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F/V Neptune: Home again at Stonington Town Dock

January 14, 2015 New England

Stonington – Co-captains Alan Chaplaski and Gary Farrell mended and cleaned fishing nets aboard the fishing trawler Neptune Tuesday after two days at sea in search of fluke, squid and whiting. It was very cold yesterday. The task of mending cannot be done wearing gloves. I’ve tried! These are very rugged men, these fishermen from New England. Purchase this photo here. 09:23

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Stonington’s Neptune, old but reliable, coaxes a living from the sea – Photo gallery

July 1, 2014 New England

STONINGTON — Neptune lumbers into port a bit late, her hold not quite as full of fish as some other days, her winches and outriggers a bit arthritic with rust. But cut her a break: she’s the oldest boat in the Stonington fleet. “She was built in 1967 by Luther Blount of Blount Marine,” says her captain, Alan Chaplaski. Read more here 04:58

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76-foot F/V Neptune sinking, fuel spill in Haines, Alaska – Coast Guard responds

October 5, 2013 North Pacific

Watchstanders at Sector Juneau received a report from the Haines harbormaster of the sunken vessel early Saturday. The harbormaster reported the vessel was discharging fuel and that boom had been placed around the vessel to contain the spill. more@uscgnews 19:34

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Coast Guard assists fishing vessel aground near Kodiak (F/V Neptune)

January 11, 2013 North Pacific

Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a report at 1:40 a.m. from the Neptune crew stating they ran aground and were taking on water. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast for assistance from any nearby mariners and requested the launch of the helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak. Read more

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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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