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My View: Northeast Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration John Bullard

May 7, 2013 New England

With the groundfish fishing season now underway, Northeast fishing communities are facing very tough times. The Department of Commerce and NOAA are standing with the New England Fishery Management Council, fishermen and local, state and Congressional leaders to help fishing communities transition so that groundfishing continues for generations to come. continued

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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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My View: Northeast Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration John Bullard

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

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

Recent Posts

The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong

Independence Day – God Bless America

Catch Shares: West coast groundfish management is disaster, say participants

Body found during search for missing Greymouth fishermen

Fishing industry hails court decision to open West Coast of Vancouver Island herring fishery

Processor puts challenging sockeye sales down to greed, with prices down 20-30% y-o-y

Coast Guard, local agencies rescue fisherman near MacMillan Pier in Provincetown

Photo Article: China: Entire bays covered by wooden homes which provide two thirds of the world’s seafood

Gulf Fishermen advocating for no tax on BP settlement money

Northeast Cooperative Research Program Review

Challenges abound, but lobstermen say they’re in it for the long haul

Starr Campbell says Support your local lobstermen

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Illegal oyster harvest, drugs lead to 2 arrests in St. Bernard

Crabmeat imports flood into Baltimore’s port – Video

Fisheries Minister Jordan to oversee fisheries, coast guard in new federal cabinet

New fish hatchery opening up next month

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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. seeks quick ruling on closure battle

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Video: Frozen Lake Erie – Record temps keep commercial fishermen off lake

California Salmon forecasts favorable, despite drought uncertainty

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approves NJ option for summer flounder

British Columbia: Dead humpback found entangled in fish farm anchoring equipment

How cold is it? Texas Parks and Wildlife halts fishing along Gulf Coast during freeze

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