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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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  • Cornish Gem vessel master ‘disregarded the law’ while fishing scallops illegally

    The master and owner of a vessel has been fined for illegal scallop fishing in Cornish waters. The actions of Mark Manning and Sarah-Jane Fishing Ltd Read More »

  • Fishermen are reporting a very poor scallop season on P.E.I.

    Myles MacDonald has been fishing scallops out of Wood Islands for 30 years. “One of the worst that we’ve seen in that 30 years,” said MacDonald, Read More »
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    Protestors Protest against fishermen over calls for grey seal cull off Kerry

    Animal welfare campaigners have staged a protest in An Daingean (Dingle) to protest against calls by fishermen for a cull of grey seals. The protesters say Read More »
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    Keep NC seafood (especially SHRIMP) on our tables online petition gains support

    An Ocracoke resident has started an online petition to oppose a request from the N.C. Wildlife Federation before the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission for new rules Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 49 ft.11 in. Fiberglass Dragger, 543HP Mitzubishi, Kabota auxiliary

    Specifications, information and 32 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 12:32 Read More »

  • Nils Stolpe: MPA’s – ENGOs and Foundations next attempt to halt fishing – Déjà vu all over again

    Back in 2002, when various groups and people had figured out that the creation of things called marine protected areas (MPAs) could be sold politically as Read More »
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    Three jailed after being caught with 109 undersized lobsters, out of season stone crab claws in the Keys

    Three Lower Keys residents were jailed Friday after state fish and wildlife police said they were found with more than 100 undersized lobsters and a haul Read More »

  • Prices still high for live lobster on the tail a cool spring season!

    Lobstermen in Maine and Massachusetts, who supply the U.S. with most of its domestic lobsters, are coming off several years of high catches for lobsters, a Read More »
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    Slow crawl for crab: Seasonal delays stifle coastal economy

    Price strikes, delays and poor weather have plagued the 2017-18 Dungeness crab season from the start. Roughly four weeks into the season, landings for the non-tribal Read More »

  • North Carolina Commercial fishermen are bracing for another attempt to place striped bass, red drum and speckled trout off limits

    The “game fish” bill for the three species, which has failed to win legislative approval several times since 2009, hasn’t been introduced yet this session. But Read More »

  • Gloucester Doryman Paul Francis Frontiero Sr left fishing to pursue painting

    The son of a Gloucester fisherman, the late Paul Francis Frontiero Sr., began fishing with his father at the age of 12. He did not know Read More »

  • With crab season underway, potential job action looms for fish plant workers without a contract

    Crab is coming into processing plants in eastern Newfoundland, but the lack of a contract for unionized workers could throw a wrench in the season. Joey Read More »
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    Artist and fisher chronicles life on one of the last southern New England trap fishing boats

    Corey Wheeler Forrest is a third-generation fisherwoman. Her family owns the last trap-fishing business in southern New England. Forrest loves the work, and quite often is Read More »

  • Commercial Gulf shrimpers in Texas afloat for another season

    Greg Seaman, a 49-year-old Palacios native, has managed to stay afloat in a rough business. continued@victoriaadvocate Read More »

  • US congressman wants imported seafood tracked like domestic products

    For the second straight congressional session, a representative from Texas has introduced a bill he claims would level the playing field between American fishermen and their Read More »

  • Green Crab found near Pool’s Cove – Could be a serious issue in Fortune Bay

    According to Cynthia McKenzie, a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans, the green crab has established a foothold in the Pool’s Cove area of Fortune Bay. Read More »
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    Five Days In, Crescent City Fishermen Continue To Pull Up Empty Crab Pots

    “It’s a bleak year”,,,  After a delay initially due to poor quality crab and later because of price negotiations with seafood processors, Del Norte County fishermen Read More »

  • CF/V Poseidon Princess sinks, four rescued off southwest Nova Scotia

    The crew of the Poseidon Princess called for help in the early morning hours, saying their boat was in danger of capsizing off the coast of West Read More »
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    Family, friends remember fallen Stonington scallop fisherman Charles J. Lathrop

    A memorial at the Stonington Town Dock built over the weekend paid tribute to Charles J. Lathrop, a Westerly man who died Thursday as a result Read More »
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    Snow crab producers compelled to respond to 2022 market challenges

    The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), representing the majority of Newfoundland and Labrador based snow crab producers, issued a media release today, saying the industry is Read More »
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    Harry Roberts, a popular and well respected member of the team at Morecambe RNLI is “hanging up the yellow wellies”!

    Harry has seen plenty of action out in the bay over the last three decades. On February 4, 2004, the night of the Morecambe Bay cockling Read More »
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    A Perfect Pairing. A Q&A session with John Deere and Mike Blocher of North River Boats

    North River Boats in Roseburg, Oregon is one of the largest heavy-gauge aluminum boat manufacturers in the United States with an estimated 10,000 vessels plying the Read More »

  • Bristol Bay fishery Saturday update – Naknek-Kvichak netted 1.1 million yesterday, it’s biggest catch to date.

    The Bristol Bay fishery continues to show signs of building towards either a peak or a long tail end with another day of big catches Friday. Read More »
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    Coast Guard drops dewatering pump to disabled fishing vessel taking on water near Icy Bay, Alaska

    The Coast Guard assisted a fishing vessel taking on water and disabled, six miles south of Icy Bay, Alaska, Wednesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka Read More »

  • Louisiana Shrimp Task Force approves money to assess sustainability

    The Louisiana Shrimp Task Force approved spending $10,000 for a fishery sustainability pre-assessment to be done in the state. A pre-assessment is the first step in Read More »

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