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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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“Looking Back; “Fishery management; best available science, or politics?” 2009. By Jim Lovgren
I wrote this piece at the beginning of the Obama administration, concerning the politization of fishery science, over fourteen years ago. The rash of east coast Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 85′ LOA Steel Shrimper Freezer/Trawler, CAT 3412, 2 Isuzu 65 KW Generators
Specifications, information and 10 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< This vessel is considered to be in “as new” condition. Read More » -
Crews receive honors Friday for saving fishermen’s lives
A special recognition ceremony Friday honored those involved in a rescue mission along Carteret County’s coast in mid-December of last year. According to U.S. Coast Guard Read More » -
Provincial government creating more opportunity for Newfoundland and Labrador shrimp processors
The provincial government has struck a deal with offshore shrimp companies and onshore processors that will see more product handled in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of Read More » -
Catch Shares: Commercial fishers on Far South Coast want action on restructure
The restructure of the NSW commercial fishing industry is reaching an important milestone with companies and individuals having until tomorrow to decide on whether they take a Read More » -
Working Waterfront – One of last SC commercial fishing hubs could close. Land trust seeks funds to save it.
Larry Mcclellan can look from the porch of his century old farmhouse out across Jeremy Creek where the shrimp boats rock under their hanging nets. Mcclellan Read More » -
Yarmouth Sea Products outlines extensive safety steps taken following serious injury to crewmember in 2015
It was just supposed to be another ordinary fishing trip, except that on the water things don’t always happen the way they’re supposed to. But that Read More » -
Magnuson Reauthorization, let’s get it right this time – Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet USA
When the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) became law 0n April 13, 1976, one of its primary selling points, along with reserving the fish and shellfish in our Read More » -
Collins criticizes onerous, unfair regulations on lobster industry
At a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Susan Collins questioned Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about several important issues facing the State of Maine, including the Read More » -
Can Regulations Help a Man Learn to Fish? Kissing boss Bloomberg’s ass?
(James Greiff’s boss just granted $56 million to increase fish stocks in Brazil, Chile and the Philippines.) There probably isn’t a lament repeated more often by small Read More » -
Commerce appoints Blue North CEO to serve on NPFMC
The US Commerce Department is appointing Blue North Fisheries CEO and President Kenny Down to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC). “This is an out-of-cycle appointment. Read More » -
PFMC: Ocean salmon fishing options unveiled
Ocean salmon fishing season this summer off the Washington and northern Oregon coasts likely will be similar or slightly better than in 2016. The Pacific Fishery Read More » -
Commercial redfish fishery to reopen, but pending quota threatens to push some fishers out
“It hurts me to talk about it,” says Brad Genge, a 51-year-old inshore fisherman from Anchor Point, on the west coast of Newfoundland’s northern peninsula. Genge Read More » -
Sambro firm sues boat builder over new vessel
A Sambro company is suing a Shelburne County boat builder and provincial and federal authorities over alleged problems with a new fishing boat. Reyno Fisheries Ltd. Read More » -
Prosecution was “legalised blackmail” – Angry trawler skipper cleared of illegal fishing says case cost him £200,000
A South Devon trawler owner cleared of illegal scallop fishing has lashed out at prosecutors who took him to court – in a case which has Read More » -
Commercial prawn season opens in Powell River B.C.
Commercial prawn fishers will be heading out to sea on Thursday, May 11, when the annual fishery opens. For the fishers, it is an expensive entry, Read More » -
Dead squid whodunit verdict is death by natural causes – video
Hundreds of dead squid mysteriously turned up in Victoria’s Gorge Waterway this past week, but the gruesome sight may just be a sign that the ecosystem Read More » -
Emergency crews responding to Burdwood Fish Farm diesel spill near northern Vancouver Island
Emergency crews are responding to a diesel spill at a fish farm near the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Early Sunday officials said at least 1,500 litres of Read More » -
Fishermen await decision about at-sea monitoring lawsuit
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — East Coast fishermen are awaiting a judge’s decision about their contention that the federal government’s plan to hand them the cost of Read More » -
‘Woefully inadequate’: N.S. announces $2,500 grant for fishers impacted by wildfires
More than two months after the Shelburne County wildfire, local fishers are still facing uncertainty around what gear they will have ready in time for lobster season. The loss of one Read More » -
1 dead, 2 rescued after boat capsizes near China Poot Bay
One person is dead and another two were rescued Wednesday from the waters of Kachemak Bay by commercial fishermen and a surfer when their boat capsized Read More » -
Representative Beverly Boswel is passionate about commercial fishing
I recently read the article, “The Boswell Backlash” by Michelle Wagner, dated March 21. As one who spends a considerable amount of time in Raleigh, representing Read More » -
Dead lobsters, crabs and herring are washing up along this Nova Scotia shore, and we don’t know why!
Halifax resident Eric Hewey was home in Digby, N.S., visiting for the holidays when he got a call from friends on Boxing Day summoning him to Read More » -
Cuts likely for lower Columbia River fall chinook fishing
State, federal and tribal officials — plus all manner of commercial and sport fishing interests — are in the middle of the month-long process leading to Read More » -
Threatened restrictions on the commercial harvest of bluefish in New York State have been abandoned
Threatened restrictions on the commercial harvest of bluefish in New York State have been abandoned after lawmakers urged federal regulators to take action to salvage the Read More »
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Many of us tried to warn the fishing communities about some of the costs of consolidation of ITQs back in the Sablefish and Halibut days. But we were ignored. It was clear to some that the increased resource rentals resulting from consolidation did far more for the banks and the large operators than it did for the distributed fisheries that made Alaska and New England communities sustainable. The 20th century privateers won with the support of neoliberals in Congress, the White House, the Commerce Department and neoliberal economists in Universities like URI and UW.
Much like those captured by the Chicago and Northern Europe schools of economic theories, professors advocated for privatization of public trust assets, including fish and fisheries without concern for the fishemen, fishing families and fishing communities around the USA, North America and eventually, the world, bringing massive profits to the few and devastation to the many. Now, having awakended to the real destruction of hopes for sustainability, even the ‘winners’ are speaking out and calling for a reversal of the ITQ scam. Listen for the whining to begin in earnest if Congress begins to listen to those calling for a restoration of distributive fisheries.