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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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    Blood, guts and albacore -‘Battlefish’ series gives glimpse into gritty world of West Coast commercial albacore fishing

    It’s blood, hooks, aching backs and sun-burnt skin. And cussing. Lots of cussing. A new Netflix series, “Battlefish,” debuted Friday, Sept. 21, giving audiences a raw Read More »

  • EXTRA!!! Weinstein Wins Movie Rights to N.Y. Times Ocean Rescue Story

    Harvey Weinstein has won a bidding war for movie rights to Paul Tough’s rescue story “A Speck in the Sea.” The story focused on lobster fisherman Read More »

  • Sable Island: Criminal colonists settle on deserted island

    The very name Sable Island conjures up romantic images of crazed French prisoners murdering their guards as the penal colony engulfs in the flames of mutiny. Read More »

  • One of Sheepshead Bay’s last fishing boat captains says he’ll go down with the ships

    To Robert Sapanara, the sea is friend and foe, but his passion for it remains undeterred. “There are no words to describe how breathtaking the ocean Read More »
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    Wilbur Ross opens new front in trade war with $11M in fish farm grants

    Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross doled out $11 million Wednesday aimed at jumpstarting the U.S. aquaculture industry, or fish farming, and limiting dependence on foreign seafood imports. Read More »
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    U.S. Coast Guard medevacs a fisherman from a crab boat 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor

    The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing boat Tuesday approximately 200 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Read More »

  • Not everyone happy about shark tagging off Chatham – “The methods they use appall me,” Skyler Thomas, “Stop OCEARCH” campaign.

    We … are already failing to act in a responsible way to conserve sharks,” he  said. “We have the data. It has simply been ignored. The Read More »
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    Commentary: Questions abound with industrial oyster farm bill, It’s dirty – plain and simple.

    Wonder what all the heartburn is about with the oyster restoration bill sponsored by local legislators Sen. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, and Rep. Beverly Boswell, R-Dare? It’s Read More »

  • New research at Aberdeen University has highlighted the potential size of the prize awaiting Scots fishers after Brexit

    The study looked at 17 commercially key Scottish fish stocks, focusing not on how big they were, but on their distribution. Comparisons were made between the Read More »

  • LIPA Says No to Offshore Wind Farm – “We’ve got a renewable resource in our fisheries,”

    Reaction from stakeholders was swift. Jeffrey Grybowski, chief executive officer of Deepwater Wind, issued a statement on Dec. 17 in which he said that the power Read More »
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    Mississippi shrimp season in state of uncertainty thanks to storms, heavy rains

    At Forte Seafood in Pass Christian, they say ever since Hurricane Ida came through, the white shrimp have been pretty big and plentiful. That makes up Read More »

  • Simple greed shut down cannery: Nobels

    The Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District is demanding a higher stake in the region’s salmon resources, calling for a return to abandoned policies that protected communities Read More »

  • By road, lake and river: Part II – From the braids of the Kvichak to shores of Bristol Bay – Molly Dischner

    Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts (part 1 here) in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on Read More »
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    Charles Schnacker, Come to the Edge: Arrival and Survival in Del Norte County

    Charles Schnacker reveals an intense tenacity and love for fishing, one that goes deeper than profit. But his essay also reveals hidden gems about scarcity and Read More »
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    FISH-NL: DFO outreach meetings prove FFAW-Unifor no longer voice of inshore harvesters

    The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says the most common issue during a recent series of outreach meetings held around the Read More »
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    Coast Guard notes communications dead zones in Southeast

    The U.S. Coast Guard has released a list of communications towers in Alaska that may not be receiving VHF radio broadcasts and is warning mariners to Read More »

  • Feds face fisheries investigation – Organization to examine whether Ottawa is ignoring legislation

    The initial submission was filed jointly by Environmental Defence Canada, the Natural Resources Defense Council in the U.S. and three private individuals. In it they cite Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman/Businessman Jared “Jerry” Trussler of New Zealand

    Jared “Jerry” Trussler was born on August 21st, 1938 to Fern and Arthur Trussler in Paso Robles, California and passed away peacefully at his home in Read More »
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    Historic fishing vessel finds home in star-built pavilion

    The Thelma C was built in 1965 for the original owner, Ken Cristoffersen, by Commercial Marine in Seattle, Washington, from a design by marine architect William Read More »
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    Science Advances report says marine protected areas may not be enough to preserve biodiversity

    The paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances said climate change will erode the effectiveness of “static” marine protected areas across the globe, and “dynamic Read More »

  • Super Bait

    A new type of bait is changing the game for anglers and commercial fishermen alike. Fishing Physics holds the patent to the new super bait, and Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Libby Lobster boat, 375HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo

    Specifications, information and 9 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here12:22 Read More »

  • Being Pushed Out: Offshore wind farms add to woes of Dutch fishing fleet

    Plans to extend the number Dutch offshore wind farms are adding to the problems faced by the Dutch North Sea fishing fleet, said the Financieele Dagblad Read More »

  • NOAA releases $705k in Federal Disaster Assistance to RI to help local fishermen

    U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse together with Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline and Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Read More »

  • Red snapper off overfishing list – Ocean Conservancy and the Pew Charitable Trusts report described as “propaganda.”

    The News Herald -PANAMA CITY BEACH — After 13 years on the federal overfishing list, red snapper has been removed after a report showed the species Read More »

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