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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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    Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw lobster harvester to file an injunction against DFO for seizing traps

    “I’m going to get (my lawyer) to file an injunction on my behalf preventing the DFO from violating my rights until they get this moderate livelihood Read More »

  • Savannah McDormand, 20, mourned after Westport fishing boat death

    Savannah McDormand, a 20-year-old woman who was found dead on a fishing boat earlier this week in Westport, N.S., is being remembered as a fun person with a wry Read More »
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    Statewide commercial salmon harvest tops 14M fish

    Millions of wild salmon heading for their spawning grounds in Alaska are being greeted by commercial fishermen with drift gillnets and setnets, harvesting upwards of 14 Read More »
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    Offshore Wind Turbines Blamed For Killing Family Of Whales

    Marine environmental experts blame offshore wind turbines for the deaths of three minke whales that washed up on British beaches, The Times reported Monday. Wildlife experts Read More »

  • Enviro’s spar with Obama administration over fish catches!

    A proposed federal rule that would give regional councils more say in setting catch limits on fish has sparked rare friction between the Obama administration and environmental groups. Read More »

  • Peter Shelley (CLF) – Facing the Fishing Facts

    For every fisherman who was willing to publicly admit that things were getting worse out on the water, there always seemed to be an orchestrated group Read More »

  • Commercial Crabber Fined for Overfishing

    California wants a Washington state seafood company fined for the nearly two tons of dead Dungeness crabs it had to dump from a 17-ton haul: far Read More »

  • Mother’s Day is extra special for this boat building team

    Joyce and Anita Cottreau spend every day working side by side on the floor of the bustling Wedgeport Boats yard in southwest Nova Scotia. A female Read More »

  • Stone crab season opens Sunday — but will the hurricane affect the haul?

    But the big question this year is how abundant — and how expensive — the claws will be a month after a hurricane wrecked a huge Read More »
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    Fishing Industry Urges Prime Minister To Support Industry After Brexit Fiasco

    Scottish fisheries leaders have urged the Prime Minister to help them build back the industry after the bad Brexit deal, which left skippers battling for fishing Read More »
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    The little known United States and Canadian border war

    For the past 116 years, a disputed passageway off the Alaskan coast has spurred a war between the two neighbouring countries. Though the US and Canada have Read More »

  • Sound Familiar? Ministers must put fishing businesses and livelihoods ahead of MSY dogma

    NFFO Chief Executive, Barrie Deas argued that there is no crisis in fish stocks in our waters that would justify anything like the 60% quota cuts Read More »

  • NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SANDY-IMPACTED FISHING INDUSTRY

    Saugerties, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today urged coastal fishing businesses harmed by Storm Sandy to apply for available funding through the State’s recently approved Read More »

  • A day in the life of a New Bedford scallop boat captain

    “We’re really pleased to see such a great turnout,” Fishing Heritage Center Director Laura Orleans told the standing-room-only crowd filling the center on Jan. 11. Pleased, but Read More »

  • Shaheen Reaches Out to NH Fishermen on Brink of Collapse – More lip service

    Shaheen tells fishermen efforts to land $150 million in federal disaster relief have stalled, but federal grants of $5- to $10 million may still be available. “We’re doing Read More »

  • Editorial: Letter backing ‘aid’ plan misleads fishermen, taxpayers GDT

    But our independent fishermen do not need — and, for the most part, do not want — bailouts, buyouts and more unsubstantiated rhetoric about declining stocks. Read More »

  • The Adventures of $uper Ecoman – Contemplation

    Flashing across the sky is a blinding streak of Blue, Green and Gold. A split second later, $uper Ecoman arrives at his destination, The Center for United Non Read More »
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    Have you heard? Nutrient pollution is changing sounds in the sea

    Nutrient pollution emptying into seas from cities, towns and agricultural land is changing the sounds made by marine life – and potentially upsetting navigational cues for Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44’x18′ 2003, Gillnetter,Lobster Fiberglass, Cummins, 530HP

    Specifications, information and 23 photo’s click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:40 Read More »

  • BOEM issues first floating offshore wind lease in the US

    The lease area where the floating turbines will be deployed covers an area of approximately 15,000 acres located 28 nautical miles offshore Maine on the US Read More »

  • Maine to consider $3 million bond, other measures to combat shellfish-threatening ocean acidity

    Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle and the most vocal voice in the fight against acidification, said the arithmetic is simple. “Our marine economy is at stake here. Read More »
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    Baffling find made on seafloor 100 miles off Maine, NOAA says. ‘What are the odds?’

    Scientists often find oddities on the seafloor, but NOAA researchers were baffled when a camera dropped off Maine landed on top of a large propeller 100 Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 17, 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates Click here, for older updates listed as NCFA click here16:07 Read More »

  • Traceability to help Newfoundland tell its unique story to the world

    The world will now be able to find out if their seafood came from such colourfully named places as Black Duck Brook, Cow Head, Spirity Cove, Read More »

  • Corn Belt Pollution: Louisiana Shrimp And Oysters Pay The Price as EPA raises the ethanol mandate

    Nitrogen run-off from the nation’s booming Corn Belt is the single largest source of nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River basin, which drains a stunning 41 Read More »

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