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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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    State of the art super trawler Mekhanik Sizov launched in Russia

    The Admiralty Shipyards, located in St. Petersburg, have been the scene this Sunday of the launching ceremony of the super trawler of last generation Mekhanik Sizov. Read More »
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    Coast Guard delivers dewatering pumps, saves boat and crew 66 miles west of Tillamook Head

    The Coast Guard delivered three dewatering pumps, Tuesday morning to a commercial fishing vessel taking on water 66 miles west of Tillamook Head saving the boat Read More »

  • The Provincetown fishing fleet has had its share of tragedy, Carol Green has formed a committee to raise money for a permanent memorial in Provincetown

    “You wake up, and your life is forever changed,” said Provincetown resident Joan Cordeiro, whose husband, Ernest, died on the Patricia Marie. “They’re gone, and you Read More »

  • Last Hope: Coast Guard Alaska Search and Rescue

    Every year boats from Washington state head to Alaska for one of the most dangerous jobs known to man: commercial fishing. Those crews often face hurricane-force Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Fiberglass Longliner with Permits, Cummins 855TA, 40 KW Genset

    Specifications, information and 35 photo’s click here Swordfish Directed, Shark Directed, Atlantic Tuna Longline permits. Price Reduced.  To see all the boats in this series, Click Read More »
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    Sardine fisherman hopes changing consumer attitudes will get his catch on dinner plates

    David Gray wants his fish on dinner plates. The Esperance commercial angler has spent years catching and selling sardines nationwide for bait. But a growing interest Read More »
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    Crab season is open, but N.L.’s fishermen are staying on land — and demanding a better price

    “It’s not feasible for us to be able to fish. There’s no way to do it for $2.20 a pound with the cost of everything else Read More »

  • Lobstering off the shores of Delmarva – A photo article

    Lobsters are banded and piled into a basket by waterman Sonny Layton aboard the 42 foot commercial fishing boat Andrew G, owned by Chet Townsend. Crab Read More »

  • Cairns detectives charge man with torture and slavery offences against deckhands on board his fishing vessels

    Deckhands allegedly swam through crocodile-infested waters to escape being tortured, with police charging a Karumba man with 46 offences including assault and slavery. Queensland Police Acting Read More »

  • Maine regulators’ deal with native tribes over elver fishery dissolves

    AUGUSTA — A tentative deal between state regulators and Maine’s Native American tribes over the upcoming elver season collapsed Wednesday, as state officials cited concerns by Read More »
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    Business plan finalists vie for $10K prize, Extreme Gloucester Fishing Commercial Fishing Training Center is in the running!

    Small businesses from Salisbury, Gloucester and Peabody are finalists for a $10,000 first prize in this year’s North of Boston Business Plan Competition held by the Read More »
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    Still Love NY? NY’s Offshore Wind Obsession Means Vastly Higher Power Price

    Offshore wind is the renewable-energy industry’s shiny new toy. Led by New York, seven Atlantic-coast states have now imposed mandates to expand offshore wind use over Read More »
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    Fishing captain’s wallet went down with his ship, but was recovered by a trawler 4 years later

    Four years ago, Capt. John Allen Baker lost his ship — and his wallet — to the bottom of the North Atlantic. It was Dec. 22, 2013, Read More »

  • “epic battle” “ultimate catch” – Videos of shark catches popular, but is act legal?

    Then he says, “When you’re a fisherman, you have no idea what you’re going to catch,” he said. “If you do happen to catch something that Read More »

  • Commercial redfish fishery to reopen, but pending quota threatens to push some fishers out

    “It hurts me to talk about it,” says Brad Genge, a 51-year-old inshore fisherman from Anchor Point, on the west coast of Newfoundland’s northern peninsula. Genge Read More »

  • Environmentalists, Fishermen At Odds Over Turning Cashes Ledge Into National Monument

    As some New England fishermen struggle under intense quota cuts, the industry is fearing another political move that could prove to have devastating consequences. There is Read More »

  • Rio Grande Valley Shrimpers Battle For Profits

    It’s been a while since shrimpers from the Rio Grande Valley have seen a poor shrimp season. The Texas shrimp season just started 4 months ago. Read More »

  • New Bedford!! – Complete Guide to the 2014 Working Waterfront Festival – September 27th, 28th

    The nation’s number one commercial fishing port hosts the annual Working Waterfront Festival, a free, family friendly celebration of commercial fishing culture. The 2014 event takes Read More »

  • EU referendum: Would Scotland’s fishermen be better in or out?

    The fishing industry plays a key role in the economy of the North East of Scotland. Ahead of the EU referendum on 23 June, I spoke Read More »
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    Kenai asks the state to declare this year’s upper Cook Inlet fishery an economic disaster

    Wednesday night, the Kenai City Council unanimously voted to request that Gov. Bill Walker declare an economic disaster for the upper Cook Inlet fisheries region and Read More »
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    Barataria Crabber isn’t Giving Up

    A large majority of Louisiana’s crabs comes from the waters of the Barataria Estuary, situated between the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche. Scott Sugasti has been Read More »
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    Public Advisory: Hurricane Fiona Incident Command Centre Established; Registration Details for Canadian Red Cross

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, an Incident Command Centre team has been established to assist communities in southwestern Newfoundland. For impacted individuals that are in Read More »
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    Winter Storm Riley: At Least 9 Dead on East Coast

    Deaths have been reported in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, where two people were killed. Two of the victims Read More »
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    Carlos “Codfather” Rafael settlement rankles local fishermen

    By the start of the new fishing year on May 1, Carlos Rafael, once owner of one of the largest fishing fleets in the country and Read More »
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    Russian snow crab weighs down our markets

    The snow crab fishing season in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence this year was weighed down by the arrival on the American market of large Read More »

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