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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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    Turning a Profit During Tough Times

    Despite very high fuel prices, it’s possible to trawl for shrimp and make a profit, according to Agnar Langtveit. 2022 has been an exceptionally tough year, Read More »
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    Marvin Moy, NYC doctor charged by feds, vanishes after alleged LI boat accident

    A Manhattan doctor charged by federal authorities in a massive health fraud scheme mysteriously vanished in an alleged dead-of-night boating accident off the Long Island coast earlier Read More »

  • Southeastern P.E.I. lobster fishers prep for spring setting day

    Lobster fishers along P.E.I.’s southeastern coast voted to go back to their traditional spring start date this year, but they’re going to have to start early Read More »

  • Changing the Bait in Chatham! Humans in Cages – Chatham, Orleans talk sharks

    WickedLocalCapeCod.com Selectmen Chairman Jon Fuller is not keen on the idea of having tour boats based  at town landings heading out, dropping some chum in the Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Holland Lobster Boat, 425HP, John Deere

    Specifications, information and 2 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< Owner has taken delivery of his new vessel and is Read More »

  • Fukushima’s Radiation: BC Health Risk, or Fish Tale?

    The debate should be well over in the view of the person entrusted with overseeing public health in British Columbia: public health officer Dr. Perry Kendall. Read More »

  • Opinion: Feds should ask local fishermen how to manage fish stocks By Robin Alden, Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center,

    One thing that is currently missing in our fisheries management system is a way to get good, local observations about conditions into the larger-scale federal scientific Read More »
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    International Scientific Expedition to probe Pacific salmon survival

    “While we recognize that ocean and climate conditions are major factors regulating salmon abundances, the mechanisms regulating abundances in the ocean are not known,” B.C. scientists Read More »
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    Another bewildering chapter in the odyssey of Artemis

    The ghost of the derelict scallop boat Artemis, whose owner set a strong standard for scofflaw vessels during his time in Gloucester, continues to hover over Read More »
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    US Pelagic Trawler Picks TMC compressors

    Shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system for the 100 m Read More »

  • Former Lobsterman Thrives With Own Biz, G & C Marine Services

    G & C Marine Services Inc., a full-service marine construction company located in Norwalk, Conn., is run by company founder Gary Wetmore and his son, Charlie, Read More »

  • Coast Guard rescues 2 Fishermen from grounded vessel near Ocean Shores, Wash.

    Coast Guard crews rescued two mariners from a grounded 42-foot commercial fishing vessel  near Ocean Shores, Tuesday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, from Coast Guard Air Read More »

  • Final draft of ocean plan out, management details unclear. Don Young see’s right through it!

    Peninsula Clarion – “From the very beginning, I have voiced my opposition to this red-taped monstrosity the administration calls a National Ocean Policy. Through hearings, in Read More »

  • Sneads Ferry Fishermen voice their concerns about portion of New River proposed to close

    Camp Lejeune officials proposed shutting down a portion of the New River which could cost fishermen thousands of dollars. Many of the fishermen in Onslow County Read More »

  • Shrimp prices jump, but supply OK for Lent

    NEW ORLEANS – The sign at Radosta’s Restaurant says shrimp costs a dollar extra. But owner Don Radosta says that doesn’t cover what he pays. “In the last Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for August 12, 2015

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click Here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Source-We Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week – 98.9′ Steel Stern Trawler,1985, Dragger Steel, CAT W/ Federal Permit(s)

    Specifications, and information Click here  13:26 Read More »

  • Western Aleutian Processors Snag Business From Kodiak Plants. Fishing for History? Audio

    Unalaska Community Broadcasting – For the past year, pollock and cod fishing off Kodiak has been booming — but processing plants in town say they aren’t Read More »

  • Marine Creatures Migrations Determined by Climate After All

    Marine ecologists have been grappling with a puzzler. They had expected that, as climate change warms the oceans, most species would migrate toward the poles, fleeing Read More »

  • For the third consecutive year, testing finds Alaska seafood free of Fukushima radiation

    The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said in a statement that seafood samples from Alaska waters in 2016 tested negative for three Fukushima-related radioactive isotopes: iodine-131, Read More »

  • Monkfish Possession Limits Suspended in Northern Management Area — EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2013

    At the request of the New England Fishery Management Council, effective May 1, NOAA Fisheries will be implementing an emergency action suspending, for at least 180 Read More »

  • North Carolina: Less seafood harvested in 2013

    MOREHEAD CITY | A variety of factors contributed to an overall decrease in seafood harvested in North Carolina in 2013, but the dockside value showed an Read More »

  • Port Isabel EDC helps keep shrimpers afloat with financial assistance

    The Gulf shrimp industry is struggling to stay afloat against a flood of cheap imported shrimp, and Brownsville-Port Isabel’s shrimp industry is far from immune. It’s Read More »

  • NEFMC priority lists spotlights groundfish – Editorial: Fish panel must heed community impact in changes

    Fish panel’s priority lists spotlights groundfish – The New England Fisheries Management Council kicked off its three days of meetings here Monday and quickly fell victim Read More »
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    Australia: Seafood industry calls for Senate inquiry into seismic testing

    Members of the Australian seafood industry are persisting in their calls for an inquiry into seismic testing, despite the Senate having twice rejected the idea. Seismic Read More »

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