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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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  • Sharks in Sydney Harbour: the sobering reality

    There have been at least 16 fatal attacks in Sydney Harbour since the late 1880’s, all in the summer months of December, January, and February. Hathaway Read More »

  • Army Corps of Engineers shrinks review for Columbia River coal project, will limit its assessment to less than one mile around the project’s proposed dock

    Coal export opponents say the limited review overlooks many of the impacts the project could have on fish, and they’re worried that the Corps will also Read More »

  • Gulf shrimp season to close on May 15th

    AUSTIN, TX– The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both Texas and federal waters will close 30 minutes after sunset on May 15 until a Read More »

  • Time to challenge the fisheries oligarchs

    On the fish-catching side of the equation, the federal government distributes fish quotas under the so-called Individual Transferable Quota System (ITQ). It means that a licence Read More »

  • Deaths of 3 Tabusintac fishermen could have been prevented, peers say

    cbcnews – As the northeastern community of Tabusintac still struggles to come to grips with the loss of three fishermen over the weekend, some people say Read More »
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    Investigation finds Co Wexford boat capsized due to loss of stability

    The FV Alize sank on January 4th, 2020, near the end of a 36-hour trip dredging for scallops. The two men on board were Joe Sinnott from Read More »
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    Bumble Bee Foods to File Bankruptcy, Sell Assets to Taiwanese Firm

    Bumble Bee Foods announced Thursday it will file for bankruptcy and sell its assets to a Taiwanese company for $925 million. The bankruptcy sale comes in the Read More »
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    Coronavirus outbreak has Alaska fishing fleets on guard

    “The protocols on cleaning and how to prevent a virus are already part of the procedures that we follow,” said Chad See, executive director of the Freezer Read More »
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    Report on deaths of 4 fishermen in Placentia Bay leaves family still looking for answers

    The wife of a fisherman who died when the Sarah Anne fishing boat sank nearly two years ago says her family is still without answers, following Read More »
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    Here comes that “tracking your activity science”! URI researcher to map commercial fishing activity to help reduce conflict between fishing, wind industries

    “I’m exploring a new way of improving spatial planning for offshore wind,” said URI Associate Professor Thomas Sproul. “One of the biggest sources of delay in Read More »

  • Hang him! Hang him high!

    OK, OK, I get it! Carlos Rafael, aka, “The Codfather,” has done some pretty reprehensible things while amassing what seemingly is the largest percentage of ownership Read More »

  • Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Hearing – Commerce, NOAA

    Apr 12, 2013 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) — INTRODUCTION Chairwoman Mikulski, Vice Chairman Shelby, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, I am pleased to be Read More »
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    Shrimpers in Florida losing millions after Hurricane Ian

    Jesse Clapham, of Erickson and Jensen Seafood, said his company brings in $10 million a year from shrimping. Ian is a major setback to an industry Read More »

  • Nils E. Stolpe: Flotsam and Jetsam FishNet-USA/December 8, 2013

    More astroturf “activism” in herring management – And on the subject of who’s doing and who’s not doing real research to better determine the status of Read More »
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    Video: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near the St. Augustine Inlet

    The Coast Guard medevaced a 46-year-old man Friday from a fishing vessel near the St. Augustine Inlet. A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter Read More »

  • Last In First Out policy ‘descriminates against Nunavut,’ says Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson

    Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson is standing up for his territory’s shrimping industry. On Friday Patterson called on federal fisheries and oceans minister Dominic LeBlanc to consider Nunavut’s Read More »

  • Senate Commerce Committee approves S 2094, the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

    Incidental discharges by commercial vessels less than 79 feet, all commercial fishing vessels including seafood processors. Read more here 17:36 Read More »

  • Maine State Legislature to consider fisheries bills on “emergency” basis

    The Legislature will take up bills dealing with the lobster and elver fisheries when it returns to work next month, but new licensing rules for the Read More »
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    2nd Round of 2017 Groundfish Assessment Port Meetings Scheduled

    The Northeast Fisheries Science Center is coming to a port near you! Join us for the second set of port meetings between August 28 and September Read More »

  • Your Seafreeze Ltd. PRICE LIST for August 8, 2013 has arrived – pssst! Haddock fillet’s (fas, skin off) priced to move!!!

    Below is your Preferred PRICE LIST for August 8, 2013, from Seafreeze Ltd… where “the only thing we treat our fish with is respect.” Link Call Ken Read More »

  • French fishermen bag a Portuguese submarine!

    French fishermen bagged the biggest catch of their lives when they reeled in a Portuguese submarine. The 220ft navy vessel got tangled in the net of Read More »
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    US-China tariff battle takes a toll on some Alaska seafood processors, according to survey

    Seafood processing businesses in Alaska are feeling the hurt from the U.S.-China tariff battle, according to the results of a survey from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Read More »
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    NH delegation requests Hampton Harbor emergency dredging while Depoe Bay Mayor ready to do jail time for dredging

    The congressional delegation from New Hampshire is requesting that emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor be included in the Army Corps of Engineers’ work plan for the Read More »

  • Coast Guard medevacs fishing vessel crewman 57 miles off Cold Bay, Alaska

    A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew deployed to Forward Operating Location Cold Bay medevaced a 31-year-old male from a fishing vessel 57 miles west-northwest of Read More »

  • PEI: Decades-old oil spill re-emerges on banks of West River

    A nearly forgotten, decades old oil spill in Bonshaw, P.E.I. has prompted a call for the cleanup of the West River. Exactly how the oil and Read More »

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