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Connecticut – The 66th Annual Blessing Of The Fleet Is Coming To Stonington Borough Sunday

July 25, 2019 New England

The 66th annual Blessing of the Fleet will take place beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 28, at St. Mary Church in Stonington Borough to honor and remember those who have died at sea on our local commercial fishing fleet, as well as to honor and bless the vessels–along with their captains, owners, crews and families–that will go out to sea in the year ahead. >click to read< 15:15

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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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Connecticut – The 66th Annual Blessing Of The Fleet Is Coming To Stonington Borough Sunday

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

Plymouth lobster pot tree honors lobsterman Mike Furlong

NROC Comment on the Draft Ocean Planning Goals by Dr Damon E. Cummings, Ph.D. Ocean Engineering, Gloucester, MA,

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Improving the Endangered Species Act for the 21st century

Offshore Wind Power Will ‘Absolutely Cost Jobs’ Of US Fishermen

Lack of fish forces Bella Coola Valley Seafoods to close its door

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals defamed a 90-year-old woman to raise money for itself

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55-year-old Fisherman medevaced from F/V John S. Dempster in Southern Chesapeake Bay

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Calhoun County, Texas – Shrimp season devastated by freshwater, Judge signs declaration of disaster

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DFO study results on crab stocks bad news for harvesters, Bonavista fisherman comments. Then, theres the Cod.

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Panama City Fishermen going where the ice is

Tragic details that have come out about Deadliest Catch

As fish farming grows, so does pollution from farming crops for fish feed, study suggests

Mill River Dam Removal in ‘Herring Town’ Launches Regional River Restoration, gathering at the riverside Friday, Oct. 19 Taunton, MA.

From the Deckboss. He gets the best comments!

Fishermen say communities will ‘die’ if new regulations come into force

Champlain Seafood blames lack of lobsters for permanent closure of Meteghan, N.S., processing plant

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