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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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    FALL 2017 Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter

    There is a lot of information in the newsletter about issues that are common to other area’s, MPA’s, council actions, and includes a post from Paul Read More »

  • Coming To America! Danish Wind Farm Operator Suffers Massive Financial Losses

    Apart from literally burning cash, there is no faster way to squander money than by piling it into an offshore wind power project. It’s hardly news Read More »

  • Rolls-Royce Secures another Trawler Contract

    Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has announced a contract for a fishing vessel to be designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce. The vessel which is a stern trawler has Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Dixon Tuna/Longliner 800HP, 6 Cylinder CAT, Prices Optional!

    Specifications, information and 27 photo’s click here 12:55 To see all the boats in this series, Click here  11:53 Read More »
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    Something Fishy: Local seafood is first class. So, what has changed?

    It was in 1983 that there were around 23 trawlers working to full capacity returning to port, day after day, with excellent catches of fish and Read More »
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    The Gulf of Maine cod fishery is in rough shape. The fishermen aren’t doing much better.

    In December of 2011, five days before Christmas, cod fishermen in the Gulf of Maine received a letter from government regulators.,,, Over the next four years, catch Read More »
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    Safetytech Accelerator collaborates with FISH Safety Foundation to explore safety technology in fishing

    Safetytech Accelerator has collaborated with FISH Safety Foundation to explore how technologies can improve the safety of the fishing industry. Fishing is one of the world’s Read More »

  • New aquaculture regulations simplifies process, say’s Fisheries Minister Gail Shea

    CALGARY – New federal aquaculture regulations announced Thursday would cut red tape and simplify the process for the industry, Fisheries Minister Gail Shea says. Read more Read More »
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    Alaskans enjoy the journey of the first Copper River salmon of the year

    Thursday morning Skip Winfree from 10th & M Seafood climbed into an Alaska Central Express plane along with a Channel 2 crew to chase the salmon Read More »

  • This has not been a good week for bottle-nosed dolphins in South Jersey.

    “We’re trying to find out from (Bureau of Marine Fisheries) if there is some type of commercial fishing operation that was observed,” Schoelkopf said.continued@pressofac Read More »

  • Deep-pocketed environmental advocacy groups simply tell the president what they want. Screw everyone else!

    In a statement yesterday, Saipan resident and environmentalist John Gourley said the U.S. government is “handicapping” its own fishing fleet and forcing U.S. fishermen to fish Read More »

  • Sens. Murkowski & Begich differ on EPA and Bristol Bay

    This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Alaska’s US Senators don’t see eye to eye on the EPA  at Bristol Bay. Their views can be Read More »
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    Transportation Safety Board: Factory freezer trawler fire met with uncoordinated response

    A fire on board OCI’s factory-freezer trawler Newfoundland Lynx in January started in the vessel’s sauna and, while the fire was contained, it was met with Read More »

  • MAFMC Meeting February 11- 13, 2014 Kicks off with workshop on Climate Change and Fisheries Science – Listen Live

    We are kicking off our February meeting today with a workshop on Climate Change and Fisheries Science. Agenda items can be found here  Listen live@adobe connect 10:00 Read More »

  • Charter captain refutes red snapper commentary

    The “scheme” discussed in the commentary by Mr. Brown (4-15-15 issue) is not that the five state plan will destroy the commercial fishery -far from it, Read More »

  • Voices of Alaska: Future of wild salmon depends on decisions made today, by Commercial Fisherman Steve Harrison

    Our state is home to the nation’s last stronghold of wild salmon and, for the most part, we have managed our fisheries well. For generations Alaskans Read More »

  • Peru plans to start its main fishing season a month earlier to lock in anchovy catches in case El Niño intensifies

    An updated official El Niño forecast, scheduled for release on Monday, is expected to paint a clearer picture of potential impacts late this year. The last Read More »

  • Trump’s monument review is as secretive as Obama’s designations

    Presidential use of the Antiquities Act is ripe for abuse, as major decisions impacting vast public lands, natural resources, property rights, livelihoods and private industry are left to the Read More »
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    Landlocked Congressman Targets Maine’s Lobstermen Over Whales

    When a senior congressman from a land-locked state in the American West drops a bill pertaining to the Atlantic right whale out of the blue, it Read More »

  • Bering Sea health: Fishing is not a threat

    In their guest column “Saving ocean habitat before it’s drained, Opinion, Feb. 1,” the authors suggest that protecting the Bering Sea canyons would help “save the Read More »

  • Why China just may be the seal hunt’s last hope

    If you’re looking for the new Always in Vogue location, it’s just around the corner from Sephora in the mall. Except that the mall is not Read More »
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    Coastal Georgia shrimpers fear loss of industry as foreign seafood crowds market

    “Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it gets worse,” said Pat Mathews, the owner of the Lazaretto Packing Co. on Tybee Island, as Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Prefered Price List for August 7 2014 has arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273  Click here  for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Read More »

  • British Columbia: Tensions rise as First Nations demand Central Coast herring fishery be called off

    Mr. Neasloss said there are six commercial gillnet boats tied up in Kitasu Bay, waiting for the opening, and more boats are expected to arrive soon. Read More »
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    F/V Louisa: Fishermen drowned because of faulty gas cylinder used for life raft

    Three men who drowned at sea after their fishing boat sank during the night would “almost certainly” have survived if a gas cylinder used to inflate their Read More »

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