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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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    Brexit: how it started, how it’s going

    The European Parliament votes Tuesday on the EU’s divorce settlement with Britain, the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The deal averted tariffs or quotas on almost Read More »
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    Federal Delegation ‘Solidly Behind’ New Bedford in Fishing Fight

    Prior to a town hall-style meeting in New Bedford on Saturday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren quietly gathered with fellow senator Ed Markey and Congressman William Keating Read More »
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    Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Sampson Lobster boat, 300HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins – Price Reduced!

    Specifications, information and 35 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:59 Read More »

  • This is good! The truth about Atlantic salmon, Owen Myers, St. John’s

    The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is an elitist mainland/foreign organization that is not the last word in Atlantic salmon conservation, much as they would like us Read More »
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    Status Check: Assessing Stellwagen National Marine Sanctuary

    A submerged extension of the sandy Cape tip, it is a big sandbar rising from the ocean floor to the height of an 11-story building, coming Read More »
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    Commercial salmon season opens

    The commercial salmon season opened early Wednesday from Pigeon Point (Half Moon Bay) to the U.S./Mexican border. Officials at the Santa Cruz Harbor reported that 26 Read More »

  • Maine: Despite chill, elver fishermen eager for start of season

    Along the banks of the Union River on Tuesday morning, between the boat launch on Water Street and the Leonard Lake dam, more than a dozen Read More »

  • UPDATE: Fishing vessel aground in Digby Gut

    A fishing vessel, F/V Chief Charles Paul, a scallop dragger,  is aground in Digby Gut waiting for high water to refloat it. continued Read More »

  • Peter Shelley (CLF) – Facing the Fishing Facts

    For every fisherman who was willing to publicly admit that things were getting worse out on the water, there always seemed to be an orchestrated group Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 7, 2017

    Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 12:28 Read More »
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    Two years after CETA took effect, fisheries minister says Tory exemptions devalued the industry

    In 2013, negotiations between Canada and the European Union over the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, included talks on how Newfoundland and Labrador might Read More »

  • Letter: Fishermen must band together – Sam Frontiero, Gloucester – do what you have to do

    I’ve been writing letters as a fishermen’s advocate for years now because I was a fisherman for almost 40 years, it’s been the history of my Read More »

  • No date to have Placentia lift bridge working fully

    Fisherman Jim Mulroney lost time putting a hinge on the mast of his longliner so he can pass under the immobilized bridge. “Lost the fishing. Could have been Read More »

  • Hands off the Aleutian Islands

    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility submitted a nomination to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a marine sanctuary around the islands in December. It is Read More »

  • Bizarre sea-life visitors arrive with North Pacific’s historic warmth

    The waters of the Pacific Ocean have been so unusually warm this year that fishermen and researchers from Alaska to California have spied a host of Read More »
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    Groundfish quota changes up for debate

    The proposed rule, called Framework 58, calls for increasing the commercial quota for Georges Bank cod by 15 percent, Georges Bank haddock by 19 percent and Read More »

  • Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority hears proposal for fishery quota loans

    The program as discussed today would specifically allow low-interest loans for quota purchases by community-based nonprofits, municipalities, and community quota entities. Community development quota, or CDQ, Read More »

  • Scientists develop new method of estimating fish movements underwater

    The radio signals that are the backbone of traditional GPS cannot pass through seawater.  But sound travels remarkably well, so scientists often use acoustic telemetry to Read More »

  • New manual outlines steps for fishermen, communities to take in crisis

    The concept first began to crystallize in Angela Sanfilippo’s mind about four years ago, when the president of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association realized she needed Read More »

  • Santa Rosa: McGuire and Wood to host hearing on crab season delay

    State Sen. Mike McGuire, chairman of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Assemblyman Jim Wood, committee vice-chair, are hosting a hearing focused on the Read More »

  • UPDATED:Two Maine fishermen overcome by gas from rotting Herring fish aboard 89-foot F/V Starlight – Third Man Keeps his wits, and saves them

    The first fisherman was overcome and lost consciousness Friday and the second fisherman was sickened while trying to assist the first one. He said a third Read More »

  • In crabbers’ turbulent moment, Edmonds seafood processor ‘saved our season’

    When a seafood processing plant in Alaska shut down in the middle of crabbing season, fishermen found themselves in a pinch. Under the state’s quota system, Read More »

  • Tough times intensify in California wetfish industry

    California’s wetfish fleet is facing poor prognostic signs for squid, sardines and possibly mackerel fishing this year, intensifying an already-tough situation. These closures add to already-bleak Read More »

  • Work under way on Endangered Species Act hatchery plans

    The National Marine Fisheries Service says it has completed work on plans for 26 Columbia River hatcheries and is actively working on Endangered Species Act review of Read More »
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    Encouraging signs there will be plenty of ‘Brixham gold’ around

    Traditionally, the summer is a quieter period for fishing and many boats will undertake their annual refits. These are now nearly all complete, and all the Read More »

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