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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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    Massachusetts Congressional Candidate meets with members of the Gloucester Fishing Community

    August 7, 2020, I had the distinct honor of visiting one of my most favorite cities in the world, Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 24th.  The Read More »
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    Fishing fleet packs Amalga Harbor: On down year for pinks, seiners line up for hatchery chums

    Drivers out the road might encounter a somewhat new sight on Thursdays this month: A small armada of commercial seine boats, fishing in close proximity, yards Read More »
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    Commercial fishermen seek intervenor status in First Nation’s lawsuit

    A group representing commercial fishermen in Atlantic Canada wants to be part of the lawsuit the Sipekne’katik First Nation has launched against the provincial government. The Read More »
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    The Big Fish

    Whoever said that nothing good ever happens after midnight has never hung out at Pier 38 during the early morning hours. That’s the time when a Read More »

  • 6 things to expect at the Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Wrightsville Beach

    North Carolina’s Marine Fisheries Commission will host its first meeting of 2016 in Wrightsville Beach this week. The commission, responsible for overseeing fisheries management issues throughout Read More »

  • They tried to sneak it in as fresh, but I knew Ranson Myers was dead!

    I dig hard to find the news you can use, looking in a lotta places everyday. I try to find the latest in my quest. I found this, Read More »
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    Kodiak officials prepare for ‘disaster’: An 80 percent decline in Gulf cod catches in 2018

    Kodiak officials already are drafting a disaster declaration due to the crash of cod stocks throughout the Gulf of Alaska. The shortage will hurt many other Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 4 , 2019

    Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »

  • Costello and White’s “Closing high seas to fishing” Study gets deboned by Commercial Fishermen

    If the high seas were closed to fishing, populations of migratory species such as tuna, billfish and shark would increase significantly and that would help the Read More »

  • A Bogus Rerun Oceana Article by Daily Mail “Journalist” Tom Wyke!

    We posted an article yesterday that originally ran in February, 2013. It seemed familiar, but, the photos used in yesterdays rewrite by Daily Mail’s Tom Wyke were Read More »

  • Female-run fishing businesses are keeping the industry alive in Gloucester, Mass.

    A few local business owners in Gloucester are hoping to expand the image of who is a fisherman. Melissa and Donna Marshall are two of those Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for MARCH 19, 2015

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273  Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More »
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    Oysterman’s thread is a must read – ‘Brexit deal is almost the same as a no deal’

    The introduction of new checks and paperwork since the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31 has caused disruption to exports of fresh fish Read More »

  • The Alaska Fisheries Report

    Coming up this week, two boats go down in Southeast in separate incidents just hours apart this week; Skagway is seeing a good king run, but Read More »

  • Paul Cohan: This is in response to John Bullard in the Myopic View Column in the GDT

    I don’t know where to start. This is one of those instances where “to  keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool is better than opening Read More »
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    Cod Populations Might be Losing a Migration ‘Supergene’

    North Atlantic cod populations haven’t just decreased in number during the last century — their genetic diversity has plunged, too, which could ultimately impede cod from Read More »

  • Oregon fishermen, tribes angered by surprise announcement on offshore wind energy areas

    Federal officials say Oregon’s wind energy areas were developed “following extensive engagement and feedback from the state, Tribes, local residents, ocean users, federal government partners, and Read More »
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    K-6 gillnetter is a reminder of Kenai’s long fishing history

    One of the earliest commercial transactions involving Alaska salmon occurred in 1786. In that year two British ships stopped in Cook Inlet, which was then under Read More »

  • State Senate acts to protect bunker fishing in New Jersey

    pressofAtlanticCity.com – New Jersey menhaden fishermen already face a big cut in catches this year, but the state Senate on Monday adopted legislation that would at least prevent Read More »

  • Study: Seismic Testing Disrupts Fish Behavior

    Almost anyone who’s thrown a hook in the water to catch a fish in a quiet atmosphere probably knows intuitively that loud noises spook them: you Read More »
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    Economic destructive inflation: Falling wholesale prices put squeeze on Maine lobstermen

    The price lobstermen got for their catches hovered around $8 a pound in 2021, which they said was one of their best years ever, with a Read More »
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    Island Voices: ‘Namgis First Nation – Why land-based fish farms work

    We’ve seen the impact of sea lice, farm waste, lights and nets on salmon fry, clam beds, birds, sea mammals and other marine life.,,,the technology does Read More »
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    Coast Guard, agencies continue response to Western Maui Fires

    The Coast Guard, along with federal, state, and local partners continue to respond following the Lahaina wildfires in Maui, HI. A total of 17 lives were saved Read More »

  • Health Care Planning for Fishermen – 114 MacArthur Drive NEW BEDFORD – 6:00pm – 8:30pm November 04, 2013

    Fishing Partnership and Heath Care for All are coming to your community to talk about Health Insurance – what is new and what you can do next Read More »
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    Ocean Industrialization: Fishing regulators fear wind turbines could threaten spawning area for Atlantic cod

    It is the largest offshore HAPC designation in the region. Yet a main concern is cod spawning grounds in a smaller region within the designation, just Read More »

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