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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

• Recent Posts

  • Shem Creek down to eight shrimpers, almost down to seven with F/V Mrs. Judy Too taking on water – Video

    Captain Tommy Edwards says if he wasn’t able to get to his boat when it began sinking and if North Charleston’s Fire Department had not arrived Read More »

  • Transatlantic tuna may be boosting stocks in Gulf of St. Lawrence

    New science released by the international body that manages Atlantic bluefin tuna suggests a theory about why there have been so many tuna in the Gulf Read More »
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    Maine To Set Up New Collaborative To Research Lobster Fishery

    Maine’s Department of Marine Resources is launching a half-million-dollar project to get a more comprehensive scientific assessment of one of the state’s most valuable resources — Read More »

  • Editorial: Fed lawmakers must look beyond boat monitor costs

    As lawmakers step up the pressure to secure NOAA funding for the failing monitors’ program, it’s also important that they not lose sight of a far Read More »
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    Senate Commission Wants Answers Regarding Exposed Block Island Wind Farm Cables

    The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) said its geologist recommended before construction of the offshore wind facility that Deepwater Wind, now owned by Denmark-based Ørsted, bury Read More »
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    Dirty Wind, Dirty Politics. Pier remake could cost state three times $93 million estimate

    Tuesday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont plans what I would have to call the most egregious overreach of executive power and assault on open public governing I’ve Read More »

  • CLIMATE, POLLUTION, AND OVERFISHING

    It seems that at least every 5 years I’ve got to return to the dispute of overfishing vs. other factors responsible for depleted fish populations. I Read More »
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    Marine Navigation Safety Regulations 2020: Canada Announces New Marine Regulations to Improve Safety, Security and Protection

    Canada has published new Marine Navigation Safety Regulations, which now apply to commercial vessels of all sizes, including fishing vessels, workboats, water taxis and ferries. The Read More »

  • Leading Alaska legislators propose task force to help rescue a seafood industry ‘in a tailspin’

    Russian fish flooding global markets and other economic forces beyond the state’s border have created dire conditions for Alaska’s seafood industry. Now key legislators are seeking Read More »

  • Foreign seafood could be banned at Louisiana schools

    Students could be guaranteed domestic catch when seafood is on the school menu if a proposal before the Louisiana Legislature becomes law. The state House approved a Read More »

  • Bahamas search finds life ring but no other sign of El Faro

    An intensive search by U.S. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft has turned up a life ring but no other sign of a cargo ship with 33 Read More »

  • BC Environmental Disaster – Mt. Polley Dam Breach: Estimated 1.5 million sockeye bound for fouled Quesnel Lake

    “This is one of the greatest environmental disasters we’ve had on the Fraser,” Orr said. “Some of the effluent will be getting in the Fraser. The Read More »

  • ‘Wicked Tuna’ Star Captain Delivers Beatdown … Gets Arrested

    One of the captains from “Wicked Tuna” got busted in port for smashing a guy’s face. Captain Tyler McLaughlin was charged this week for misdemeanor assault … according Read More »

  • Murray Bridges, NC soft-crab industry pioneer, has passed away

    Murray Bridges, the visionary Outer Banks fisherman who remade tiny Colington Island into a behemoth of the soft-shell crab industry in North Carolina, died Tuesday morning Read More »
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    After 39 years of NOAA/NMFS fisheries management, how are they doing? How are we doing because of their efforts?

    FishNet USA/January27, 2016 Nils E. Stolpe – Back in June of 2012 I wrote After 35 years of NOAA/NMFS fisheries management, how are they doing? How Read More »
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    Ban Mega Trawlers from Irish waters says Sinn Féin as F/V Margiris ploughs seas off Cork coast

    It’s already been banned from Australian waters – now Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on fisheries says the FV Margiris and so called “super trawlers’ like her should Read More »
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    Tumby Bay business concerned for fish prices

    A Tumby Bay business owner is concerned how pressure put on commercial fishers and the rising number of recreational fishers will affect fish prices going forward. Read More »
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    Commercial Lobsterman Norbert B. Stamps Jr., of Charlestown, R.I., has passed away

    Born on March 15, 1956 in Providence, RI, he was the husband of Patricia A. (Eastman) Stamps and the son of the late Norbert B. Sr. Read More »

  • Powerful typhoon kills 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna in Japan

    Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southwestern Japan on the night of July 16 and slowly moved northward before turning into a tropical depression. Torrential rain and Read More »

  • Increase in humpback whales in B.C. waters results in record number of entanglements

    Paul Cottrell, marine mammal coordinator with the federal fisheries department, has received reports of a record 22 whale entanglements in the province so far this year, including Read More »

  • BREAKING: Canadian Fisherman flown to hospital after falling overboard BREAKING: TO BE UPDATED

    A 40-year-old fisherman was sent to hospital after falling overboard off the South Shore on Monday morning. Read more here   13:28 UPDATE: A 40-year-old man who Read More »
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    Humboldt County crabbers opposed to ropeless gear bill, the Whale Entanglement Prevention Act

    A bill recently introduced to the California State Assembly is expected to deliver a blow to the ailing crab fishing industry,,, Assembly Bill 534, or the Read More »
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    China has finally developed a taste for lobster—and it’s keeping Maine fishermen flush with cash

    Seafood is a classic luxury item in China. But until recently, people there weren’t big on lobster. The iconic, bright-red crustaceans were known as the “Boston Read More »
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    Testimony: Young fishermen being driven from Long Island fishing industry

    A generation of young fishermen are being driven from the industry by an antiquated licensing system that makes it difficult if not impossible to transfer permits, Read More »
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    Fairhaven man, New Bedford father-daughter harvest the conch

    A rugged and hearty soul, Bobby Sakwa of Fairhaven, a fixture at Hoppy’s Landing on the West Island Causeway, bears the character, weathered hands and ruddy Read More »

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