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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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    Alarm in Irish lobster sector over Hogan’s new US trade deal

    The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine says Ireland is “still considering” the full implications of the “mini-deal”, which was welcomed as “mutually beneficial” by Mr Read More »
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    Striped Bass Recovery Debate Divides Fishermen

    A roiling debate over how to reduce the annual harvest of striped bass along the Atlantic seaboard to allow the species to recover from years of Read More »

  • Kirk Fish Co. rides out another stone crab season in Goodland

    Goodland’s afternoon stickiness pushes through the doorway of the fish house where Patty Kirk is hand-mixing her umpteenth batch of mustard sauce. It’s May 11, a Read More »
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    It’s Official! 62.3 million: Bristol Bay’s 2018 salmon season the largest ever

    It is official; 2018 was the largest sockeye salmon run to Bristol Bay on record, and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has records dating Read More »

  • Furuno’s new Multi-Beam Sonar

    Furuno is proud to announce that it is bringing side-scanning capabilities to its flagship NavNetTZtouch and TZtouch2 MFDs with its latest network sensor called the DFF3D. Read More »
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    FFAW asks for quota increases, full northern cod assessment following 2023 stewardship fishery closure

    The FFAW-Unifor is calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to prioritize the province’s northern cod fishery. Jason Spingle, FFAW secretary-treasurer, said the catch rates Read More »
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    Amid crab industry labor shortage, Maryland Rep. Harris says approval of 15,000 guest worker visas ‘imminent’

    Federal immigration officials have agreed to approve 15,000 new guest worker visas for seasonal work, including in a Maryland crab industry grappling with a significant labor Read More »
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    Consultation lacking on decision to reactivate licenses for Indigenous communities

    The reactivation of dormant lobster fishing licences by the federal government has prompted a terse statement from the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association (PEIFA) and the Maritime Fishermen’s Read More »

  • Royal Greenland CEO: North Atlantic fishing sector needs more consolidation

    Royal Greenland’s acquisition of Quin-Sea Fisheries of Canada is a movement in the right direction for the consolidation of the North Atlantic seafood sector, said the Read More »

  • Conservationists push to bypass or remove dams, restore alewife run in Maine

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  • Portland Press: Our View: Public-private partnership critical to kicking green crab out of Maine

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    Texas: Bay Shrimpers

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    Current fishery situation is not sustainable – Kent Martin

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  • Pacific Seafood CEO: ‘We’re going to make sure we keep this team together’ – “We now have all of our fishermen rescheduled. We have them all moving and they’re all fishing.”

    WARRENTON, Ore. — Workers at the Warrenton seafood plant that burned down this week will be back on the job by June 15. NNCN.com  With a Read More »

  • Suiting up for safety

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    Four of a Kind! Scalloper Quartet for Normandy Fishermen

    A group of French fishermen from Ouistreham followed the example of their colleagues along the coast in Cherbourg and went to a Turkish shipbuilder to order Read More »
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    Coronavirus impacts the UK seafood supply chains – Selling fish directly to consumers.

    Fishermen like those aboard the netter Stelissa, are trying to keep the UK supplied with fresh fish – you can help by going online to the Read More »

  • Netters to fish lower Columbia River Today

    Commercial fishermen get their first chance at spring chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River with a seven-hour season on Tuesday. The Columbia River Compact today Read More »

  • Fishing Bycatch Regulations Pass Judge’s Sniff Test

    Federal regulators ducked a conservation-minded challenge Thursday concerning rules meant to minimize fishing bycatch. The National Marine Fisheries Service adopted the rules in question two years Read More »

  • Not Your Average Drifters – Plankton, Part I – by Casey Diederich

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  • Fisherman Patrick Small, Survivor of capsized Hyde Co. fishing boat recalls experience

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  • Funding for Kenai smolt study uncertain

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  • NEFSC, R/V Hugh R. Sharp Lose HabCam during Scallop survey, Fisheries Survival Fund takes them to task!

    Last Thursday, May 19, 2016, while on the current scallop survey, the NEFSC crew lost the HabCam when it separated from the vessel. According to initial Read More »

  • Increasing utilization of the province’s cod and yellowtail resource, OCI opens expanded processing facility in Fortune

    “The provincial government’s agreement with Ocean Choice International reflects our commitment to maximizing economic benefits from our fish resources, and ensuring the well-being of residents in Read More »
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    Four P.E.I. fishermen net fines for illegal practices, charged under the federal Fisheries Act

    Several lobster fishermen reeled in hefty fines Thursday for illegal fishing practices. The biggest hit was delivered to Eric Leard MacKinnon, 53, of Murray River. He Read More »

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