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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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    I Rescued as Coast Guard, local agencies searching for persons in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama

    The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for two people in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Friday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received Read More »
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    Alaska’s biggest ever commercial seaweed harvest is happening right now

    The biggest commercial seaweed harvest in Alaska history is unfolding this week in waters off Kodiak, one slick blade of sugar kelp at a time. By Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 30, 2022

    Finally! An issue both the CCA and NCFA agree on. Do you believe in miracles? If not, you should. On May 25, at the meeting of Read More »
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    June 1 delivery date set for fisheries disaster dollars

    More than $29.6 million in federal assistance will be delivered on June 1 to communities affected by the delay in the 2015-16 Dungeness crab fishery and Read More »

  • Local Crabbers React to Possible SBA Loan Help

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  • Greenpeace whines about John Sackton’s seafoodnews.com pollock redlisting comment while kissing undercurrents fanny

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  • Climate change risk low to moderate for billion-dollar Nova Scotia lobster fishery, study says

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  • F/V Michael & Kristen, crew rides out storm on 11-day Georges trip

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    Please support our local commercial fishermen

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  • 70-year-old Sussex County Del. man pleads guilty to 10 crabbing violations

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    New Hampshire: Lobstermen lament coming whale entanglement regulations

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    Huge demand pushes record lobster prices - “The price is probably the highest it’s ever been”

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    Local man helping auction relics from Western Flyer, a boat famously connected to Steinbeck

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  • Letter: Welcome fishing aid no long-term answer – Sam Parisi, Gloucester

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  • For Spanish fishermen, sea’s bounty includes plastic

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    Local fisherman make their pitch to governor

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  • South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to discuss closing Georgetown Hole, other areas, to fishing

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    Federal carbon tax could ‘degrade’ Canadian fishing industry’s competitiveness

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  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans considers making on-board cameras a must in N.S., P.E.I. tuna fishery

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    Chatham County requests disaster declaration for shrimpers

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