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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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  • Body found after fishing boat capsizes off New Brunswick – Two still missing as of 1:15 pm eastern – Full scale search underway

    The boat, operating out of Tabusintac, issued the distress call at around 5:30 a.m. local time. Three crew were onboard. Mike Bonin of the Joint Rescue Read More »

  • Canadian chefs fight against Chefs for Seals boycott

    Some chefs are taking exception to the Chefs for Seals campaign, that is asking for a boycott of Canadian seafood in protest of the seal hunt. Read More »
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    Fishing No Longer a Viable Career for Aran Islanders

    Several leading Aran Island fishers have spoken of how impossible it is for family businesses to continue fishing due to Brexit-related quota losses and escalating fuel costs. Read More »

  • Rare blue and cream colored lobster caught off New Hampshire coast

    Lobstermen catch thousands of the crustaceans every year, but every now and again a gem is found among the masses. On Monday, Rye, N.H., lobsterman Greg Read More »

  • Scientists concerned over health of fish species as wastewater treatment plants fail to remove drugs

    Human antidepressants are building up in the brains of bass, walleye and several other fish common to the Great Lakes region, scientists say. In a new Read More »

  • National Marine Fisheries Service Announces Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment Public Hearings and Comment Period

    The Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils have been working on an omnibus amendment to allow for industry-funded monitoring over the past several years. The Read More »

  • BC: Local crab has become a luxury in China’s high-end Shanghai restaurants

    Canadian Dungeness crab prices are skyrocketing, as B.C. fishermen try to meet growing demand for the luxury crustacean in China. The crab variety has become hugely Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Prefered Price List for June 30, 2014 has arrived!

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Thing Read More »
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    LETTER: Boycott of lobster won’t save whales

    This is a response to the stories “Retailers pull lobster from menus after ‘red list’ warning”, and “Congressman wants to halt aquarium money after lobster spat”. Read More »

  • North Pole not ours, despite Harper’s bluster

    Denmark has recently taken steps to claim jurisdiction over resources of the seabed in the vicinity of the North Pole. It’s a move that has rekindled Read More »
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    Jarvis Green: NFL Defensive End Turned Shrimp Entrepreneur

    The first thing Jarvis Green wants to know, as we sit across the table from each other in the faculty cafeteria at Babson College, is which Read More »

  • Tri Marine disappointed with NMFS decision – Purse seiners will continue to fish but…

    The decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service not to issue an emergency rule to exempt purse seiners that deliver at least half of their catch Read More »

  • Furious over threats to the (Chesapeake) bay [Letter]

    I speak on behalf of all those who are passionate about the health of the Chesapeake Bay when I say I am furious (“Farm pollution rule Read More »
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    Busted! Environmental Police discover scallops hidden in bathroom, refrigerator

    A commercial scallop vessel was found to be hiding scallops in the bathroom and refrigerator following an inspection on Sunday, according to the Massachusetts Environmental Police. Read More »
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    Offshore Wind Awaits Federal Environmental Reports

    The latest industry initiative is the expansion of a cable factory in Charleston, S.C., where Paris-based Nexans plans to make some 620 miles of high-voltage power Read More »
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    A lobster wholesaler is suing one of its part owners, alleging he embezzled nearly $1.5 million from the business.

    Sea Salt, which operates as a wholesaler and a restaurant on Route 1 in Saco, alleges that the part owner, Matthew Bellerose of Scarborough, set up Read More »
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    Scientists accused of scaremongering, ‘overheated claims’ with warning to humanity

    A recent warning to humanity endorsed by thousands of scientists around the world includes “scaremongering” and “overheated” claims while ignoring much of the progress made in recent decades, some experts say. “It concerns Read More »

  • Hugh blamed for new law that could devastate fishing industry in Plymouth – lunacy and madness

    Westcountry celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is being blamed for the new rules thanks to his televised Fish Fight campaign, which targets discards. At present fisherman have Read More »

  • Only five boats still make Scituate their home port, Five years ago, there were 16

    That number includes two larger trawlers and three smaller gillnetting boats like Roche’s, said Mirarchi, who is semi-retired but still a close observer of what’s left Read More »

  • Christopher Bell takes the checkered flag on rain tires in the NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire

    Christopher Bell raised a broom over his head and clutched a 24-pound lobster in victory lane all because he earned his third Cup win of the Read More »

  • Killer virus that devastated Gold Coast prawn farmers is on the doorstep of Moreton Bay’s multimillion-dollar fishing industry.

    More than 100 wild prawns just south of the Logan River in Southern Moreton Bay have tested positive to the virus responsible for the deadly white Read More »
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    R.I. officials find no fault with accidental shark catch | Video

    After an analysis of video, the Department of Environmental Management determined that a Rhode Island commercial fisherman netted a juvenile white shark off Westerly and released Read More »
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    FFAW Responds to Seafood Watch “Avoid” Placement of Snow Crab, Norther American Lobster

    The FFAW is responding to the US-based Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch which has placed North American lobster and Canadian snow crab among seafood species to Read More »
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    Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 4, 2021

    A message to Captain Mike “Fishhead” Fourtner and crew on the F/V Bonnie B. They say another Independence Day fishing the bay and thinking “salmon fireworks” Read More »
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    Coast Guard suspends search for commercial fisherman who went overboard off Montauk

    The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday afternoon for a missing fisherman who went overboard 16 nautical miles south of Montauk Point, New York, Saturday. Coast Read More »

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