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Lafond paints commercial fishing boat Oliver H. Smith for chub season

October 9, 2013 Inland Fisheries

Alex Tassoul of Kewaunee and Andy Lafond, owner of Lafond’s Fish Market in Kewaunee, stand in front of the Oliver H. Smith, a commercial fishing boat built in 1944 and owned by Lafond. The ship was built at Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. during World War II. Lafond purchased the ship in 1999. / Alyssa Bloechl/Kewaunee County Star-News more@marshfieldnewsherald 14:40

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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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Lafond paints commercial fishing boat Oliver H. Smith for chub season

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

O’Malley has failed to protect the Chesapeake Bay [Letter]

How the blackbelly rosefish from South America could help Maine lobstermen who are short on bait

New Brunswick judge stays charges against Indigenous lobster fisherman

Trawl fleet continuing to fish for Pacific cod, first committee hearing to advance Dr. Roland Maw, lively and contentious!

Massive Offshore Wind Project Gets Underway with Permission to ‘Take’ Endangered Whales

Its Deadline for Comments Day on South Fork Wind Farm Environmental Report

California Air National Guard rescue’s 24 year old ill Fisherman 160 miles off the coast of Monterey

Blue and Flathead Catfish Invade the Chesapeake Bay – No wonder prefered stocks are in trouble!

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3 crew members rescued as Search and Rescue mission underway for fishing boat captain off Canso

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10-foot white shark accidentally caught off Massachusetts coast – Utilized for Science

Prince Edward Island: Uncertainty looms over spring lobster fishing season

Lose the hatchery salmon, lose the cities – Margery Whitmer, Charleston, Oregon – Salmon Hatchery Petition

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F/V Emmy Rose: NTSB uses video, high-res photos in probe of sunken fishing vessel

Bristol Bay fishermen prepare for quality mandates

Fishing vessel with 45 people onboard rescued after engine failure off Tasmanian coast

Committee chaired by UNH prof releases final Gulf of Mexico restoration report

They ask for justice for the death of a fisherman hit by a Coast Guard boat

Southeastern fishery closures floated for 2023 federal right whale rule

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Commercial crab fisher ordered to forfeit traps, fined $20,000 after repeat offences

Mayday Mayday: Democratic Control Over Our Fish is Going Down

“We just want the option of not going out of business,” – Gloucester has 7 bids in for Saltonstall-Kennedy Act grant program.

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