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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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    Shrimpers on the Coast say this season hasn’t been too good to them. Quality Seafood in Biloxi says it’s hard to get fresh shrimp right now Read More »

  • Canadian, U.S. fisheries managers wait anxiously for summer sockeye returns

    Four years after disastrous sockeye runs on the Fraser River spurred the federal Cohen Commission, fisheries managers in both Canada and the U.S. are waiting anxiously Read More »

  • Mint worker convicted of smuggling gold in rectum sentenced to 30 months

    Leston Lawrence, 35, made only a brief statement before a ruling from Ontario Justice Peter Doody. “I’d just like to say thank you, sir, and that’s Read More »

  • Lobster buyer charged

    A lobster buyer based out of Seal Cove is facing a year’s suspension of his license and a fine for allegedly violating Department of Marine Resources Read More »
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    No Way Forward: Commercial fishers voice frustratation over catch share reforms and parliamentary inquiry

    “It’s like continually banging your head against the wall.” This is how Donna Cook, the matriarch of a Stuarts Point commercial fishing family, describes trying to Read More »

  • The Easy Lady restoration almost complete – Lowcountry treasure ready to return to her berth

    The Easy Lady has belonged solely to Cpt. Kenneth Ezell for 10 years. But after a public appeal went out to help the captain restore this Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico Rig removals on the rise in shallow water

    Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement statistics show 629 platforms either not producing or on expired leases and thus eligible for decommissioning as of June. More Read More »
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    Squid fishermen in Narragansett concerned about offshore wind farm

    With calamari being Rhode Island’s official appetizer, there’s no doubt squid is a lucrative industry in the Ocean State. Ask a group of squid fishermen what Read More »
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    Where Did All the Mackerel Go?

    Summer in Atlantic Canada can be unreliable, emerging reluctantly from the damp cold of spring. But a sure sign of its arrival is the sudden presence Read More »

  • Mexico wins complaint over U.S. rules for dolphin-safe tuna fishing – NOAA proposal irks Mexico

    When President Obama dined with Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto this month at the Mexican leader’s official residence, the meal started with “laminas de atun,” thin slices of Read More »

  • A Look Into The Role Of Fisheries Observers – Today @ 12:20 PST/3:20 EST on OPB.org

    On August 13, deck boss Richard Clayton Palek was arrested and charged with a federal misdemeanor violation of a law that prohibits anyone from forcibly assaulting, resisting, Read More »

  • CETA on life support because of Brexit

    The Brexit vote has left Europe in a mess – and dealt a serious blow to Canada’s trade prospects. (CETA, Canadian fishery issues, click here) The Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’ Captain Blake Painter found dead at home

    Blake Painter — best known for being a captain on seasons 2 and 3 of “Deadliest Catch” — has died, and police are testing substances found Read More »

  • How Big Business Uses Big Government To Ruin Small Fishermen Like Me

    Ensnared in an international trade dispute between Vietnam and very large U.S. catfish farms are hundreds of small wild-caught catfish producers throughout the United States. As a Read More »

  • The Sea Level Scam

    Measuring sea level is more complicated than pounding a stake into a beach. Sea level and the rate of rise or fall are subject to daily Read More »

  • Minister MacKinley in ‘hiding’ while lobster fishery flounders, says PC Opposition

    Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley is a “failure” for his complete absence on the rapidly expanding crisis in the lobster fishery, which saw boat quotas established and Read More »

  • Gang Green Controled NOAA SLASHES Extending Comment Period on Controversial Halibut Catch Share Plan From 45 to14 days

    “I think it’s absolutely silly,” said chamber Executive Director Monte Davis. “We asked for enough time so that people in their busiest time of year would Read More »
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    The snow crab vanishes

    My small turboprop plane whirred low through thick clouds. Below me, St. Paul Island cut a golden, angular shape in the shadow-dark Bering Sea. I saw Read More »

  • SBA Loans available to assist with fishing affected by chinook salmon fishery disaster

    Businesses in affected areas in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon Rural Education Attendance Areas, the Matanuska Susitna Borough, and some neighboring areas, can apply Read More »
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    John Ashworth: Why most of the UK’s fish should be landed in the UK

    When I watched the fishing debate televised from the House of Commons last Tuesday for the Second Reading of the Fisheries Bill, I was delighted to Read More »

  • Tim Bradner: Studies mine some intriguing data concerning Pebble

    The fur is flying again over the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine near Iliamna. Sunday is the deadline for comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Read More »

  • $10M spent by N.B. government to expunge crab fishermen’s loans

    Documents obtained by Radio-Canada reveal that from 2000 to 2008, the New Brunswick government spent $10 million to erase the debts of 15 crab fishermen, amassed in the 1980s Read More »
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    Fisheries council boosts Gulf of Maine quotas for cod, haddock, pollock

    The New England Fishery Management Council voted to increase cod and pollock quotas for 2018, a move that is expected to benefit New England’s fishing industry. Read More »

  • Single Snow Crab Gets Auctioned for Record 10 Million Yen in Japan

    Snow crab season in Japan kicked off with a record auction this week, after a single 1.2-kilogram snow crab sold for an incredible 10 million yen Read More »
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    Coronavirus threatens California lobster industry

    Roughly 95% of commercially caught lobster in California is shipped to China, where customers are willing to pay premium prices. “Traditionally, Chinese New Year is when Read More »

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