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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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  • 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 »

  • DFO scientist amazed by ‘extreme’ ocean temperatures

    A federal scientist based in Nova Scotia says ocean temperatures off the East Coast of Canada were about two to four degrees above normal in 2012, Read More »

  • Breaking News… 15:32 7/10 The Lone Star is Leaking Fuel… Fishery Closures will Stay in Place

    19:58:44 The sunken fishing tender in the Igushik River is apparently still leaking fuel and the commercial fishing closures in the area will stay in place Read More »

  • A Great Fisherman Throttles Back – ALASKA CAFE

    When great Alaskans run into trouble, a lot of the time we take a wait and see attitude instead of being pro-active. In this case I’m Read More »
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    Thanks to the supervisors who protected SLO County fishermen

    Many thanks to the San Luis Obispo County supervisors that support the fishermen, ranchers, farmers and our ports and harbor districts in the county regarding the Read More »

  • AMSEA Fishing vessel safety and drill course set for March 1 and 2 in Hawaii

    The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association will offer a two-day fishing vessel safety and drill conductor course March 1 and 2 at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Read More »
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    Shrimp season threatened by Coronavirus pandemic

    With seafood processors across South Mississippi closed for business, the shrimping season slated to open in as few as four weeks could be sidelined by another Read More »
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    How to enjoy fresh Maine lobster this season: Tips and tricks from a 4th-generation lobster family

    As people look to change what’s on their plates, it can be tough to know where to begin. From social media-inspired recipes to trendy menu offerings, Read More »
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    $63.5K to help reshape Gloucester’s fish industry

    When the Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund was established in 2007, the Gloucester fleet already had transitioned away from its sizeable offshore groundfish fleet to a Read More »

  • Fishermen prove good at predicting fish stock levels

    Fishermen are just as good as scientists at predicting the level of commercial fish stocks, according to startling new research. A comparison of skippers’ knowledge and Read More »

  • New England Fishing Industry Grapples with Changing Climate – Island Institute “A Climate of Change.” Audio

    Rodman Sykes (left) is a commercial fishermen from Rhode Island.  He’s been fishing for 30 years and says he’s now starting to see the emergence of Read More »

  • The Evolution of Auctions: Peterhead Fish Market Considers Electronic System

    In the heart of Aberdeenshire lies Peterhead, the UK’s largest fishing port, where age-old traditions meet the winds of change. At its bustling fish market, buyers Read More »
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    Next Level Plotter

    The market for marine electronics isn’t short of chart plotters, but Håvard Holm at Norwegian company SailorsMate is certain that he and his team have come Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 87.7 Steel Shrimper/Longliner/Scalloper Cat 3412

    Specifications, information and 22 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< This vessel has big power and a big reduction at Read More »
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    The NLGIDC are surprised and disappointed by DFO’s plan to implement a moratorium on 3Ps cod

    St. John’s, NL, March 23. 2021 – The Newfoundland and Labrador Groundfish Industry Development Council (NLGIDC) finds it difficult to understand DFO’s rationale in proposing a Read More »
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    Gloucester: Fishing boat’s exhaust sets it afire

    No one was injured but a fishing vessel was damaged when it caught on fire Sunday morning. At 9:27 a.m. on Sunday, July 2, the Gloucester Read More »
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    Bristol Bay salmon pay day is biggest on record on largest sockeye run since 1893

    It’s a record breaking pay day for salmon fishermen at Bristol Bay, topping $280 million at the docks. That’s 242 percent above the 20 year average Read More »

  • Battle to Restore Apalachicola Bay Heads to Congress

    The proposal is the latest development in Florida’s 25-year dispute with Georgia and Alabama over the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system, which the three states share. It also Read More »

  • Tweeting for fresh salmon in Sausalito

    If you want fresh local salmon, check out Sausalito’s same day, sea-to-table social media fishing enterprise. Gary Root’s latest business venture involves a commercial salmon boat Read More »
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    Proposed Cut for Herring Harvest Could Affect Lobster Catch

    Fishermen who seek one of the most important bait fish on the East Coast are likely to see a dramatic reduction next year in the amount Read More »

  • Fisheries Association still contends tough new rules for mullet fishery are unnecessary

    With three N.C. Marine Fisheries advisory committees set this week to make recommendations for changes in the striped mullet management plan, a trade and lobbying group Read More »

  • Kenai River East Side Setnetters shutout – told on Tuesday the river was 29 fish shy of meeting the lower end of the escapement goal.

    Nets remain dry in the East Side Setnet fishery where fishermen learned Wednesday that the fishery will be closed for the last regularly scheduled fishing period Read More »

  • Toxic ‘red tide’ in Chile prompts protests and investigation of salmon farming

    An algal bloom ‘of biblical proportions’ has led to protests and health emergency as concerns raised over dumping of rotting salmon in ocean. Chilean authorities are Read More »

  • Cantwell questions NOAA nominee about ocean acidification

    U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell on Thursday sought a commitment from the Obama administration’s nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that she would make Read More »

  • A love of lobstering

    Seventy-seven-year-old George “Elly” Sewall, a York native, has spent six decades on the water. Sewall is one of the few working fishermen around to still to Read More »

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