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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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  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 37.5′ H & H Lobster boat, 300HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere

    Specifications, information and 12 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:48 Read More »
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    Coast Guard aircrew hoist 4 fishermen from disabled commercial fishing vessel

    A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted four fishermen from a disabled fishing vessel off the coast of Duck, N.C., Tuesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Read More »
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    Some Morro Bay Residents Are Dead Set Against CA’s Offshore Wind Farms

    Joey Racano used to have a dining room table. Now the sunlit nook off the family kitchen more often than not serves as a conference room. Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Desco Dragger with Permits, CAT 3408

    To review specifications, information, and 64 photos’, and video tour, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:31 Read More »

  • UPEI leads three-year study on impact of pesticide run-off

    The University of Prince Edward Island is taking the lead on a team of researchers examining the potential impact of agricultural pesticide run-off on lobsters in Read More »
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    Online Event: Have your say on the fuel crisis!

    This event will present an overview of the current fuel crisis from a number of perspectives and look to the future of fuel in the industry. Read More »

  • Cape Fishermen hook access to surf clam fishery

    Some locally-owned, independent fishing vessels from Cape Cod will begin testing new methods   of harvesting surfclams that should help improve product quality and bring a better Read More »

  • New chairman at the helm of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission: commercial fisherman Sammy Corbett

    The N.C. Fisheries Association, a nonprofit that supports the state’s seafood industry, is pleased with Mr. Corbett’s appointment. NCFA Executive Director Jerry Schill said Monday he Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 60′ Steel Seiner/Scalloper, 871 Detroit Diesel,12.5 KW Norpro Genset

    To review specifications, information, with 21 photos, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11: 53 Read More »
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    Federal court hears arguments from Maine lobstermen appealing right whale regulations

    A federal appeals court heard arguments Friday from the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, which is challenging a government plan to regulate the fishery and conserve endangered right Read More »

  • New Minnesota environmental law bans triclosan

    A University of Minnesota study published in January 2013 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology said increasing amounts of triclosan were found in the sediment Read More »

  • Charleston Fishing Families launches fund to assist families of fishermen in need

    Over the weekend, Charleston Fishing Families held a ceremony to launch their Fishermen’s Relief Fund and to present their group as an official nonprofit organization. Charleston Read More »

  • Alaska’s Board of Fisheries will meet in Anchorage Feb. 26 to March 4 to talk about Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands issues.

    The board is tasked with discussing 48 proposals. Those address commercial, sport and subsistence fishing for a wide-swath of  state fisheries near the Alaska Peninsula. The Read More »
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    FISH-NL Calls For Resignation of Dominic LeBlanc, Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling for Dominic LeBlanc’s resignation in light of his failure to address the current Read More »
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    Lobster fishermen face a monumental problem

    The Newport-based fishing vessel Freedom has been Marc Ducharme’s home away from home since it was built in 1984. And for the better part of those Read More »
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    Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for December 5th 2016 Has Arrived!

    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 Read More »
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    Fishermen fear Hudson Canyon sanctuary will mean more restrictions

    The canyon is a prolific fishing ground that starts about 90 miles offshore from Manasquan Inlet and is in the crosshairs of a public debate over the Read More »
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    Maine Maritime Museum to celebrate relaunching of historic fishing schooner

    Maine Maritime Museum in Bath plans to celebrate the full restoration of the 1906 schooner Mary E, the oldest Bath-built vessel still sailing, by hosting a 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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    Station Menemsha aids disabled fishing vessel

    Station Menemsha dispatched a 47-foot motor lifeboat Thursday morning to aid a commercial fishing boat that lost propulsion about 42 miles off Aquinnah. A motor lifeboat Read More »

  • RI Coastal Resources Management Council Hearing – September 24 – 6:00 PM – State Administration Building, Conference Room A, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI

    Many of you have this already but this meeting on September 24, regarding the Deepwater Wind’s opportunity in getting the language changed in this proposal needs Read More »

  • You gotta read this one! – Fishing family’s civil-rights suit against state officials reinstated – the “organized crime of fishing.”

    Court documents claim Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) officers have stopped members of the Tarabochia family dozens of times since 2000, filing 27 criminal counts Read More »
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    P.E.I. – Lennox Island First Nation to launch unauthorized treaty lobster fishery

    The Lennox Island First Nation says it will be launching a treaty lobster fishery off P.E.I.’s North Shore next week with or without the federal government’s Read More »

  • BP is ordered to pay $130 million — and more — to run oil spill claims center

    The ruling comes as BP tries to temporarily block claims payments while former FBI Director Louis Freeh investigates allegations of misconduct by an attorney who worked Read More »

  • Stop Wall Street Fisheries and Protect Main Street Fishermen – Please sign this Petition

    My name is Ed Snell and I am a fisherman based in Portland, Maine. We have allowed a system that has monetized access to fish and Read More »

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