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Just Now!! The first loads of Mackerel are being unloaded in New Bedford!

November 12, 2015 New England

The first loads of Mackerel are being unloaded in New Bedford by the Midwater pair Enterprise and Retriever. The fish are rumored to be high quality and should provide a nice bit of money for crews whose livelyhood has been beleaguered by increasingly difficult regulation and closures. With the recent bit of bad weather subsiding expect most midwater vessels to depart for sea in search of some holiday cheer after a very poor herring year. 07:43

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Just Now!! Out Bound from New Bedford, F/V Arcturus

March 18, 2014 New England

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Just Now!! The F/V Vanquish in Hog Island Channel

March 7, 2014 New England

13:26

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Just Now!! Mackerel as far as the eye can see

February 25, 2014 New England

These mackerel are being frozen at the Norpel fish plant in New Bedford. With just over 4 percent of the quota for 2014 there is speculation that the fishery will be stopped on George’s Bank due to bycatch of the over-abundant haddock that are currently drastically under-fished due to regulatory problems in the New England ground fish fishery. 14:31:08

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Just Now!! The eyes and ears of marine science.

February 12, 2014 New England

The eyes and ears of marine science. Fisheries observer Lauren samples herring catch off of Cape Cod. A recent graduate of N.E.F.O.P. herring training this was her first tow sample in the herring fishery. 18:27

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Just Now!! F/V Mary K Backing up in a frozen harbor.

February 5, 2014 New England

The harbor in New Bedford is frozen over and the Norpel fish plant is processing the mackeral that always seem to show up with the cold weather. 12:55

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Just Now!! The water boat in New Bedford, Massachusetts pulls up to deliver some much needed water

January 25, 2014 New England

Capable of pumping 7000 gallons of water in 40 minutes the water boat is crucial to the vessels that utilize the port during the freezing weather of winter when frozen garden hoses just won’t do. 13:03:32

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Just Now! F/V Osprey sails out of New Bedford across a skim of ice.

January 8, 2014 New England

08:06

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Just Now! The Midnight Sun steams into Gloucester past Cape Pond Ice the coolest place in town.

November 7, 2013 New England

09:50

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Just Now! UConn R/V Conneticut steams into Gloucester. Possibly to research why the fish port is so idle.(Fishing where the fish are is against the law…….that was easy).

October 29, 2013 New England

07:43

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Just now! Lobster boats drift waiting to buy bait in Gloucester harbor.

October 21, 2013 National

With herring fishery in area 1A closed fresh bait and tempers are getting a little short. At least one of these boats was turned away due to the bait dealer reserving supply for his regular vessels. Many lobster boats were buying cheap dragger bait this year and may find themselves left out when it comes time to buy bait stored by regular bait suppliers. 06:40

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Just now – F/V Miss Trish bound from Gloucester

October 19, 2013 New England

12:41

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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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