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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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  • Day 2, NEFMC Meeting – 8:30 a.m. Groundfish Committee Report Listen Live

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  • LETHBRIDGE: Turbine buffs beware: There be growlers out there – ocean industrialization

    Growlers, in the parlance of fishermen and aquaculture farmers of New Brunswick, are those submerged aggregations of gravel, rock and ice that rampage up and down Read More »
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    Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Massive Crab Meat Switcheroo

    A Virginia seafood processor has pleaded guilty to falsely labeling millions of dollars worth of foreign crab meat as a “product of the USA,” the Justice Read More »

  • NCFA WEEKLY UPDATE FOR February 19, 2024

    Proposed shrimp trawl area closures to “protect” submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Once again, the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be discussing adopting further regulations Read More »
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    Submerged Rock Led to Fishing Vessel Grounding

    A captain’s decision to navigate close to shore in an area with uncharted rocks led to the grounding and capsizing of a fishing vessel in Alaska Read More »

  • NMFS Chief Chris Oliver suspends large whale rescues in U.S. following rescuer death

    An American agency that responds to marine mammals in distress has halted its efforts to free large whales trapped in fishing gear following the recent death Read More »

  • Americans are ‘getting whacked’ by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations in a new book that underscores his skepticism Read More »
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    Search Suspended for Commercial Fisherman Missing off Carpinteria Coast

    A multi-day search for a man missing from a commercial fishing vessel found off the Carpinteria coast was suspended Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The 38-foot trawler Read More »

  • The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Friday kicks off a two-week meeting with a fish war at its center.

    Sportfishing interests are asking the state to protect plummeting numbers of Kenai River king salmon by restricting commercial fishing. Setnet groups are pressing for access to Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 35′ Duffy Fiberglass Lobster Boat, CAT 3208T, Permits, 400 +/- 3′ Lobster traps available

    Specifications, information and 13 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:10 Read More »

  • Cold winter puts damper on Louisiana seafood – Bad year expected

    It’s going to be a tough year for Louisiana seafood. Crawfish are already off to a slow start in terms of size and availability, and some Read More »
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    Reallocation: coming to a dock near you?

    Ever since quota transfers in “shared fisheries” have been made so easy to justify (see the Massachusetts justification for the recent reallocation of fluke, bluefish and Read More »

  • “Memorial Presents” Public Forum – Moving Forward: Building Resilient Fisheries and Coastal Communities in NL

    Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 7:30pm NST – Join us for a dynamic discussion of the strengths and vulnerabilities of our fisheries and coastal communities, and help Read More »
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    Fishing licence plan ‘bordering on naive’

    The government’s plan to prevent French fishing boats depleting stocks in Jersey’s waters is ‘bordering on the naive’, according to local fishermen – as temporary licences Read More »

  • Katsheshuk Fisheries fined $90K for incident that killed worker

    A St. John’s court has fined Katsheshuk Fisheries $90,000 for occupational health and safety charges laid after a man was killed on a shrimp trawler two Read More »

  • Con group buys $1m worth of groundfish quota

    The (MBFT) bought $1m worth of groundfish quota — 4.2m annual quota pounds — from the nonprofit Nature Conservancy which it plans to use to benefit Read More »

  • Joe Henry, ‘the fox’ of lobstermen, to lead Stonington’s Blessing of Fleet parade on Sunday

    Back in the day, Joe Henry was really good at lobstering, so good in fact, that his fellow lobstermen in the Borough would call him “the Read More »

  • Nova Scotia Fisherman, 51, dies after falling into water outside Mahone Bay

    BRIDGEWATER — A Lunenburg County lobster fisherman died Tuesday afternoon, seven hours after he was pulled from the water at a wharf just outside Mahone Bay. continued Read More »

  • Warren Maine man admits to helping sink lobster boat

    A 21-year-old Warren man was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 26, to three months in jail for his role in the sinking of a lobster boat off St. Read More »
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    Families bid for private sea search to find missing Conwy fishermen

    Families of three fishermen missing off the Welsh coast have sought advice from an expert nicknamed “shipwreck hunter” in a bid to find their loved ones. Read More »
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    Fish fight over West Coast licences and quota resurfaces at federal committee

    A parliamentary committee investigating whether corporations and foreign owners have a stranglehold on Canadian fisheries is experiencing a serious case of deja vu. Witnesses speaking about Read More »
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    Maine’s booming seal population concerns local fishermen, biologists. Cod predation isn’t mentioned

    Biologists say there are three points to consider: While the increase in harbor seals is creating a healthier ecosystem for the Gulf of Maine, it’s also Read More »
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    Atlantic salmon aquaculture farmers cited as ‘likely source’ of European strain spawning in Fundy waters

    Tom Smith says it’s “misleading” to blame Atlantic Canadian aquaculture farmers for European farm salmon spawning in the Bay of Fundy over the past two decades. Read More »
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    Slim pickings for Nantucket scallopers on opening day

    Optimism was in short supply as commercial scalloping season opened this morning, but  the dock price, the price paid to fishermen for a pound of shucked Read More »

  • The Fish Shop brings Oregon fish to Corvallis

    Prior to the store’s opening, Harrison’s brand, Oregon’s Choice was solely online, selling primarily albacore tuna and Chinook salmon, all caught and canned in Oregon. Harrison Read More »

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