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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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  • South Shore charter fishermen oppose new federal Dusky shark regulations

    The National Marine Fisheries Service, a federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, is proposing new rules to protect a vulnerable shark species off the Read More »

  • High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality

    We should use international waters as the world’s fish bank,” says U. Rashid Sumaila, director of the UBC Fisheries Economics Research Unit and lead author of Read More »

  • Lobster season opens in southeastern P.E.I. on cold but ‘beautiful’ day

    The spring lobster fishery opened in the southeastern part of Prince Edward Island a day late on Saturday, while the northern section that was scheduled to Read More »

  • Does this sound familiar? An open letter to Fisheries Minsiter, George Eustice

    It would be difficult to exaggerate the sense of frustration within the fishing industry over this year’s ICES advice, especially when read in conjunction with the Read More »
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    Three years on from the Brexit poll NI fishermen still determined to leave EU

    For nearly 50 years Northern Ireland’s fishing industry has felt trapped by European Union restrictions on catch quotas and the rights of foreign trawlers to operate in Read More »
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    As Texas recovers from hurricane, Harvey moves north as tropical depression

    Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved through Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday. Now that much of Harvey has moved northeast of Read More »

  • How Maine came to play a central role in an international eel smuggling scheme

    Years after officials launched an investigation into baby eel poaching on the East Coast, the first of several men to plead guilty to participating in the Read More »

  • “It became very apparent that we were in a fight for our industry at that point,”

    Every-one together Every family takes proactive role during summer king salmon disaster By Rashah McChesney   Travis Every spent June and July standing at his family’s setnet Read More »

  • Shell finds Alaska less hospitable than Mars

    FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — New Shell CEO Ben van Beurden has told investors that Shell has decided to keep its exploration program for Alaska on hold Read More »

  • More Vineyard Wind blades must be removed, repaired

    Vineyard Wind must remove an unknown number of blades that have already been installed south of Martha’s Vineyard while it repairs others, the company announced Wednesday. Read More »

  • Oceana: Marine Life and Coastal Economies Threatened by Seismic Airgun Use in Atlantic Ocean – Where ya been!

    These people amuse me sometimes. Jim Lovgren, a fisherman from NJ asked me to post this information. May 3, 2012 –  borehead, don’t know whether you Read More »
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    Tuna partnership to drive youth employment

    Port Lincoln tuna baron Hagen Stehr and Port Adelaide Football Club Aboriginal programs director Paul Vandenbergh are joining forces to drive jobs for indigenous youth in Read More »

  • We do a lousy job of informing our fellow citizens about fishery issues. Read the Comments!

    Message from Alaska: Our disaster relief isn’t ‘pork’ It’s unlikely that many Americans in the Lower 48 know about it, but the Alaskan salmon industry — Read More »

  • Crews receive honors Friday for saving fishermen’s lives

    A special recognition ceremony Friday honored those involved in a rescue mission along Carteret County’s coast in mid-December of last year. According to U.S. Coast Guard Read More »

  • Harris: No offshore wind turbines

    Warning of dire consequences if offshore wind industrialization is allowed off Maryland’s Atlantic coast, three legislators called on experts to bolster their call to halt construction Read More »

  • A man-made attempt to save the rarest fish on Earth (its a guppy!)

    Olin Feuerbacher took a deep breath and plunged into the warm aquamarine water of a $4.5-million 100,000-gallon concrete and fiberglass tank in the middle of the Read More »

  • Fight the Big Box Boats; Save Family Fishermen and the Fish – Sign this petition Sponsored by Ron Borjeson

    My name is Ron Borjeson. I’m a second generation fisherman and I’ve fished for 42 years. Over the past 15 years, together with my fellow fishermen, Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs 68-year-old man from F/V Tidelands

    The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old man Wednesday from the 200-foot fishing vessel Tidelands approximately five miles northeast of Great Machipongo Inlet near Cape Charles. Read Read More »

  • We wish everyone a Happy, Safe, and Prosperous New Year!

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    USDA approves $25 million wild caught shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry

    The USDA announced the purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught shrimp through its Section 32 Program for distribution to food banks and other Read More »

  • With Crab and Salmon Booming, NSEDC Board Considers Residency Requirements for Commercial Salmon

    It’s been a good summer for commercial fishing in the Norton Sound—and at the latest meeting of the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation Board, a strong Read More »
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    Putin blows up Brexit

    Whisper it, but Britain and the EU are getting along. While the years following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union have been characterized by Read More »

  • REPORT: Mid-Atlantic Council Workshop on East Coast Fisheries and Climate Change

    “The decision to hold this workshop was driven largely by input from our stakeholders,” said Mid-Atlantic Council Chairman Rick Robins, noting that many participants in the Read More »

  • A Week in the Life – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Law Enforcement Weekly Report

    This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. Read More »
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    Blue crab population declines by almost 18%

    The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report by the Chesapeake Bay Program and developed by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, finds that the overall Chesapeake Bay Read More »

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