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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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  • Lawmakers push to ease fish limits

    Citing widespread evidence of an abundance of important commercial in shore fish stocks — and a scientific study that found flaws in the modeling methods used Read More »
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    Deciding where to fish. To explore or exploit? Fishing vessel records show trade-offs

    When making choices, people tend either to go with what they know or try something new. We experience this trade-off every day, whether choosing a route Read More »

  • Cod stocks off Newfoundland improving but recovery still years away: researchers

    Scientists tracking northern cod stocks off Newfoundland say there are hopeful signs of recovery but that any lifting of an almost 23-year-old commercial fishing moratorium is Read More »
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    Pescado fishing boat which sank off Cornwall ‘was hit by submarine in cover-up’

    Thirty years ago, a Plymouth-registered beam trawler left port for what was supposed to be a routine fishing trip. After having heard nothing from the Pescado Read More »

  • Bycatch symposium underway

    The most common bycatch topics in Alaska — salmon caught by the Bering Sea boats targeting pollock, and halibut caught by Alaska trawlers — were on the Read More »

  • NCFA Weekly Update Dec. 12, 2014

    Weekly Update for Dec. 12, 2014 as a PDF 23:06 Read More »

  • Bluefin tuna in Gulf of Mexico face tighter safeguards under federal proposal

    Bluefin tuna spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico would become more protected under a proposed new amendment expected to be published in the Federal Register Read More »

  • Marine Conservation Society fish stock downgrade branded meaningless by fishermen

    The Marine Conservation Society said that two North Sea haddock fisheries are now rated 4 (amber), and the other has dropped from being a “good choice” Read More »

  • Seismic testing off Clyde River cancelled for summer

    Clyde River, Nunavut, is declaring victory after an energy company cancelled this summer’s plans for offshore seismic testing. “I’m very happy about it,” said Jerry Natanine, mayor Read More »
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    How Deadliest Catch’s Captain Keith Really Feels About Sig’s Alliance System

    Because Coronavirus knocked out any chance for Alaska Fish & Game to research crab populations, the captains of “Deadliest Catch” were essentially fishing blind when the Read More »
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    In Tribute – ‘Crabbing brings Florence’s Novelli family together’

    Almost a year ago today I stepped onto The Aquarius for the first time. Amber and Kyle Novelli were taking me out on their crabbing boat Read More »

  • BREAKING!!: FISCAL YEAR 2013 DISASTER ASSISTANCE Includes Fisheries Assistance in Disaster Assistance Supplemental

    Summary: FY13 Disaster Assistance Supplemental COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE CHAPTER: $513 million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): $482 million $57 million for NOAA to locate, map, Read More »
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    ‘He kept my head up. He’s the hero’: Three survive sinking of fishing boat in Southeast Alaska

    Howard Starbard knew he had a problem when the pumps couldn’t keep up with the water pouring into his 37-foot commercial fishing boat, Miss Amy. The Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman in Pamlico Sound

    The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, Thursday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received a call on Read More »

  • New England cod decline similar to N.L. cod crash: scientist

    Rose noted that while some people are jumping on fisheries management as being inept, it is . “The same people often don’t mention that the haddock Read More »

  • Gulf states get first $113M from BP oil spill pleas

    The five states that border the Gulf of Mexico are getting $113 million to improve the environment. The grants, announced Thursday by the National Fish and Read More »
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    Community gathers for sunset memorial honoring Captain Wayne Magwood

    Friends and family gathered on Thursday night to remember the loss of Lowcountry shrimper, Captain Wayne Magwood. Dozens gathered at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park to Read More »

  • Wastewater Treatment Plants – Why we can’t get our water supply free of drugs.

    Vance Trudeau, a biologist at the University of Ottawa, who has found evidence of “sexual side effects” in goldfish exposed to traces of Prozac in his Read More »

  • Approved Seafood Imported Into The U.S. Is Often Raised On A Diet Of Pig Feces

    Another reason to beware of the toxic ingredients in your food supply is upon us, this time involving the seafood that’s imported into the United States. Read More »

  • The Green Party of BC releasing its new fish farm policy aimed at reversing the decline in wild salmon populations

    Castanet.net – The Green Party of BC is celebrating Earth Day 2013 by releasing its new fish farm policy aimed at reversing the decline in wild Read More »

  • Marine Mammal Protection Act Gone Wild. The Unregulated Fishing Community

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    Help us learn more about the “Michigan Bears” and the men who fished aboard Gloucester’s oldest fishing vessel, the Phyllis A.

    On September 6, 1920 five small vessels arrived in Gloucester Harbor and tied up in Smith Cove near Rocky Neck. The little boats and the 20 Read More »

  • P.E.I. fall lobster season wraps up with high catches, prices

    P.E.I. fishermen hauled in as many lobsters this fall as they did last year — more, in some areas — and the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is crediting Read More »

  • Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Press Release 6 March 2015

    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will meet March 10 to 12, 2015, to consider and make recommendations Read More »
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    When memes fail anatomy: The scale of a blue whale’s butthole

    When we saw the memes scoring the size of a blue whale’s anus second to some of the year’s most reviled politicians, our first thought was that it was Read More »

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