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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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  • Researchers test bycatch reduction device for groundfish trawling – tested a new “flexible sorting grid excluder”

    statesmanjournal.com. – In a series of tests that included 30 tows off the Washington coast, commercial fishermen were able to reduce the number of halibut taken Read More »

  • Prince Edward Island fishermen want dedicated cabinet minister

    A dedicated minister and department of fisheries should be created to tackle the issues and challenges facing the second most important primary industry in the province, Read More »
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    New ice plant at terminal, Community Ice

    After the F/V Evolution took on eight tons of flake ice last Friday, Oct. 16, Ed Backus, general manager of Community Ice, walked out the gangway Read More »

  • Big lobster heist from a secure compound on Morris Island near Yarmouth

    Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after 1,400 pounds of live lobster were stolen from a secure compound. The RCMP said 14 crates of lobsters were Read More »

  • Skeena River Once Supported More Than 50 times More Chum Salmon: New Study

    TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA  — A new study published this week provides strong evidence that Skeena River chum salmon were in the past up to 52 times Read More »

  • Pebble Mine & the Clean Water Act By Nanci Lyon

    While Alaska may host a wide variety of people, thoughts and ideas, I think we can all agree that salmon are an important part of calling Read More »

  • More humpbacks could cause problems by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News (audio)

    There’s a baby boom going on with Alaska’s humpback whales. Slow-but-steady population growth is good news for the species, as well as whale-watchers. But it could Read More »

  • “Woo hoo,” A Win for the Good Guys! Scallop harvesters victorious in lawsuit against FFAW

    “Woo hoo,” was his first reaction when asked about the decision favouring scallop harvesters over their union FFAW. Moores is an active fish harvester. Over the Read More »

  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Pulls the Plug on Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery

    “The Northern Shrimp Technical Committee has considered the Gulf of Maine northern shrimp stock to have collapsed with very little hope for recovery in the near Read More »

  • KVH’a TrackPhone Is On Track And Ship Shape

     “Our global network is now complete, and our TracPhone product line offers a complete end-to-end solution to quickly and easily bring the benefits of fast, affordable VSAT service Read More »

  • Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) Meeting : October 22, 2012 North Charleston, SC

    Crowne Plaza, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; phone: 843/744-4422 Meeting Agenda         Briefing Book Materials   (posted 10/9; updated 10/17) 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 »

  • FISH-NL: Fish harvesters in Port de Grave curious to see what will come of a push to form alternative to the FFAW.

    The union drive so far is getting some serious looks. Hundreds of harvesters attended meetings held last week in Corner Brook and Clarenville. Frustrations hinge on Read More »

  • Fishing enthusiast says letterbox bombed over campaign to ban commercial netting

    Judy Lynne, executive officer of recreational fishing group Sunfish, has been locked in a battle against commercial netters. She said her mailbox exploded in flames on Read More »

  • George’s Bank at Risk: Shell’s N.S. project assessment in last stage

    Shell Canada Inc. was another step closer Wednesday to exploratory drilling off the coast of Nova Scotia after an environmental assessment moved into its final phase. Read More »
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    Humpy catch on the rise – ADF&G data shows PWS salmon harvest at over 9.4M fish

    An estimated 800,000 were harvested in Prince William Sound on Sunday, July 19, boosting the cumulative pink salmon harvest to an estimated 5.6 million common property Read More »

  • Wally Ericson – A Truely Interesting Guy. A former dredger recalls shaping the Pinellas coast

    Before Wally Ericson made a career from boatbuilding and fishing, which took him as far north as Canada and as far south as Nicaragua, and before Read More »

  • Georgia Shrimpers report successful season

    The commercial shrimping season is shaping up to be a successful year when compared to what it was in 2013, even though the harvest by historical Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 95′ Steel Dragger, Detroit 12V-149 Diesel

    To review specifications, information, and 28 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 13:57 Read More »
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    Commercial fishing boat sinks in Shem Creek

    Boaters are being asked to avoid the area of Shem Creek on Monday as crews work to clean up an oil spill that resulted from an Read More »
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    Coast Guard responds to sunken fishing vessel in Warrenton, Ore.

    Coast Guard crews are responding to the Warrenton Marina where the commercial fishing vessel Western Skies has sunk and is leaking fuel Sunday. Coast Guard incident Read More »

  • Atlantic sturgeon back in Chesapeake Bay, or did they ever leave?

    Thought nearly extinct in the Chesapeake just two decades ago, sturgeon are turning up in surprising numbers and in surprising places. They’re also doing surprising things, Read More »
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    Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel northeast of St. Paul, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medically evacuated a fisherman approximately 50-miles northeast of St. Paul, Friday. Coast Guard District 17 command Read More »

  • Colossal crustacean: Couple catches 15-pound lobster – ‘Oh my God, it’s a monster,'”

    “When we pulled the trap up, we saw this huge, dark mass in the back of the trap, and we put it on the deck, and Read More »

  • How B.C. mining could hurt Northwest fishermen

    AS a second-generation commercial fisherman my life has always revolved around salmon. Although a resident of Washington, I have spent summers fishing in Southeast Alaska since Read More »

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