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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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  • Controversial National Marine Sanctuary Proposed for Sandy Hook Region

    Rik van Hemmen, a marine engineer based in Red Bank, has proposed to turn a corner of northeastern Monmouth County into a national marine sanctuary. The Read More »
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    One-third of Ireland’s offshore fishing fleet apply for decommissioning scheme

    Just over 60 trawlers from the country’s 180-strong offshore fishing fleet have all applied to the Government’s decommissioning scheme. Some 19 of the 64 applicants are Read More »

  • Petersburg seiner overturns in Anita Bay; one crew member injured

    A Petersburg seiner overturned just south of Wrangell in Anita Bay at about 10 a.m. this morning. Multiple entities responded – the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Read More »
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    Nordic islands face pressure to end decades-old fishing deal with Russia

    “There has to be consequences when a country attacks another country. So said the Faroese Social Democratic opposition party Javnaðarflokkurin in a statement to Courthouse News Read More »

  • International Pacific Halibut Commission sets crushingly low quota for halibut in area 4E

    Because of an adjustment in the catch limits by the International Pacific Halibut Commission, the Coastal Villages Region Fund’s allowable catch will be reduced by almost Read More »
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    University warns woke students, Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea contains graphic fishing scenes!

    Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man And The Sea is the latest victim of today’s woke standards, with students warned that it contains ‘graphic fishing Read More »

  • Fishing Groups Ask for Emergency Steps to Save Salmon – Brown and Obama administrations exacerbated impact of drought.

    Four fishery conservation groups have asked state and federal fishery and water officials to convene an urgent meeting to save California Central Valley Chinook salmon runs Read More »

  • American Samoa longline fleet to post all fishing vessels for sale as the future of this fishery or support for the fishery does not seem imminent.

    Owners of longliners in the territory say they have made their concerns known to Governor Lolo Moliga since February of this year.  In a press release issued Read More »
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    Lobster boat racing season was a summer success

    As attention begins to turn from boat motors to snow blowers, the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association reports that the summer racing season was a resounding Read More »

  • Controversial Bristol Bay salmon permit buyback support falters

    Bristol Bay salmon fishermen’s 81% support of studying the economic impact of a drift gillnet buyback program in Bristol Bay broke down into a general sense of Read More »
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    The fishing schooner Mina Swim and crew of 21 never seen again after leaving Burin a century ago

    It was a tragedy that left families devastated, and changed Burin forever, but the sinking of the Mina Swim might have been forgotten if not for the Read More »

  • Alaska fishermen will be allowed to harvest lucrative red king crab in the Bering Sea

    Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years, offering a slight reprieve to the beleaguered fishery beset Read More »
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    Cornwall ice cream man and fisherman devastated by fuel price crisis

    Record-high fuel prices are deeply affecting businesses across Cornwall. Reaching almost £2 in multiple stations, various business owners have shared the impact it has taken on Read More »

  • The last Cornish fishing lugger of its kind sets sail for repairs around the British Isles

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    Ballard Oil closes after 85 years in Seattle, where oil and water no longer mix

    Since 1937, Ballard Oil had been a fixture on the Lake Washington Ship Canal just east of the locks, providing fuel, lubricants and a few parts Read More »

  • North Carolina Commercial fisherman Jeremy Blair Myers killed in a fishing accident

    North Carolina Wildlife Officer Matt Criscoe said Jeremy Blair Myers, 34, of Wilmington, was killed after his clothing got caught in a fishing reel, slamming his body Read More »

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  • Major anchovy die-off stinks up Seaside, Ore.

    Tourists visiting Seaside were getting quite a sight – and smell – this week. Millions of anchovies have died trying to swim up the Necanicum River Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’ boat owner sues production company over former deckhand’s medical care

    The owners of a fishing vessel featured in “Deadliest Catch” are suing the reality TV show’s production company and a contractor after a former crew member Read More »
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    Everglades City: A fishing community versed in struggle bands together after Hurricane Ian

    On Friday, after the water had fully receded from roads but with the power still out, it was mostly friends and family helping each clean mud Read More »

  • Department of Fisheries concerned about low number of salmon in Skeena River – Video

    Canada’s Department of Fisheries has responded by shutting down all commercial and recreational fisheries in the area. But local fishermen are worried that the Americans are Read More »

  • Stormy weather puts fishing boat in distress, 5 people rescued northeast of St. John’s

    Five people have been rescued from a fishing boat in distress 150 nautical miles northeast of St. John’s. A spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Read More »

  • Feds approve fish pots to outsmart opportunistic whales – Dungeness Gear Works is ready to deliver!

    Gulf of Alaska whales that dine on hooked black cod are likely to find slimmer pickings in the years ahead. Under a measure approved late Sunday Read More »

  • He left a legacy in SC’s shrimping industry. Soon, he’ll be memorialized in Mount Pleasant.

    In an upstairs sculpture studio in Charleston’s sister city, Tressy Mellichamp saw her father again. Captain Edwin “Wayne” Magwood’s likeness stood tall in Susie Chisholm’s home Read More »
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    Port captains recall heroic mission to evacuate New Yorkers from Ground Zero on 9/11

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