may be barred from fishing in U.S. waters, with financial repercussions to its local builder Read More »

  • Roger the lobster saved after his date with a dinner plate falls through

    A LEVIATHAN lobster has been saved from the cooking pot after fishery bosses took pity on him and gave the king-sized crustacean a last-minute reprieve. The Read More »
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    Scots fisherman who spent almost £1m on new boat told he can’t export his catch

    A fisherman who spent almost £1million on a new boat has told how he can’t export his catch due to Brexit delays. Alistair Roberts spent two years Read More »
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    Environmental Regulations and Wind Turbines Are Backing New England Fishermen into a Corner

    Just three weeks ago, Jerry Leeman was a commercial fishing captain in New England and a very successful one at that. Now, as executive director of Read More »

  • Maine Voices: The Press Herald misrepresented state’s timely actions on lobster contamination

    The Portland Press Herald’s recent articles calling into question the timing of the state’s action to close a small area in the Penobscot River to lobster Read More »

  • American Samoa – Listing of local corals as endangered still a worry, Fisheries Council deals with lack of dock space, Albacore fishing reaching maximum levels

    Of the 66 coral species being proposed for listing, 46 occur in American Samoa. The listing is among issues being discussed by the Council this week. Read More »

  • Three Brother’s, 1 dead, 2 injured in F/V Pauline II fire at Egegik dock

    Alaska state troopers say the fire Thursday killed 56-year-old Harberg Paul and injured 50-year-old Joe Paul and 55-year-old Paul Paul, 55. The brothers are from Kipnuk (KIP-nuk) on Read More »

  • Big Rescue Operation in the Antarctic – Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star In Route To Australian-flagged F/V Antarctic Chieftain

    A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is responding to a 207-foot fishing vessel with 27 people aboard beset in ice approximately 900 miles northeast of McMurdo Sound, Read More »
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    “Long Time Champion” of offshore wind, tax credit creator, Sen. Markey receives “U.S. Wind Champion Award”

    Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has been named a U.S. Wind Champion for the 116th Congress by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) at an event hosted Read More »
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    A California battle over swordfish — and gill nets

    Conservationists are pushing a $1 million effort this summer to change the way swordfish are caught off the California coast by phasing out the use of Read More »

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