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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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    Sam Parisi invites “Good Morning America” to Bring America Back to Gloucester and New England!

    Good Morning America did a nice little story about Captain Joe Piscatello, and his family, the people of the Fishing Vessel American Eagle, which is Sam’s Read More »
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    More fluke could be coming for Connecticut fishermen

    Last week, the MAFMC and the ASMFC increased the annual coastwide commercial quota for summer flounder for 2019-21 to 11.53 million pounds. While states will continue Read More »
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    Peaceful protest, peace offering in disputed First Nations lobster fishery

    There were peaceful protests Friday in Nova Scotia by commercial fishermen, following a symbolic gesture of peace the day before between some commercial fishermen and the Read More »

  • Meat from slaughtered sharks off UK coastline ‘could end up on sale at chippies’ – Oh No!

    The image, which has sparked outrage, shows the heads and fins of up to 60 of the creatures which were dumped near the coastline of the Read More »

  • Research reveals black gill kills shrimp

    A disease that’s crippling the shrimp industry may be doing more damage than originally thought. Researchers in our region have made new findings about black gill Read More »

  • The Fisheries Broadcast One Hour Phone in Special

    One hour phone-in special Host Jamie Baker is joined by Jim Wellman, the managing editor for Navigator magazine and former host of The Fisheries Broadcast – Read More »

  • AquaBounty, GMO salmon producer, applies to expand production on P.E.I.

    The company that produces genetically-modified salmon has applied to re-purpose a 38-year-old fish hatchery in Rollo Bay West, P.E.I., as it looks to expand its commercial production. AquaBounty Technologies Read More »
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    Boat and 26 chinook seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C.’s coast by 3 non-residents

    Vancouver Island RCMP have seized a nine-metre fishing boat and more than two dozen chinook salmon over what they say are allegations of “significant overfishing.”The RCMP Read More »

  • N.S. First Nations to exercise right to moderate livelihood during upcoming lobster season

    For the third consecutive year, four First Nations in southwestern Nova Scotia will exercise their treaty right to fish for a moderate living when Canada’s most lucrative Read More »
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    Independent Senator calls on Ryan to launch investigation into Mary Kate

    CJ Gaffney and his family have received more backing in their fight for justice over the Irish Government’s handling of the case relating to the fishing Read More »
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    Carving up the Bureaucracy – MPI dismantling received positively by Nelson fishing industry

    The announcement of a dedicated fisheries portfolio by the new Labour-led government has local fishing representatives hooked. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this week the primary industries mega-ministry would Read More »
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    Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for February 2021

    Contact our sales team today! To review the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – “The only thing we treat our fish with, is respect” Seafreeze Read More »

  • Abundant returns, sustained yields testify that Alaska Board of Fisheries isn’t broken

    Starting in 2014, and continuing into 2016, members of United Cook Inlet Drift Association (UCIDA), a commercial fishing organization, and two former employees of the Alaska Department of Fish Read More »

  • NOAA sets minimum size limit for parrotfish caught in St. Croix waters

    The regulation has been through the public hearing process and had input from fishermen before that. Carlos Farchette, the St. Croix member of the Caribbean Fishery Read More »

  • When a Coast Guard helicopter crashed in Southeast Alaska, first on the scene were the helicopter crashed it came to rescue

    The first people at the scene of Monday night’s crash of an Air Station Sitka helicopter were the crew of the distressed fishing vessel it was Read More »
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    Pink liquid flows in Fortune Bay, Area fishermen want more information on whether cleanup will affect them

    A cleanup operation is underway in Fortune Bay, where Northern Harvest Sea Farms is emptying out its salmon pens following a massive fish die-off. The company, owned Read More »

  • NLGIDC are disappointed in DFO’s management approach for Unit 1 Redfish for 2024-2025

    Late on Friday, May 31, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) unveiled its management plan for Unit 1 redfish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Read More »

  • Dear Lord! Anchorage commercial fisherman killed in Las Vegas massacre

    An Anchorage commercial fisherman, 35-year-old Adrian Murfitt, was among the dozens of people killed in the mass shooting Sunday at a Las Vegas music festival. Brian MacKinnon Read More »

  • Deepwater Wind Opponents of RI Wind Farm Head to Court

    The first off-shore wind farm in the United States will have Rhode Islanders footing the bill at $497 million above market cost, taxpayers claim in Federal Read More »

  • Gloucester Doryman Paul Francis Frontiero Sr left fishing to pursue painting

    The son of a Gloucester fisherman, the late Paul Francis Frontiero Sr., began fishing with his father at the age of 12. He did not know Read More »

  • Editorial: Feds cannot allow altering of NOAA abuse report Gloucester Daily Times – Another Shameful Obama Administration Blunder

    After sitting more than six months on a second, in-depth probe report from special investigator Robert B. Swartwood III, the word that Acting Commerce Secretary Roberta Blank Read More »

  • Commercial fishing groups worried about initiative – Proposed setnet ban draws fire

    Since the newly formed Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance released its ballot initiative proposition to ban setnet fishing in areas of the state it defined as “urban,” Read More »

  • Wednesday meeting to give update on Ventura Harbor closure

    The meeting will be held in the Ventura Marina Mobile Home Park auditorium, 1215 Anchors Way Drive, Harbormaster John Higgins said. Topics to be discussed include Read More »

  • Walmart, Aldi linked to contaminated shrimp from India

    NBC News, in partnership with The Outlaw Ocean Project, has released a knee-buckling report on a shrimp factory in southern India that distributes products to stores Read More »

  • New £3.5 Million Ice Factory Revolutionises Peterhead Harbour Operations

    Peterhead Port Authority has unveiled its new £3.5 million ice factory, a significant upgrade designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of operations at the port. Read More »

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