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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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Our Friend, Groundswell Fisheries Movement Founder Stephen R. Taufen has passed away
Stephen R. Taufen, a prolific writer on commercial fishing issues, was air ambulanced to Anchorage, and was hospitalized at Providence Hospital with an inoperable hematoma. Stephen was in intensive care Read More » -
Video: Coast Guard medevacs crewman from F/V Stella near Kodiak, Alaska
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak hoists a 35-year-old hypothermic crewman from the deck of the 58-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel Stella Read More » -
Off-the-boat sales strong: Salmon fishermen drawing seafood lovers to Half Moon Bay
Three-and-a-half weeks ago, Jim Anderson, commercial salmon and crab fisherman and captain of the Allaine, said the fish hadn’t bitten that good since 2005. Between 200,000 Read More » -
Alaska: Seafood industry faces more uncertainty
As another year draws to a close, the seafood industry seems to be facing even more uncertainty than usual, with some groundfish stocks cratering, salmon runs Read More » -
Belfast’s lobster Passy Pete predicts early winter
Residents of Belfast were on the waterfront this Labor Day to get a very important answer from a very special lobster. Passy Pete gave his predictions Read More » -
Triumph tows disabled dragger with 42,000 lbs of fish aboard through deep draft bar
The Coast Guard towed a 58-foot fishing vessel after the crew lost use of their main engine about 17 miles west of Willapa Bay, Sunday. A Read More » -
Jaime Battiste: Balancing conservation and fairness in a ‘moderate livelihood’ for Indigenous fishermen
What is fair to the Mi’kmaq, who have been deprived of their legal right to a practice passed down for generations? What is fair to the Read More » -
Coast Guard, F/V Ashley N fishermen save sinking F/V Lady Annette in Maine
Watchstanders at the Sector Northern New England Command Center in Portland, Maine received notification that the 34-foot Lady Annette was flooding with one person aboard. Rescue Read More » -
Rafael arrested, feds posed as organized crime figures looking to buy him out
The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the northeastern United States and his bookkeeper were arrested Friday on charges of conspiracy and Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 2000 Novi Lobster boat, 44’x11”x 20′ 6”, 3412 Cat
Specifications, information and 30 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 12:44 Read More » -
Louisiana is stirring up the hornets nest again with testing imported farmed shrimp.
Under their study 95% of samples tested positive for at least one illegal antibiotic. What needs to be done is a study by a independent organization Read More » -
Bay Weld celebrates 100th boat
Homer Tribune – Bay Welding Services, Inc. passed a landmark this month in the completion of its 100th steel-fabricated boat. This boat is the biggest yet, Read More » -
Longtime waterfront business Rowand’s Seafood closes in Beverly
Owner Dana Rowand said he could no longer afford the rising costs of seafood, so he decided to shut down the business that his father began Read More » -
Uncivil War Brews Over Summer Flounder as Waters Warm
The summer flounder – one of the most sought-after catches on the U.S. East Coast – is stirring up a climate change battle as it glides Read More » -
Three men charged with fishing offences in Victoria County
Three Cape Breton commercial fishermen were arraigned in Ingonish provincial court Thursday for alleged fishing violations. Robert Courtney, 63, faces eight charges, including two counts of Read More » -
Monterey Bay salmon fishermen report record prices, disappointing harvest in the early season.
Monterey County Weekly – Boots planted on the floor of his boat in Monterey Harbor, Bryan Lucas hoists his only catch of the day: a sparkling Read More » -
Warming bonus
A warmer ocean continues to smile on Alaska commercial salmon fishermen, but the fish market is sadly another story. The 49th state these days finds Read More » -
Thief busted for stealing crabs from traps near Delacroix
There are at least a couple of ways to catch crabs in the rich waters along Louisiana’s coast. One is to bait traps, set them out, Read More » -
Extreme makeover!
It’s been a 10-month grind, but Captain Justin Johnson and the crew of the Toledo trawl vessel Pegasus have a formidable machine for taking on not Read More » -
Scientists worry B.C. hatchery fish threatening endangered wild chinook
More chinook salmon populations have landed on the endangered species list in B.C.,, With many salmon runs experiencing the lowest returns on record, there has been Read More » -
Cod quotas slashed on Cape Cod
As of Wednesday cod quotas for Cape Cod fishermen have been slashed 61 percent on Georges Bank and 77 percent in the Gulf of Maine (north Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 76′ Seiner/RSW Carrier
To review specifications, information, and 45 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 09:55 Read More » -
In Newport, a coronavirus outbreak spreads to local economy
Pacific Seafood ceased operations at all five of its Newport plants. The Oregon Health Authority said the outbreak is contained to Lincoln County and that risk to Read More » -
New lobster processor, Maine Fair Trade Lobster, hopes to help bring economic stability to Schoodic area
GOULDSBORO, Maine — For the past year and a half, two regional seafood distributors have been working together to create the largest lobster processing plant in Read More » -
No Fish Today
The fishing industry in Connecticut in under assault from foreign fish imports. Owner of wholesale fish in Stonington/East Haven Mike Gambardella writes, somewhat frantically, that consumers Read More »
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