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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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  • Cod war returns to Middle Bank – The Big Boys are Pounding the SNOT Out of it. ABOLISH CATCH SHARE RIGHT F* CKING NOW!

    A large number of big commercial trawlers — 70 feet or more in length — from Gloucester and Boston have been drawn this week to the Read More »
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    Commercial fishermen fear seismic blasting in the Otway Basin will impact business and marine life

    It’s understood Schlumberger Australia Pty Ltd have commenced a 100-day operation in a bid to find potential recoverable hydrocarbon – natural gas, oil and coal – Read More »
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    N.L.’s fish and seafood production dips in 2017

    The value of Newfoundland and Labrador’s total fish and seafood production exceeded $1-billion for the third year in a row in 2017 but is down 10 Read More »

  • Commercial Lobster Boat Stranded on Rye Harbor Jetty

    Crews are working on a plan to move a boat off the jetty in Rye. The boat washed up on the inner jetty near Ocean Boulevard. Read More »

  • NPFMC Moves on Halibut, Observer, Freezer Longline Vessel Issues

    Federal fisheries regulators meeting in early October in Anchorage approved new halibut catch sharing and vessel observer plans, and cleared the way for replacement or rebuilding Read More »
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    Fishermen’s Terminal rebuild could double commercial fishing

    A long-planned redevelopment of Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal is inching forward, with plans to begin work next year and hopes that it could double the city’s commercial Read More »

  • OPINION: A better bay: Sustaining local fishing jobs

    Here’s a few more numbers though. Since the inception of limited entry in 1975, local permit ownership has declined from 1,372 to 707. This loss stems Read More »
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    Boat fire sends smoke billowing over Portland

    A fire at the Portland Fish Pier sent smoke billowing over part of the city Tuesday. The fire was reported around 9:30 a.m. Officials said people were Read More »
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    Unanimous N.C. Appeals Court Rules State Can Be Sued for Failing to Protect Fishing Rights

    The decision could eventually lead to new restrictions on commercial fishing. The Appeals Court agreed to affirm a trial judge’s ruling in the case, Coastal Conservation Association Read More »
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    F/V Dianne Recovery: Specialist teams ready for investigation

    THE MV Dianne has now been transferred to dry land. Crews worked for most of today to correctly balance the fishing trawler on to a travelift Read More »
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    The Salmon Wars in the Pacific Northwest: Banning the Rough Customer

    This week in Olympia, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 5617 to ban nontribal gillnetting in Washington state. The legislation would Read More »

  • Don’t bite on risky lure of ‘catch shares’

    I can’t think of a more appropriate saying to use than “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” to describe the reality of what the Seafood Harvesters of Read More »
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    California: 3 commercial fishermen rescued off Sonoma Coast by fellow crabbers

    Three commercial crabbers whose boat went down several miles off the Sonoma Coast were rescued late Tuesday afternoon through a combination of close communication and sheer Read More »

  • The Chuckleheads are planning another Lawsuit. – Marin group plans suit to help protect sperm whales

    (They just went through this.) “These endangered sperm whales should be protected from these gillnets,” said Joanna Nasar, spokeswoman for the Turtle Island Restoration Network. “It’s Read More »

  • Venker: Catch-share fishery programs don’t pass the smell test

    Catch-share programs have been promoted as a panacea to many fishery management challenges, but close scrutiny of these programs shows they create far more problems than Read More »
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    Commercial fishermen undergo safety training in Charleston

    The water was somewhere between 45 and 50 degrees and here I was about to jump in. Though I had donned the bulky orange survival suit, Read More »

  • Gillnet Fishermen Committed to Reduce Harbor Porpoise Interaction

    Preliminary data shows a low number of takes in OctoberThe following was released by the Northeast Seafood Coalition. GLOUCESTER, Mass. — November 20, 2012 — Gillnet Read More »

  • Maine commercial fisheries jump $25M in value, with strong boat price for lobster

    Commercial fishermen in Maine had a strong year in 2023. The value of the state’s fisheries increased by more than $25 million over 2022, for a Read More »

  • Apalachicola – economy hit hard by oyster shortage

    Five generations of Philip Vinson’s family have labored using tongs to pull oysters from  Bay’s shallow waters. He fears there won’t be a sixth. The local Read More »

  • Warren hears from local fishermen about industry ‘under attack’

    Wicked Local -“They want to get rid of the little guys, the people that know how to nurture  the resource, the people who do not care Read More »
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    Nordic Hosting Public Zoom Meeting Wednesday taking questions, Study Results for Land-Based Fish Farm

    Nordic is currently preparing its permit applications for a land-based aquaculture facility on the Samoa Peninsula in Humboldt County and has recently submitted the discharge permit Read More »

  • Before there was Global Warming, Sixty years ago, two hurricanes a week apart did double damage on Cape Cod

    Hurricane Carol on Aug. 31, 1954, and Edna less than two weeks later on Sept. 11, struck during what local researchers call the “golden age” of Read More »
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    B.C. spot prawn industry nets new markets close to home

    For forty years, Guy Johnston has worked six-week stints on his fishing boat without a break harvesting spot prawns on the central coast of British Columbia. Read More »

  • NOAA regional chief, EDF back catch quota caps

    http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x1618664521/NOAA-regional-chief-EDF-back-catch-quota-caps Once again, the cart before the horse. This should have been addressed before amendment 16 was rammed through. The EDF goal of Herr Lubchenco. Yes, Read More »
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    ‘Why is the fishing industry having to fight their own government for survival?’

    The fishing industry is seeking urgent clarification from government in the light of growing evidence that local vessels are being prevented from fishing traditional grounds by Read More »

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