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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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    Menemsha goes old school on a Saturday morning. 500 pounds of scallops sell in two hours off F/V Martha Rose

    Wes Brighton’s 77-foot scalloper, Martha Rose, is bringing sea scallops to its home port of Menemsha in a new way — straight off the boat with Read More »
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    Vineyard Wind dealt blows on two fronts: Edgartown commission rejects cables; feds delay EIS

    … Meanwhile, federal officials have also put the project’s approval and overall timeline into jeopardy. According to a statement posted on Vineyard Wind’s website, the Bureau Read More »

  • Industry Killer Maria Damanaki will head Natural Conservancy’s ocean division to continue the carnage

    Greece’s Maria Damanaki, former EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is heading to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to lead the organization’s oceans division, it was Read More »

  • Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick ignores state attorney general and more than 60 lawmakers recomendations and settles for second string

    Patrick urges new look at fish limits – Gov. Deval Patrick has aimed lower than the state attorney general and more than 60 lawmakers had requested in Read More »
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    Illegally moored 112-foot-long fishing boat could be set for the auction block

    The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will conduct a public auction of a 112 foot-long, twin-engine, fishing boat if the owner does not remove Read More »
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    Mi’kmaw community requested a crab season opener delay from DFO prior to boat sinking

    The fisheries manager for Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick says the community asked the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to delay the opening of the crab season days Read More »

  • Editorial: Save commercial fishing industry

    Commercial fishing operators working out of the harbor in West Ocean City have been cast adrift, as the push to build an offshore wind farm about Read More »
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    Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for June 2018 Has Arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 For the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – We are Read More »

  • The “salmon cannon” launches fish over man-made obstacles – Video

    This is not a parody. It’s not even just a crazy Internet idea. It’s a real-life solution currently undergoing testing in Washington with the cooperation of the Read More »
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    Gloucester Fisherman Nicolo Vitale, ‘He was the type of guy who would do anything for you’

    On Monday, Vitale died after going overboard from the Miss Sandy as the vessel returned from fishing for haddock with a handful of Gloucester day boats. Read More »

  • AUDIO: NEFMC Groundfish Committee’s Sept. 19 Meeting looks at closed areas

    NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – September 19, 2012 – The New England Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Committee met on Wednesday to further develop Framework Adjustment 48 to Read More »
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    Cordova Chronicles: Saga of the North Cloud, Part 1 thru 4

    The North Cloud, a 105-foot power barge purchased from Army surplus, departed Cordova on Sunday, Feb. 20, 1949. It was bound for Seattle shipyards to be Read More »

  • Begich Introduces Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Bill

    As the 113th Congress nears its close, U.S. Senator Mark Begich has introduced legislation to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), the primary federal law that governs Read More »

  • “One of my crew looked at me and said, ‘We can’t save her.’ – Captain Donat Leblanc -F/V Lady Angele

    A tiny infant and a four-year- old filled Danny LeBlanc’s mind when he knew his 14-metre boat was going down off the coast of Cheticamp Thursday. “Did I Read More »
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    Fisheries in Focus: Busting misconceptions about bottom trawling and its environmental impacts

    In a new review paper published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, researchers argue that well-managed bottom trawling produces sustainable and environmentally friendly food. A review Read More »

  • Hilborn Says Newsweek Article “May Set a New Record for Factual Errors”

    Dr. Ray Hilborn, Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, takes issue with Newsweek’s August 9, 2015 article “Our 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 »

  • Marine Creatures Migrations Determined by Climate After All

    Marine ecologists have been grappling with a puzzler. They had expected that, as climate change warms the oceans, most species would migrate toward the poles, fleeing Read More »
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    California King Salmon Season Reopens July 26

    California’s commercial salmon fishermen are thrilled to again provide some of the world’s best tasting salmon – the California King Salmon! In fact, chefs, foodies and Read More »

  • Some found guilty in Alaska illegal fishing case

    BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A Bethel judge has ruled against some of nearly two dozen Yup’ik Eskimo fishermen cited for illegally fishing king salmon in the Read More »

  • This nonsense is why the price of Flounder will go up

    When government appointees with a narrow agenda get power, watch out. That is exactly what has happened with the Marine Fisheries Commission and its control by Read More »
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    Warren again calls for Rafael’s permits to stay in New Bedford

    Elizabeth Warren repeated a call she voiced last year by sending another letter to NOAA regarding Carlos Rafael’s federal fishing permits. The Massachusetts senator addressed her Read More »

  • Russian bans add to uncertain picture for salmon prices

    Alaska’s commercial fishermen have hauled in more than 125 million salmon this year, but the prices for those fish are still in limbo. Russia’s recent ban Read More »

  • Deadliest Catch: The Quest to Coat Cornelia Marie – Picking Your Paint

    Josh Harris and Casey McManus, a pair of 31-year-olds who respectively own and run the fishing boat Cornelia Marie – made famous on the Discovery Channel’s Read More »

  • Connecticut: Crustaceous canary? Prevailing lack of confidence that this sacrifice will do much of anything

    The state’s lobstermen seem to be stoically and inexorably accepting the first-ever ban on lobster gathering in Long Island Sound. What is most distressing, however, is the Read More »

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