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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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    U.S.-China trade war is a boon for Atlantic Canada’s lobster harvesters. But what’s the catch?

    Exports of Canadian lobster rose to a record $266-million from $112-million in the 18 months between January, 2018, and June, 2019. Meanwhile, U.S. exports have plummeted, Read More »

  • Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for June 27, 2014 By Mike Mason

    The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Friday June 27 includes an update on the strong push of sockeye into and through the Nushagak District and a Read More »
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    “If lobster people fish, then processors are going to process,” – Processors working on assumed May 1 season start

    It is unlikely P.E.I.’s seafood processors will have all the temporary foreign workers they normally have to operate in time for a regular start to the Read More »

  • Kent Md. Poacher convicted of overfishing striped bass

    According to a news release from the office of Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, state Natural Resources Police began an investigation after receiving information that Pierce Read More »

  • Law enforcement to review complaint of lobster cruelty against Bean’s Rockland processing plant

    District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau and Rockland police Chief Bruce Boucher both said Thursday they had received the complaint filed by the People for the Ethical Treatment Read More »
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    Well, he did it, but we knew he would. Obama just destroyed more fishermen and supporting businesses

    President Obama will designate a section of the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod on Thursday as a national monument, banning commercial fishing in the area by Read More »

  • The Canadian government recently approved, without fanfare, the world’s first genetically modified fish to be produced in PEI.

    Canada quietly made history last November when officials at Environment Canada gave the go-ahead on production of the world’s first genetically modified food fish: the AquAdvantage® Read More »
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    Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael’s trial could have huge stakes

    Indicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael controls nearly one-fifth of the harbor’s commercial fleet and had permits worth about $80 million last year, according to public records Read More »
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    NOAA outlines sweeping plan to boost the nation’s seafood industry

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a sweeping five-year plan to prioritize and promote the country’s commercial fishing industry. NOAA Fisheries announced its National Seafood Read More »
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    Coast Guard helps dewater, escort troubled fishing vessel off Cape Cod

    The Coast Guard is escorting an 83-foot fishing vessel Friday after it started taking on water 50 miles east of Chatham. At about 11:30 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Read More »
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    TriNav Marine Design’s battery powered fishing boat wins $500K efficiency competition

    A marine engineering company based in Newfoundland and Labrador has won the grand prize of a government competition to design a more full-efficient inshore fishing boat Read More »

  • Ray Hilborn Responds to the opportunistic attack of Greenpeace

    I would like to thank Greenpeace for offering this opportunity to advertise our research and its results. Greenpeace is unable to attack the science I and my Read More »

  • Coast Guard officer relieved of command after grounding of 87-foot patrol boat

    The Coast Guard officer who was relieved of the command of a Jonesport-based cutter is being investigated for his role in the grounding of the 87-foot Read More »
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    Coast Guard: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Efforts

    To improve safety in the extremely dangerous commercial fishing industry, Coast Guard examines fishing vessels’ documents and safety equipment, and conducts outreach to fishers, among other Read More »
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    “You never know the mind of a squid” – The squid’s short lifespan makes it hard to study

    Late this summer, squid showed up in abundance in many bays in the province, a sight not seen in several harbours, including Holyrood, for decades. Why Read More »

  • North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 3, 2015

    Click here>> Weekly Update for April 3, 2015 as a PDF  17:27 Read More »

  • British Fishermen ‘offered 25 times a day’s wage to smuggle people into UK’

    British fishermen have disclosed people smugglers have been offering them 25-times a normal day’s pay,  across the Channel. At least one former fisherman was so worried Read More »

  • Ushering industrial aquaculture into the Pacific Islands Region EEZ is anything but sustainable

    Right now, anyone can throw a cage into the open ocean within the Economic Enterprise Zone and begin an aquaculture operation, said Joshua DeMello, of the Read More »
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    Shipwreck off coast of Hilton Head caused $60K in damage to shrimp boat

    After leaving the docks at Hudson’s Seafood at 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 19, 2019, the captain of the “Miss Annie” was on his way to catch Read More »
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    Brexit: Fishermen on high alert as EU trade talks loom

    The UK is leaving the EU on Friday night after which both sides will get ready to talk about its future relationship with the aim to Read More »
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    Pembroke river closure upsets scallopers

    The closure of all of the Pennamaquan River to scallop dragging because of the mooring field off the Pembroke boat landing on Hersey Neck has upset Read More »

  • Ryan Cleary risking it all for FISH-NL – ‘I’m doing this because I believe in it’

    Ryan Cleary has been called a liar, a narcissist, an opportunist and more, but the leader of FISH-NL is fighting back, saying he’s sacrificing a lot because Read More »

  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game – Alaska Boards of Game and Fisheries Set to Host Joint Meeting

    “The boards may allow commercial fishing, the boards may allow personal use fishing, they may allow sport fishing or general hunting but not something that’s labeled Read More »

  • Gulf of Maine Cod Peer Review Meeting – Live Streaming Informatio​n for Aug. 28-29, 2014

    Scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service say the amount of cod spawning in the Gulf of Maine is estimated to be three to four percent Read More »
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    Bering Sea snow crab deemed ‘overfished’

    After a sudden decline in the stock last year, federal managers have officially designated Bering Sea snow crab as overfished and are working on a plan Read More »

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