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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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  • Are you as sick of Red Snapper Crap in the Reauthorization as I am?

    I’m reading this article about Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge resurrecting his Red Snapper bill that was flushed during the House vote of HR1335. It appears Read More »
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    Mediterranean Fishing Fleet Stops In Protest Of EU Quotas

    The regulation threatens the activity of 600 Spanish ships and more than 17,000 jobs, between direct and indirect. Fishermen reject Brussels limiting trawling to 120 days Read More »

  • Louisiana: Shrimp Season To Close in Portions of State Inside and Outside Waters

    Today, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham announced a closure of the fall shrimp season in state inside waters west of the Mississippi River and Read More »

  • Fate of Atlantic City wind farm in hands of regulators

    A Cape May company is awaiting word from state regulators about the future of New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm. The state Board of Public Utilities Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Newsletter/Update for November 19, 2021

    Shrimp FMP, Amendment 2:, The MFC meeting in Emerald Isle started out with a public comment period on Wednesday evening that lasted about 2 hours. The Read More »
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    Commercial Crab Fisherman David Anthony Sherwood, Kodiak Island, Alaska

    Dave born in Mankato, Mn on January 1, 1957 passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on April 1, 2021. He attended high school at Mankato West Read More »

  • Federal fisheries official tells shrimpers that new turtle rules are coming

    “I’m just being straightforward with you guys, candid, these new TED requirements are coming,” Michael Barnett, a fisheries biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, told Read More »

  • From the Deckboss

    Trawler hit with $325,442 enforcement action, Arrest made in Coast Guard double homicide, Dear Mr. President, Crewman aboard Starbound needs medevac, Read more here Read More »

  • John Bullard , NOAA NE Regional Administrator – My View: Fisheries hold challenges, opportunities

    The recent release of Fisheries of the United States 2012, a NOAA annual report, contains a lot of good information on revenues and landings for the Read More »
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    Sipekne’katik concerned about DFO punching holes in FSC lobsters

    Fishery officers have been punching the small circular holes as part of a new compliance initiative to track lobsters that Fisheries and Oceans Canada say “will Read More »

  • Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update – APRIL 7, 2013

    “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 »

  • Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester files bi partisan Seafood Marketing Program bill

    The bill, which calls for the establishment of a Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program within the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), has drawn the support of 23 Read More »
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    Maine: Local legislators sponsor bills in support of commercial fisheries

    The 130th Maine Legislature has released a list of bills proposed in the House and Senate, and local representatives are focused on the commercial fishing industry, The lobster fishery, in Read More »

  • Scientists say radiation levels low to non-existent in BC-caught fish

    As the Fukushima nuclear power plant continues to leak radioactive material, what does that mean for fish caught in the Pacific Ocean off the BC coast? Read More »
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    Flotilla arrives in Cork City to deliver fishing industry warning – sail into Cork harbour to protest EU fisheries policy

    About 60 fishing vessels assembled off Roches Point in Cork Harbour this morning to travel together in a flotilla up the River Lee and have no Read More »

  • Inspectors checked on just 6% of Irish trawlers in 2022

    Only 6% of Irish-flagged trawlers were subjected to checks by this country’s fishery inspection officers last year compared to far higher numbers for many other countries, Read More »

  • Drakes Bay Oyster Co. seeks quick ruling on closure battle

    Attorneys for Drakes Bay Oyster Company have asked a federal judge to rule Monday on their request to postpone a Feb. 28 deadline for shutting down Read More »

  • Washington, Oregon delay commercial fishing for spring chinook in the lower Columbia

    Commercial fishing for spring chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River will be delayed until April 9 with the net fleet then likely to be limited Read More »
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    Fisherman David Goethel takes case to US Supreme Court

    After losing a lawsuit alleging a federal agency has imposed unfair regulations, Hampton fisherman David Goethel is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cause Read More »

  • Oregon Considers Not Implementing Full Planned Columbia Fall Salmon Reallocation In 2017, Sport fishermen unhappy.

    Planned Lower Columbia fall Chinook allocation reformations next year could be put on hold and that’s raising alarm bells in the sportfishing community. Oregon fish managers Read More »

  • Compass: Finger-pointing won’t put any more kings in the rivers

    This summer there have been several ADN Compass  pieces,  articles from other print and electronic media and countless blogs stoking the fires of the Cook inlet Read More »
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    A Tribute to the Coast Guard

    The F/V Atlantic Destiny, a 143-foot offshore scallop trawler, was 130 nautical miles south of Nova Scotia in March of 2021 when fire broke out on Read More »
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    ‘Good God! What in the heck was that?” A long-nosed chimaera!

    A fisherman got quite the fright recently when he hauled in a strange creature with his catch. Garry Goodyear, from the town of Templeman, N.L., on Read More »
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    Shrimp boat that caught fire, sank on way to Blessing of the Fleet removed from water

    A shrimp boat that caught fire and sank on its way to this year’s Blessing of the Fleet ceremony in Mount Pleasant was removed from the water Read More »

  • Pew gears up for Blue Fin Tuna fight with ICCAT over Catch Quota’s with working group meeting in Montreal, June 26 to 28

    This week, fisheries managers and scientists from around the world will meet in Canada and shape the fate of the western Atlantic bluefin tuna, signaling whether Read More »

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