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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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    Are NOAA scientists being silenced? By Jim Lovgren

    Since the beginning of December there have been at least twelve strandings of whales along the New York and New Jersey shores, all resulting in the Read More »
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    Gov. Edwards Requests Federal Declaration of a Fisheries Disaster in Louisiana

    Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that he has requested a federal fisheries disaster declaration for Louisiana from the U.S. Department of Commerce following impacts of Read More »

  • “microplastic” pollution in the Great Lakes

    Also, while it’s unknown where the ocean plastic came from, microscopic examination of Great Lakes samples has produced a smoking gun: many particles are perfectly round Read More »
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    Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 4 from fishing vessel in the Gulf

    The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued four people from a vessel 3 nautical miles south of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, Wednesday. The Eighth Coast Guard Read More »

  • IAGC Comments on Settlement Filed in Gulf of Mexico Seismic Survey Litigation

    We are pleased that the parties to this litigation have come together and proposed a settlement to the Court,” said Chip Gill, President of IAGC.  “NRDC Read More »

  • Mississippi shrimp season slows down after strong start

    Shrimp season in Mississippi opened less than two weeks ago. And following a strong start, things have slowed down a bit for shrimp fishermen. It’s the Read More »

  • UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing F/V Christopher’s Joy shrimpers

    The Coast Guard suspended its search for two missing shrimpers from the fishing vessel  around 5 p.m., Thursday. Response crews searched more than 5,745 square miles Read More »
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    Distressed Whale spotted near offshore wind survey vessel – Jim Lovgren

    Monday morning, March 20th, Bill Lovgren, the owner and Captain of the 72′ foot trawler, F/V Holdfast, left the Fisherman’s Dock Co-op shortly after 9 am Read More »

  • Adak seeks cod quota, factory trawlers cry foul

    Despite factory trawler opposition, Adak wants federal regulators to guarantee a minimum amount of Pacific cod each year, in hopes that the local fish processing plant Read More »
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    Tasmanian mayor heckled, ‘no confidence’ in minister, over fish farm pollution fears

    The sometimes-heated community meeting was called to discuss Tassal’s plan for a fish farm in Okehampton Bay. A petition was also circulated calling on Glamorgan Spring Read More »

  • Mystery’ of sponges partially solved

    A strange sponge that suddenly appeared in Cotuit Bay in late summer of 2011, and which no one could identify, led a local aquacultural specialist on Read More »

  • A frenzied, fast-tracked fish-farming bill, Stewart Lamont, Tangier

    For those who will recall, the Doelle-Lahey report was issued prior to Christmas. It called for the absolute reform of open-net pen aquaculture and its sloppy Read More »

  • China will keep ban on West Coast shellfish – test results showed geoducks were safe

    BREMERTON (AP) — The Chinese ban of shellfish imports from the U.S. West Coast will continue indefinitely, according to a letter by Chinese officials to the Read More »
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    ‘Deadliest Catch’ Faces Its Own Extinction – The crabs are missing in the Bering Sea, and the series may soon have nothing to film.

    If Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch” is in trouble, it’s climate change – not ratings – that may hasten the show’s demise. Over the last year, temperatures rose Read More »
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    Fishermen know the truth about sardines

    Reporter Anne Roth quoted me in her article “When will sardines return? Not any time soon say scientists.” But she misunderstood what I said. I’m one Read More »

  • Booming lobster season being reported in western Nova Scotia – Prices Holding!

    How many lobsters can you fit into one pot? A lot apparently. Lockeport lobster buyer Michael Cotter says he hasn’t seen a season like this in the Read More »

  • Gulf fishing authority says red-snapper fix is easy, as Recs turn on each other, Charters want a Piece of the Rock!

    Dr. Bob Shipp is THE authority on Gulf of Mexico red snapper. He recently retired after serving the last 20 years as chairman of the Department Read More »

  • Alberta government kills commercial fishing industry as stocks decline

    “We went from producing a million pounds of food into the world food chain, now we buy garbage. Does that really make sense?” Bell said. “Fish Read More »
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    Green MLA Adam Olsen says it’s time to get Atlantic salmon out of B.C. waters

    A major blow has been inflicted on the Atlantic-salmon-farming industry in Washington State. This has one provincial lawmaker calling for similar action in the coastal waters Read More »

  • Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission will decide status Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery

    The commission is scheduled to meet Nov. 10 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, first to review the most recent stock status report for northern shrimp and technical Read More »

  • Nova Scotia fishermen on the hook for gear destroyed by historic wildfires

    A volunteer firefighter who battled one of Nova Scotia’s biggest wildfires must now shell out thousands of dollars to replace the fishing gear he lost to Read More »
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    Canada and Nova Scotia help support adoption of new and improved on-board lobster handling/holding technologies

    On behalf of the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Read More »

  • $75.6M wastewater treatment project moves forward in Portsmouth to meet the new nitrogen standard.

    Councilors were unanimously in support of the move, which involves the city using a technology known as “biological aerated filter” to reach a total nitrogen limit Read More »

  • The Irish have started THE REVOLUTION AGAINST DISCARDS – REFUSE TO DUMP FISH – LAND THEM FOR CHARITY!!!!!

    WOW!! THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! US FISHERMEN, YOUR IRISH BROTHERS HAVE STUCK IT UP MANAGEMENTS ASSES!! WILL YOU FOLLOW? October 8, 2012 — Michael O’Flaherty, one Read More »

  • PUTNAM: Slow government action hurts fisheries

    Christian Putnam is a Scituate resident and board member of Friends of South Shore Fisheries. This is his take on administrative bureaucrats, stock assessments, cod behavior, Read More »

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