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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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  • Boat captain charged in crewmen’s deaths arrested after overdosing on heroin

    A Cushing captain accused of causing the deaths of two crew members when his lobster boat sank in a storm is behind bars again after he Read More »
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    Slashed shrimp quotas cause worries for Newfoundland and Labrador captains

    A couple weeks ago Brad Genge made a million-dollar bet on the future of shrimp. He bought another shrimp licence. Now he can only hope it Read More »

  • Maine fishery officials are shutting out commercial divers

    I’ve been a commercial diver in the state of Maine for more than 23 years. In my career I’ve dove commercially for urchins, sea scallops, clams, Read More »

  • How the Boldt decision 50 years ago remade Pacific Northwest fishing

    Louie Ungaro waited out the turn of the tide, when chum salmon — he hoped — would hit his net. Fishing here is his tradition, a Read More »

  • ‘Wharfside Stories’ help unwrap history of Portland’s working waterfront

    For more than 60 years Leland Merrill has made a daily pilgrimage to Widgery Wharf on the city’s waterfront. These days Merrill, now in his early Read More »

  • Is fish farming coming to San Diego’s coast?

    “My goal is to create seafood everyone can afford,” said Donald Kent, president of the institute. He is also chief executive of Rose Canyon Fisheries, a Read More »

  • KEATING, TIERNEY URGE ONCE AGAIN FOR FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

    “Once again I join with my colleagues to strongly urge for the inclusion of fisheries disaster assistance in the FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill. The letter we Read More »

  • Togiak Herring Fishery Update: Highest Roe Percentage of the Season Recorded Tuesday

    Commercial fishermen participating in the ongoing Togiak sac-roe herring fishery are still finding harvestable fish and so far no one has gone home. On Tuesday over Read More »

  • DFO office moving from Grand Bank to Marystown

    The federal government is planning to close its DFO office in Grand Bank at the end of the month, centralizing its operations in Marystown. But Grand Bank Read More »

  • Sweden’s lobster game; stick to soccer

    Legendary American soccer goalie Hope Solo was rightly suspended for calling the Swedish national team a “bunch of cowards” after the European side beat the U.S. Read More »

  • Southeast Alaska winter troll season slow

    Commercial troll fishing for king salmon in Southeast Alaska this winter is not like it has been the last few years. The troll fleet catch and Read More »

  • Andy Mays of Southwest Harbor – Scallop Diver for Life

    It’s winter on Mount Desert Island. Temperatures are just above 20 degrees, and tomorrow a nor’easter will blow snow sideways into drifts. But today the sun is Read More »
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    SURF AND TURFED: N.S. prof canned after wanting sex, lobster and moose meat from struggling student

    A Nova Scotia university professor was turfed after allegedly demanding sex, lobster and moose meat from a student in exchange for better grades. The Chronicle Herald Read More »

  • Gov. Paul LePage: US should take on EU-Canada lobster tariff plan

    Maine’s governor says the U.S. should challenge a European Union plan to lift tariffs on Canadian lobster. Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, says the tariff deal Read More »

  • N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries sinks trawler at artificial reef site off Cape Lookout

    The state Artificial Reef Program sank a 55-foot trawler at the artificial reef site, AR-305, off Cape Lookout, last week. The program is part of the Read More »
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    Hot Air And The Offshore Wind Industry – Claims it will invigorate these state economies are thin gruel

    Seven Atlantic Coast states—Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Virginia have enacted mandates to subsidize the development of thousands of megawatts of Read More »
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    F/V Pappy’s Pride: Unified command established for vessel collision in Galveston, Texas

    A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, federal on-scene coordinator, Texas General Land Office, state on-scene coordinator, and Mr. Harry Stark, the fishing vessel Pappy’s Read More »

  • Catch of the Night

    The American eel’s lifestyle is as elusive as it gets. No one has seen one mate in the Sargasso Sea, the eel’s birthplace. However, we know Read More »
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    The partners of Santaska have agreed to sale the cannery on the Egegik River in Alaska

    FD Financial, Corp., part owner of Santaska, Inc., announces today that the Alaska cannery, Santaska, is on the block. It’s for sale. “We have had this Read More »

  • UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing F/V Christopher’s Joy shrimpers

    The Coast Guard suspended its search for two missing shrimpers from the fishing vessel  around 5 p.m., Thursday. Response crews searched more than 5,745 square miles Read More »
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    Crabbers remember horrors of red tide. They’re hoping for a better season this year

    Born and raised in Cortez, Lightning Campbell has fished and crabbed the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for most of his 72 years. With memories Read More »
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    Crab fishing is delayed over price negotiations; no one wants under $3 a pound, will not go

    Disputes between Bay Area fishermen and seafood company Pacific Seafood Group over crab prices are causing more delays to the start of the commercial crab fishing Read More »
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    Oregon: Crab season getting underway

    Commercial Dungeness crab is Oregon’s most valuable fishery, and the economic benefit attributed to that fishery for just our area alone is huge. According to ODFW’s Read More »

  • Deadliest year for B.C. fishermen in a decade

    This has become the deadliest year for B.C. fishermen in a decade, following the capsizing of a commercial fishing boat north of Tofino on the weekend, Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update February 9, 2014

    “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

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