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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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  • 2024 Shrimp Season kicks off on the Mississippi Sound

    Quality, not quantity. That’s the theme for day one of the 2024 Shrimp Season on the Mississippi Sound. As the 2024 season kicked off at 6 Read More »

  • Scientists study capelin reproduction cycles in Trinity Bay

    Researchers are keeping a close eye on how capelin are spawning and developing off the waters of Newfoundland. Scientists have flocked to Bellevue Beach in Trinity Read More »

  • Cape Wind blows past another legal challenge

    BOSTON — A federal judge has dismissed the latest efforts by opponents to derail a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. “There comes a point Read More »

  • The Snobby Neighbors of Beaufort County – Jellyfish Company Files Suit, Video

    When jelly-fishers wanted to do business in Beaufort County, not all neighbors were supportive. Groups against the jelly-fishing are still speaking-out against an operation nearly a Read More »
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    Mark Adams, an Alaskan fisherman and devoted family man

    Mark David Adams, an Alaskan fisherman and devoted family man died peacefully on June 3, 2020 in Cordova, AK, at home. He was born in Spokane, Read More »

  • Save LBI Stays Course Despite Trump’s Promise to Kill Offshore Wind

    While President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make sweeping changes to the national energy policy, including doing away with offshore wind on Day 1 of his Read More »
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    Sick River: Can These California Tribes Beat Heroin and History?

    For thousands of years, the Klamath River has been a source of nourishment for the Northern California tribes that live on its banks. Its fish fed Read More »
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    NTSB Says Icing Caused Fatal Sinking of FV Destination in Bering Sea, issues related Safety Alert

    The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a marine accident brief >click to read<and a related safety alert>click to read< warning mariners of the dangers of Read More »
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    Trawl limit in Blue Hill Bay not an end to cross-zone fishing issue

    A possible compromise with Zone B lobstermen over the boundary lines of a new five-trap trawl limit occupied a Zone C lobster council meeting October 1, Read More »
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    Seattle judge’s ruling might cancel Alaska commercial king salmon season

    A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska, a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 Read More »

  • Lobsterman rescued from boat fire ‘lost everything,’ still thankful

    Hoarse and shaken from jumping into the cold Atlantic to escape his burning boat a day prior, Joshua Ford said Monday he’s “fortunate” to be part Read More »

  • Lowcountry shrimpers say area restaurants buying shrimp from other countries is putting a strain on the industry

    Lowcountry shrimpers are concerned that they are going to be priced out by imported shrimp. But there’s one local organization working to promote eating locally. The Read More »
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    Crews refloat boat that capsized near Crescent Harbor on Saturday

    A fishing vessel that overturned just outside of a Sitka harbor this weekend was refloated early Monday morning. Around 1 p.m. on Saturday, the Coast Guard Read More »

  • East End fishermen uneasy over wind farm South Fork Wind

    Late last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul called South Fork Wind, which is projected to eliminate hundreds of millions of tons of carbon emissions annually, a “major milestone” in Read More »

  • Drinking party leads to fight on fishing boat

    A fight during a drinking party on a fishing boat on the night of July 31st led to two crew members being thrown in jail and Read More »

  • DFO scientist amazed by ‘extreme’ ocean temperatures

    A federal scientist based in Nova Scotia says ocean temperatures off the East Coast of Canada were about two to four degrees above normal in 2012, Read More »

  • Pressure’s on to help Delta fish suffering amid drought

    With populations of numerous endangered Delta fish species at alarming lows, officials in California are planning a number of steps to help them survive if 2015 Read More »
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    Fisherman fined for fraudulent attempt to get disaster funds

    A fishing boat captain, with a home port of Portsmouth, was fined $2,500 and placed on probation for falsifying fishing logs, filed with state Fish and Read More »

  • Declining worm harvest poses challenge for diggers, scientists

    It’s a dirty job, but digging for blood and sand worms along the Maine coast can pay well, particularly in areas of the state where it Read More »
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    Offshore wind deal pushing forward at New London State Pier

    Three months after Gov. Ned Lamont’s May 2 announcement of the deal, state and local officials, State Pier operator Gateway and Danish offshore wind giant Orsted Read More »

  • It’s time for 1906 Antiquities Act to be drastically reformed or scrapped altogether.

    Clearly, the intent of creating these monuments has nothing to do with historical or cultural preservation. As Maine Gov. Paul LePage rightly noted, the designations would Read More »

  • Lobster Fisherman Derrick Wadden says Lobsters filling traps ‘like flies’ in Cape Breton

    “It’s unbelievable,” said Derrick Wadden, who has been fishing out of Main-a-Dieu, Cape Breton County, for 25 years. “It’s almost like, I don’t know, like flies Read More »
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    Connecticut – The 66th Annual Blessing Of The Fleet Is Coming To Stonington Borough Sunday

    The 66th annual Blessing of the Fleet will take place beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 28, at St. Mary Church in Stonington Borough to honor Read More »

  • “Jaws” made great whites villains but great whites rebounding

    “It’s a matter of relativity,” George Burgess said of the great white’s status. “There are in fact more today than there were 10 years ago.”“I don’t Read More »

  • Ocean Acidification: Natural Cycles and Ubiquitous Uncertainties

    From the article: Nonetheless in a study sponsored by NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program Bednarsek 2014 argued those examples of shell dissolution were caused by anthropogenic carbon Read More »

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