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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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  • This is Laine Welch. I’m Laine Welch – Commercial fishing stomps sport fishing economically.

    A breakdown of the annual report called ‘Fisheries Economics of the US’ shows once and for all that in terms of value, jobs, sales and income, Read More »

  • Consider the Lobsterman – Sam Rosen, a fisherman from Vinalhaven, Maine, discusses changes in the industry and how they affect the identity of the island community it supports.

    Sam Rosen is a lobster fisherman who grew up and lives on Vinalhaven, a town on an island off the coast of Maine with a year-round Read More »
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    Small Business Relief Tracker: Funding, Grants And Resources For Business Owners Grappling With Coronavirus

    Some 30 million American small businesses are high on the coronavirus’ list of victims. Nearly half of these companies say the pandemic is to blame for Read More »
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    Dewey Hemilright: U.S.Fishermen in desperate need to level playing field in U.S. marketplace

    The U.S.A is a member of ICCAT, which is the International body with 53 contracting party countries {CPC}with additional 6 countries having cooperating status that manages Read More »
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    Cape Pond Ice building on the block again

    The Cape Pond Ice property at 104 Commercial St. is back on the market. Almost four years after he first listed the property for sale, Cape Read More »

  • Wood’s Fisheries is Unprecedented in Traceability and Sustainability Initiatives

    Bringing origin and quality assurance in the shrimping industry to a whole new level, Florida’s Wood’s Fisheries raises the bar by promoting electronic traceability, sustainability and Read More »
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    B.C. fishers celebrate DFO announcement allowing spot prawn ‘tubbing’ to continue

    The announcement Monday by Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray is an about face from an announcement less than a year ago when DFO served notice it was Read More »
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    Commercial salmon season starts in Crescent City

    Commercial salmon fishermen in Crescent City began their season on Saturday with a quota of 20 chinook per day and a monthly quota of 2,500, according Read More »
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    Why would US Commerce hold back Swartwood II until after the election? Are they complicit?

    Why will this administration continue to obstruct justice and not release this report? It is complicit. The Obama Administrations Commerce Department has chosen to involve itself Read More »

  • Area commercial harvest reaches over 438,000 salmon

    When state fisheries biologists shut down the Copper River commercial salmon for two 12-hour openers on June 3 and June 8 retail markets in Anchorage ran Read More »

  • Recreational Fishing and Boating Community Calls on Congress to Revamp Marine Fisheries Management

    “Congress should establish a national policy to promote saltwater recreational fishing,” said Mike Nussman, president and CEO of the American Sportfishing Association. “In addition, Congress must Read More »

  • Lobster levy gets boost at industry conference in Halifax

    Fishermen and processors attending an industry conference in Halifax appear to be on board with a levy to fund a campaign promoting Maritime lobster. Read more Read More »
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    Lowcountry shrimpers facing challenges as season begins along SC coast

    The full 2022 shrimping season is underway along the South Carolina coast, but economic woes may cause a challenge this year. While the offshore shrimping began in Read More »

  • Fish and Game Commission Suspends and Terminates Fishing Privileges for Two Southern California Commercial Lobster Fishermen

    During its Oct. 12 meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted recommendations from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to revoke the commercial Read More »
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    Fisherman on a Mission to Save the Kaiki, Greece’s Iconic Fishing Boat

    In 2007, the European Union announced a new policy to bring a balance between fishing resources and all the related activities surrounding it, including the destruction Read More »

  • Someone sank a Maine lobsterman’s boat intentionally . Twice

    The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating the sinking of a Port Clyde lobsterman’s boat on Wednesday, just days after the owner had repaired the boat after Read More »

  • I realize its not US fishery news, well, not yet anyway, but it damn sure will be. The links between fish stocks and seals

    Canada keeping tabs on EU’s plan to cull seal population Europe is facing a seal-shooting controversy in its own backyard, as concern over fish stocks and Read More »

  • Longline permits and alia fishing questions raised at Sanctuary meeting

    Local businessman Omar Shalhout raised the issue regarding longline permits and alia fishing during a public meeting hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) and Read More »

  • 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 »
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    Cod Populations Might be Losing a Migration ‘Supergene’

    North Atlantic cod populations haven’t just decreased in number during the last century — their genetic diversity has plunged, too, which could ultimately impede cod from Read More »
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    Greenland, the new US Alaska? Trump mocked, as Some Canadians Say “We Should Outbid Him!”

    Greenland, the new US Alaska? –  The United States’ interest in Greenland is not new. In 1867, secretary of state William Seward, then of the Andrew Read More »

  • Harvesters Land and Sea Coalition alleges Maryland Department of Natural Resources illegally set menhaden regulations

    EASTON — A recently organized group, the Harvesters Land and Sea Coalition, is calling for the withdrawal of regulations put into effect in June by the Read More »
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    First National Bank supports Maine’s lobster industry with $300K donation

    First National Bank announced Monday a $300,000 commitment to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association. The donated funds will take the form of a $150,000 direct donation to Read More »
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    Governor Charlie Baker eyeing ‘cure plan’ for Vineyard Wind project

    After a “really productive and substantive” meeting with new U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, Gov. Charlie Baker said his administration Read More »
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    Potlotek First Nation celebrates Treaty Day by launching its own rights-based lobster fishery

    Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton marked Treaty Day this year by launching its own Mi’kmaq-regulated rights-based lobster fishery. The celebration in St. Peters Bay on Read More »

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