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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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  • Coast Guard assists F/V Vernon taking on water near Ketchikan

    JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Station Ketchikan crewmembers assisted the six-person crew of F/V Vernon taking on water near Ketchikan Friday morning.  A Station Ketchikan 47-foot Motor Life Boat Read More »
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    BREAKING: 2nd alarm warehouse and boat fire in Hampton Va.

    Hampton Fire crews are battling a heavy 2nd alarm warehouse fire at Amory’s Seafood in the 100 block of South King Street Sunday morning. Dispatch received Read More »

  • P.E.I. fisheries minister applauds Ottawa for holding line on lobster size

    CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island’s fisheries minister is applauding the federal government for rejecting a bid to increase the minimum size of lobsters that can be Read More »
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    Coast Guard rescues 3 boaters near Pascagoula, Mississippi

    The Coast Guard rescued three boaters Monday after their vessel began taking on water near Pascagoula, Mississippi. Eighth Coast Guard District watchstanders received a distress alert Read More »
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    Half a Metre Longer, and as Good as New

    Seine netter Stella Polaris UK-22 has been through a major refit when owner Pauw Romkes acquired the boat, and fifteen years on the decision was taken Read More »
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    Discontent arrives at federal fisheries minister’s doorstep

    Roger LeBlanc, on Thursday sporting a Maritime Fisherman’s Union cap and a jacket bearing the name of Beausoleil the Third, his 50-foot lobster boat ,is used Read More »

  • Malloy sponsors ‘Blue Plan’ legislation to protect the future use of Long Island Sound

    “With a Blue Plan, Connecticut can assure new uses of the Sound are compatible with traditional values and resources,” said Nathan Frohling, director of marine and Read More »
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    Ropeless lobster fishing? Stakeholders get a progress report

    The Ropeless Consortium, a group of scientists and other interested stakeholders hosted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, met Nov. 6 to consider the prospects of Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 05, 2021

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, Recently many legislators received an email from Allen Jernigan about his frustrations with fisheries management in our state. Glenn Skinner, NCFA’s Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 28, 2013

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

  • Newfoundland and Labrador: Crab Harvesters Demand Fair Share

    The crab fishing season officially started on Saturday, April 6th, yet all harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador stayed tied up demanding their fair share. The Blackwood Read More »

  • The head smelt biologist for the state said it’s not clear why the season has been so poor for smelt fishing this winter.

    The reason for the poor season, however, isn’t known. Some of the operators have theories: dredging in the Bath area disturbing the fish swimming up the Read More »

  • Summer season was the perfect storm for some Southeast trollers

    “We had small fish, poor price, bad weather, and also no fish or very few fish,” said Matthew Donohoe, a fishermen from Sitka. He has been Read More »
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    Capt. Duffy Duncan of Astoria has passed away

    The man, myth and legend, Capt. Duffy Duncan, of Astoria, passed away unexpectedly to the sea in the sky on Aug. 7 at the age of Read More »
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    N.E. Offshore Wind Leaseholders Submit Uniform Layout Proposal to the U.S. Coast Guard

    The five New England offshore wind leaseholders – Equinor, Mayflower Wind, Ørsted/Eversource, and Vineyard Wind- announced a uniform turbine layout proposal submitted to the U.S. Coast Read More »
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    F/V Misty Blue: Divers will look for missing fishing boat Thursday

    The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the two fishermen who went missing after their boat sank off the coast of Nantucket, and because of Read More »

  • Coroners service identifies fishermen who died near Tofino

    The B.C. Coroners Service has named the three fishermen who died when a commercial fishboat capsized near Tofino on Saturday. The three men, crew members of Read More »
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    Fishermen’s frustration grows as reality of protecting whales sinks in

    The president of the Maritime Fishermen’s Union says there is “increasing frustration” among his members after a new temporary closure of an area east of Miscou Read More »
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    The 100-year-old NSW fisherman who has spent his life trawling

    A lifelong professional fisherman is still braving rough seas in a tiny old trawler at the ripe old age of 100. Santo knows the Hawkesbury River Read More »

  • From Mexico to British Columbia – Entire West Coast ocean salmon fishing seasons adopted

    Here is the news release from the Pacific Fishery Management Council on the adopted salmon fishing seasons off the entire West Coast: continued Read More »

  • Murkowski Hires New Fisheries, Economics Policy Experts

    WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced the hiring of Jay Sterne to advise her as she shapes effective federal fisheries policies for the nation Read More »

  • Great White Shark Breaches Dive Cage… With Diver Inside!

    09:36 Read More »

  • Mother Nature to blame for higher shrimp, crab prices – video

    Louisiana hasn’t seen the last of those cold winter temperatures. Mother Nature is having an effect on seafood in the state, Crawfish season was delayed by Read More »

  • Fishing stakeholders rejoin the battle on Gulf of Maine cod

    The NSC, in a statement of its opposition to retaining the original interim actions, said that rather than saving cod, the emergency measures will increase cod Read More »

  • First Dungeness crab loads reach Marin docks

    The first commercially fished Dungeness crab arrived on Marin docks Saturday, much to the delight of shellfish lovers amped to crack open some shells. Western Boat Read More »

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