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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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  • Decision coming Monday on Menhaden management

    The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will decide on a new management plan for Atlantic menhaden at a meeting near Baltimore on Monday. Fishermen and environmentalists Read More »

  • Massachusetts Fishing Partnership – Safety training for SouthCoast fishermen an eye-opener

    Thirty-three fishermen and SMAST students and staff tried out, for the first time for many of them, fire extinguishers, flares, bailout pumps, life rafts and survival Read More »

  • Tradex: Rising Black Cod and Halibut Prices; Big Changes Ahead for EU Labelling Laws

    Published on Oct 27, 2014 All sizes of Halibut as well as Halibut fletches are seeing price inflation, including the smaller sizes. Earlier this year we Read More »
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    Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018 – bill nets solutions for overfishing

    A new bipartisan bill introduced in U.S. Congress this month encourages a science-based approach to significantly reduce the overfishing and unsustainable trade of sharks, rays and Read More »

  • USCG Suspends Search for Overdue Boat near Majuro

    The Coast Guard suspended the search Saturday for an overdue 83-foot commercial fishing vessel near the Republic of Marshall Islands. Fishing vessel Clear Water 02 reportedly Read More »
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    Coppertail releases beer that yes, seriously, has stone crab in it

    Offering further evidence that there’s nothing craft brewers won’t incorporate into a beer, Tampa’s own Coppertail Brewing marked Friday the 13th with the release of its Read More »

  • The idea that “the public” will use Global Fishing Watch seems doubtful

    At John Kerry’s 2014 “Our Ocean” conference, a tuxedoed Leonardo DiCaprio introduced a new technology that promised to end illegal fishing across the globe. Global Fishing Read More »

  • Navy: Training, testing may kill hundreds of whales, dolphins and injure thousands

    The studies were done ahead of the Navy applying to the National Marine Fisheries Service for permits for its activities. The Navy said that the studies Read More »

  • Eight more bodies Thursday, 20 have been recovered from Bering Sea S. Korea trawler sinking

    Eight more bodies, including that of two Filipinos, were recovered Thursday from the area where a South Korean trawler sank in the Bering Sea off  Russia’s Read More »
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    Key West Couple Charged For Selling Shrimp Without License

    A Key West couple is facing charges for selling shrimp without a license. Iliecer Noa, 41, and his wife Carolina Aviles, 37, allegedly posted photos of Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council August Meeting Review

    The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 15 – 18, 2016. The Council welcomed its newest member Dr. Thomas Frazer, Director Read More »
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    Something Irritated Her Eye; She Pulled Out A Cattle Worm (Photo)

    During the summer of 2016, Abby Beckley was working as a deck hand on a commercial fishing boat near Southeast Alaska when her left eye started Read More »

  • Iran to export 28,000 tonnes of fishery products to Russia.

    An official at Iran Fisheries Organization says the country will soon export about 28,000 tonnes of various kinds of fishery products to its northern neighbor, Russia. Read More »

  • In a Bering Sea battle of killer whales vs. fishermen, the whales are winning

    In the Bering Sea, near the edge the continental shelf, fishermen are trying to escape a predator that seems to outwit them at every turn, stripping Read More »

  • Lawsuit in the works over Southern Flounder

    Carteret County will join fisheries groups in fighting the state Marine Fisheries Commission’s southern flounder supplement changes to reduce catch, which local fishermen say will kill Read More »

  • NOAA Approves State Water Exemptions for Scallop Fisheries in Maine and Massachusetts

    The State Waters Scallop Exemption Program allows federal permit holders to fish in the state waters scallop fishery on a more equitable basis where federal and state Read More »

  • Oakland couple fined, sentenced to jail for poaching dozens of Dungeness crabs in Half Moon Bay

    A pair of poachers was sentenced to jail time and fined more than $20,000 Wednesday for smuggling dozens of Dungeness crabs in hidden compartments on their Read More »
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    SIMP: Federal monitoring program will track foreign imports

    A decision by Congress to add imported shrimp to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program is good news for an industry not used to hearing good news. Read More »

  • US Fishermen that land Sharks in some states will be penalized by ignorant politicians

    Shark finning, a deplorable practice, is becoming the rally cry for some ignorant politicians to remove the ability of US fishermen to fill a niche market Read More »

  • Past The Breakwater – full documentary

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    Beer and Boats! Historic fishing smack to deliver Green Jack beer to popular festival

    Excelsior – Lowestoft’s historic fishing smack – will head to the popular Harwich Shanty Festival next month with a special delivery. For the iconic 1921 Lowestoft-built Read More »
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    Chip Brown pre-files bill to provide tax cuts to Alabama commercial fishermen

    “Alabama law currently provides the agricultural industry with tax exemptions and other benefits that are not currently extended to commercial fishing ventures, which operate, in essence, Read More »
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    Feds Sued to Force Protection of Alaska’s Pacific Walrus

    The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration Thursday over its denial of Endangered Species Act protection to the Pacific walrus. The lawsuit, filed in Read More »

  • Coast Guard halts engagements after Russian annexation

    JUNEAU — Political fallout from Russia’s military-backed annexation of the Crimean Peninsula has hit Alaska’s fisheries. The annual U.S. Coast Guard/Russian Border Service meeting to coordinate Read More »
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    Fishing for hope and faith

    Many mornings the trucks of fishermen and lobster-men can be seen parked on Country Way in front of the North Scituate Marylou’s Coffee. Recently one truck Read More »

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