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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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  • Brier Island fisherman Jesse Tudor shows off 17-pound lobster

    Jesse Tudor says he’s been looking for a big catch and finally got it on March 27. “We thought, ‘Finally we got a big one,’ because Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 56′ DMR Scalloper/Stern Trawler, Detroit 8-V-71 Diesel, Permit

    Specifications, information and 14 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:36 Read More »

  • Local fishermen speak out against proposed bill seeking further restrictions on commercial fishing

    For Zack Robinson, fishing isn’t just a job. “The ocean’s my life,” he said. Robinson has been gillnetting for 15 years, catching halibut and seabass. “Gillnetting Read More »
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    Victorious United Cook Inlet Drift Association file to vacate salmon rule

    A Cook Inlet salmon plan will take a lot more work from federal managers in the next few years. The United Cook Inlet Drift Association, an Read More »

  • Crab fishing – handling and releasing wolffish

    Crab fishermen! Wolffish are at risk. You can contribute to their recovery. If you catch some by accident, handle them carefully and release them as quickly Read More »

  • Breaking: New England Regional Fishery Management Council – Cod limit cuts projected at up to 82 percent

    “Based on recent reports developed by fisheries scientists and peer reviewed by independent experts, there is little good news about the health of cod stocks in Read More »
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    These are Alaska’s priorities for fishery management council

    Based on discussions with a diverse range of user groups, delegations from our coastal communities, fishermen, processor representatives and other Alaskans, it is clear our fisheries Read More »

  • Marshfield, Massachusetts: Local fishermen react to federal disaster relief funding

    John Haviland, a fisherman from Marshfield, said issuing fishermen a check, though well meaning, is not the answer. “Commercial fishermen want to be allowed to catch Read More »
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    New Bedford fisherman sentenced for evading $431,000 in federal taxes

    A New Bedford man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for evading more than $431,000 in federal income taxes over the course of seven years. Read More »
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    Arrest made in the case of the headless tuna

    The mysterious autumnal tale of Gloucester’s headless bluefin tuna has taken another arresting turn. Literally. On Friday evening, following the first day of the re-opened tuna Read More »

  • U.S. Coast Guard to honor Jonesport teen who drowned saving father in 1972

    JONESPORT, Maine — It’s been more than 40 years since Alvin Beal drowned on Oct. 17, 1972, at the age of 17 while rescuing his father Read More »

  • The Cape Cod Fisherman – About time…

    It’s been 19 yrs since the NMFS/ASMFC said striped bass were restored and the moratorium on a directed fishery was lifted here in MA. Since then Read More »

  • Biologists: Fisheries at Risk as Bills Target Science-Based Conservation – Reauth hearing tomorrow

    Are fish the next casualties in the war on science? A group of distinguished marine scientists, including a former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Read More »
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    Alaskan halibut, caught by a century-old Seattle boat, provides a glimpse of Amazon’s strategy with Whole Foods

    From the deck of his 106-year-old halibut schooner, undergoing a seasonal overhaul at Fisherman’s Terminal in Seattle, skipper Wade Bassi has better insight than most into Read More »
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    Governments and bureaucrats can fix the N.L. inshore fishery by consulting directly with harvesters

    In 1992, a government of Canada MP loudly responded to demonstrators by saying, “I didn’t take the fish from the God damn water.” In 2023, a Read More »

  • Heiltsuk will risk arrest to blockade herring boats, warns chief councillor

    The herring battle on the central B.C. coast heated up Thursday with warnings from Heiltsuk tribal leaders that further commercial herring boats will be physically blockaded Read More »
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    Crabs have evolved five separate times—why do the same forms keep appearing in nature?

    Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful.” It’s a nice sentiment but it doesn’t explain why evolution keeps making crabs. Crabs belong to a Read More »

  • Board of Fisheries says all salmon bycatch from one pollock trawl fishery must be retained

    Alaska’s Board of Fisheries considered four proposals that would have severely restricted or even shut down the pollock trawl fishery in Prince William Sound. Ultimately, though, only Read More »

  • Crab ban timing aggravates fishermen – “It’s not too late. Give us an emergency opening.”

    Crab fishermen are expressing frustration over how the state’s 30-day crab season moratorium was set for the weeks leading up to Lent when prices are higher. Read More »

  • Virginia’s oyster harvest hit 406,000 bushels for the 2012-2013 season – biggest in 26 years

    Virginia’s oyster harvest hit 406,000 bushels for the 2012-2013 season, outpacing the previous year by nearly 60 percent and marking the largest harvest since 1987, officials Read More »

  • Isle of Man: King scallop licences cut to conserve the stock

    Measures are being introduced to ensure the sustainability of the island’s king scallop fishery. From the start of the 2016/17 season on November 1, the number Read More »

  • THE COMMITTEE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE ACTION AND DIRECT NOAA TO CLOSE NERO IMMEDIATELEY

    Posted 13:03:54 DEPARTMENT’s of COMMERCE and JUSTICE  and SCIENCE and RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014 p. 30 “Northeast Regional Fisheries Office. However, given NOAA’s lack of cooperation and reversal Read More »

  • Debris from boat of 3 missing fisherman found off coast of St. Augustine

    Debris from the boat of three missing Georgia fisherman was found 16 miles off the coast of St. Augustine Sunday night, according to the United Cajun Read More »
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    Day 9 – Canadian Fisherman Richard Gillett continues hunger strike protest after call from minister

    Richard Gillett is weak now and growing weaker by the hour. The once burly fisherman from Twillingate, N.L., known for his three seasons on the reality Read More »

  • “We were primed to make some money,” – Georgia’s shrimping season a disaster

    Jim Page, a marine biologist with the DNR Coastal Resources Division, says sample trawls along the coast show shrimp catches had been well below average throughout Read More »

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