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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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    Gov. Edwards announces program to help Louisiana shrimpers

    Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the creation of a $250,000 program that will pay part of the cost shrimp fishermen will have to pay for mandated Read More »

  • Fishermen get a Fair Shake, Opposition whines – Championing Ocean Conservation Or Paying Lip Service to the Seas?

    President Barack Obama this week extended the no-fishing areas around three remote pacific islands, eliciting praise from some, and disappointment from those who fear the move Read More »

  • Tensions rise again over unauthorized lobster fishing in Nova Scotia

    Tensions are rising in southwest Nova Scotia over unauthorized lobster fishing this summer in St. Marys Bay near Digby, with commercial fishermen and local MPs likening the Read More »

  • Congressman John Tierney eyes Saltonstall-Kennedy Act money for fisheries aid

    “From Gloucester, Massachusetts to Mississippi to Alaska, fishermen in several states are facing near catastrophic economic situations,” Tierney wrote in an email to the Times. “Despite Read More »

  • The future of our children’s ocean

    This is our son Kyle. Kyle has spent most of his young life battling cancer. For many years, we were told he had no future. His Read More »
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    Public Advisory: Hurricane Fiona Incident Command Centre Established; Registration Details for Canadian Red Cross

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, an Incident Command Centre team has been established to assist communities in southwestern Newfoundland. For impacted individuals that are in Read More »

  • Don Cuddy: Collaborative research can save the New England groundfish industry

    The data used for fish stock assessment in the Northeast is derived primarily from the annual spring and fall surveys conducted by the Henry B. Bigelow, Read More »
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    Honoring Captain Wayne Magwood

    The Town of Mount Pleasant’s Special Events staff worked with the Magwood family to organize an event to honor the life of Wayne Magwood on Thursday, Read More »

  • Press Release – Tradex Foods Launches Tradex LIVE

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Victoria, British Columbia – July 22nd, 2014 –Tradex Foods Launches Tradex LIVE – Tradex Foods a Global Seafood Producer and Distributor is proud to Read More »
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    Another Thanksgiving, another crab season delay

    On a foggy morning in early November, Dan Kammerer hauled a crab trap onto a fishing boat,,, Kammerer, a retired fisherman, is playing a small role Read More »

  • Environmental Group Sues Over Seismic Work in Cook Inlet

    23:33:26 – Oral arguments are being heard Friday in US District Court in Anchorage for a lawsuit that challenges the decision made by the National Marine Read More »

  • More Oceana! Lower fishing limits rejected by SF judge

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge has rebuffed an environmental group’s request to require the government to lower its catch limits on sardines, mackerel and Read More »

  • Second Bluefin Blowout tuna fishing tournament in Gloucester is on!

    The first two boats headed out of Cape Ann’s Marina Resort in the first inky moments of Friday morning, steaming out under the stars, hoping that Read More »

  • Expect salmon quotas near 2012 levels

    Overall, the pink forecast of 6.23 million fish is up from 5.98 million in 2011. “We can’t tell you why we have so many pinks. Let’s Read More »
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    Long Beach area crab meat percentage drops

    The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife completed third round of preseason Dungeness crab testing Dec. 14 in the Long Beach test stations only. This Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Gladding & Hearn Steel Lobster Boat, Cummins 855

    To review specifications, information, with 24 photos, >click here<. To see all the boats in this series >click here< 06:35 Read More »
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    World’s First All-Electric Longline Handling System

    F/V Kap Farvel is the first fishing boat in the world that started using the all-electric longline handling system from Mørenot. Already after one week of Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Meeting January 26 – 29, 2015, Point Clear, AL

    Agenda and Summary Documents, Commitees Agenda can be found here  Register for the meeting webinar here, and listen live. 15:55 Read More »

  • NOAA: Successful conservation efforts pay off for humpback whales

    Endangered humpback whales in nine of 14 newly identified distinct population segments have recovered enough that they don’t warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Read More »

  • My View: Science, sense needed in fishing’s ‘human crisis’ – Scott W. Lang

    The human crisis in the groundfishing industry is a real crisis. It is not contrived, it is not looming, it is not a threat, it is Read More »
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    NYDEC halts commercial fluke fishery for about two weeks, sets harvest limit

    New York State will close its commercial fishing grounds, a staple of the Long Island fishing fleet, for about two weeks effective Sunday. The closure, which Read More »
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    Holy Island fishing ban set to be dropped after outcry

    The government had been exploring designating it a Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA), which would have seen fishing halted. But fears were voiced it would devastate Read More »

  • A life on the water – Newburyport’s Bob Yeomans feted for 45 years at sea

    NEWBURYPORT — Veteran boat captain Bob Yeomans has a saying about life on the Atlantic: There are no 401(k) plans to be had by fishing Jeffrey’s Ledge. Read More »

  • Editorial: Fish and Wildlife must continue gillnetting on the Columbia

    It was good to see at last week’s Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting in Salem that Lower Columbia River commercial fishermen still have Read More »

  • Territory dedicates WPFMC funded projects – Fisheries Council welcomed with ava ceremony

    The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council dedicated on Friday and Saturday several projects that were funded by the Read More »

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