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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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    Crab season closures ‘devastating’ for Bering Sea fishing family

    For Kodiak’s Gabriel Prout, crab fishing is both an occupation and a way of life. “There’s something special about being on the water and being a Read More »

  • Unalaska fights to save Stimson

    Despite departing City Manager Chris Hladick’s discouraging comments, the Unalaska City Council, mayor, and natural resources analyst are all calling for a big push to keep Read More »

  • New Bedford: Is family tradition of fishing ending?

    The trials and tribulations of contemporary commercial fishermen are well known in seaports throughout New England, but while their futures appear bleak in the eyes of Read More »
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    Sea of choices confronts Biden in ocean protection

    The Biden administration appears to have a head start on protecting the United States’ oceans. After all, on paper, the nation is already more than two-thirds Read More »

  • Cod, redfish recommended for endangered status

    Several valuable commercial fish species in Newfoundland and Labrador, including Atlantic cod and redfish, are being considered for threatened or endangered status, CBC News has confirmed. The Read More »

  • Editorial: Fishery appeals ruling put onus on capping catch shares

    Yet no one should believe that this ruling marks the end of the fight over catch shares, or other aspects of the gross mismanagment of New Read More »
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    Crab-price talks set to continue Saturday – processors initially pushed for an open ticket

    A fleet leader said Friday night that “We have only one price offer on the coast of $2.75. Fishermen will be continuing talks tomorrow [Saturday] with Read More »

  • Misuse of the precautionary approach in fisheries management – A Conversation with Carl Walters

    We spoke with Carl Walters of the University of British Columbia about the misuse of the precautionary approach by risk-averse scientists and conservation advocates. His concern Read More »

  • Frustrated fishermen get good news: good rockfishing, salmon fishing to return in 2024

    With an oversized head, bulbous eyes and narrow body, the quillback rockfish looks like a golden bullfrog armed with a quiver full of arrows on its Read More »
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    For Fishermen, Wind Farm Debate Contains A Dose Of Inevitability

    Discussions of the wind farm among its most dead-set opponents, commercial fishermen, has turned decidedly in recent months, from stopping the project entirely to, instead, identifying Read More »
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    British Columbia: The Last Cannery Standing

    While British Columbia’s canning industry dates back to the earliest days of Canadian confederation, the canning process itself is even older, invented by a French chef Read More »

  • Eastern Maine Skippers dip toes in murky waters

    What’s bugging people in the fishing industry in your town? How do you find out? What can you do about it? More than 100 students from Read More »
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    CDFW Announces Quality Delay for Commercial Dungeness Crab in Northern Fishery, and Important Updates to Pending Opening in Central Fishery

    In a memo released today (11/15), CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham delayed the northern California commercial Dungeness crab season due to poor crab meat quality test Read More »

  • Shark researchers question DFO policy on catch-and-kill derbies

    The catching of a large female mako shark has prompted some researchers to question the Fisheries and Oceans Canada policy on Nova Scotia’s annual shark derbies. The Read More »

  • He figured the novelty of it would wear off – Keys woman follows in dad’s wake as a commercial fishing captain – Video

    She got a crash course in navigating the boat in bad weather and high seas, lobster-catching strategy and boat maintenance. And while her dad could have Read More »

  • The brutal business of crabbing in Gladstone

    The mud crabs in the Gladstone region are the best in Queensland and some local crabbers aren’t afraid of fighting, stealing, threatening and ramming each others’ Read More »

  • Bi-Partisan Bill seeks to allow tribes to kill Columbia River sea lions

    Some Northwest Indian tribes would be allowed to kill a limited number of sea lions that prey on endangered salmon in the Columbia River under a Read More »

  • Whale Entanglements Up on the West Coast, Fishermen take the Lead!

    A record number of whales are becoming ensnared in fishing gear, including a killer whale that died last week north of Fort Bragg, according to federal Read More »

  • After pursuit at sea, captain busted trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into South Florida

    The boat entering the Hillsboro Inlet might have gone unnoticed, if the captain hadn’t made an “aggressive” U-turn beside a sheriff’s boat and headed back out Read More »
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    Trump Rights a Wrong by Opening Marine Monument to Commercial Fishing

    President Trump used the occasion of a visit to Maine last week to do right by an industry that hasn’t had much good news lately when Read More »
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    Net-mounted LED lights help reduce bycatch in Pacific hake fishery

    LED lights can help reduce bycatch by aiding the escape of Chinook salmon from Pacific hake trawl nets, according to a study done by researchers at Read More »
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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 »

  • Study: Alaska salmon stocks spiked and crashed long before commercial fishing

    ANCHORAGE — A new study presents evidence that salmon populations in Bristol Bay have surged and sagged wildly — for hundreds of years at a time Read More »

  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Shrimp Season to Close In Majority of State Inside Waters Thursday, July 18,

    The following state inside water will remain open to shrimping until further notice:  [email protected]   Read More »

  • Sea King replacements: $7.6B Cyclone maritime helicopters lack key safety requirement

    The Conservative government has agreed to accept new helicopters to replace Canada’s 50-year-old fleet of Sea Kings even though they don’t meet a key requirement recommended Read More »

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