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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 77.6′ Steel Shrimper, 525HP, CAT 3412 Diesel

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Lobster firm to invest in Gouldsboro plant after closure of Connecticut facility

January 17, 2019 New England

A seafood distribution and processing firm says it plans to increase production at its plant in Gouldsboro after closing a shipping facility in Connecticut. Garbo Lobster, a subsidiary of East Coast Seafood Group, announced this week that it plans to shut down the Groton live lobster packing facility on Thursday, Jan. 17. <click to read>

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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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Daily Archives: January 17, 2019

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 77.6′ Steel Shrimper, 525HP, CAT 3412 Diesel

Lobster firm to invest in Gouldsboro plant after closure of Connecticut facility

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Paddling with our Hands

With 3 weeks to go in season, Maine’s baby eel harvest tops $20M

Hurricane Dorian: Governor Cooper requests major disaster declaration for NC counties

Our mutual reliance on the ocean

Arctic Corsair move: Emotional moment historic trawler sails the River Hull once more

Seward: Vigor at SMIC: “Here for the Long Haul”

Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery: Commercial fishing just about done for season

Sandy Damage Threatens Horseshoe Crabs and Migratory Shorebirds

D.B. Pleschner: Pacific Sardines are not collapsing, may be in recovery

Import Alert! Barriers go up against shrimp and prawns from Malaysia

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44.11′ Fiberglass Dragger, Resident NY State Marine Permit

European fishermen furious as Britain ‘breaks Brexit deal’ to block them

Deadliest Catch Captains Admit They Went to the Wrong Graveyard When Burying Phil

Working the system makes the system unworkable, by Ronald Smolowitz

iSnapper helps track and monitor catch as snapper season opens on June 1

On 2-hour notice: Sitka herring fleet opts for ‘non-competitive’ fishery

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 76′ Seiner/RSW Carrier

The Science Suggests a Marine Reserve Zone Won’t Save Biscayne’s Reefs

MCIB Report into Death of Galway Fisherman Published

South Devon College launches fishing apprenticeship

Lobster prices hit record high in southwest N.S.

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Appeals court orders state board to reconsider Atlantic City windfarm

Some Deepwater Resistance to Deepwater Wind

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Mobilizes for Ocean Survey Activities, Announces Kevin Wark as New Liaison to the Fishing Community

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