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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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    UPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing fishermen near Block Island, RI

    7:13 PM Multiple Coast Guard crews and good Samaritans searched throughout the day Tuesday for two missing fishermen after their boat capsized and sank approximately two Read More »

  • DFO Doubles Down on Redfish Giveaway: NL MPs Fail to Step-Up for Provincial Fishery

    Late yesterday evening, DFO released the 2024-2025 Management Plan for redfish. The cowardly move came after the close of NL business hours and doubled down by Read More »

  • Alaska salmon management: A unique process for a unique state

    Editor’s note: this is the fifth in the Morris Communications series “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” For a young state, Alaska has a Read More »

  • Could BP, Feds settle in massive 2010 oil spill civil case? Experts weigh in

    BP faces a top fine of $13.7 billion for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, down from a possible $18 billion after a federal Read More »
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    UNACCEPTABLE – Strict right whale protection goal raises concerns among lobstermen

    Patrick Keliher, head of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, announced the proposed target at a conference of U.S. and Canadian lobstermen in Portland Friday while Read More »

  • Maine fisheries scientist Maggie Hunter is honored for her work

    PORTLAND — A fisheries scientist from Maine has been recognized by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for her years of contributions to fisheries science and Read More »

  • Fishing Industry Fights N.Y. Offshore Wind Area In Court

    Lawyers representing a host of fishing communities, associations and businesses – led by scallop industry trade group the Fisheries Survival Fund – argued in U.S. District Read More »
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    Bernadette Jordan: Fisheries officers will enforce the rules. Moderate livelihood fisheries must take place within the commercial season

    Anyone caught harvesting lobster outside the commercial fishing season this year will have to contend with fisheries officers, says federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan. The minister Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 135′ RSW Trawler 12 Cylinder (2) CAT 3412, CAT Auxiliary’s

    Specifications, information and 14 photo’s  click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:27 Read More »

  • Fishermen, Public Invited to Meeting With Deepwater Wind

    The East Hampton Town Trustees’ harbor management committee will host officials from Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island company planning to construct a 15-turbine wind farm approximately Read More »
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    Board votes down change in Southeast Dungeness crab season

    Crabber Max Worhatch proposed the change and successfully got the board to add the proposal to the meeting after missing the deadline for regulation changes.“I would Read More »
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    Coast Guard interrupts suspected illegal shrimp harvest off Key West

    Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo’s law enforcement crew detained a U.S. flagged fishing vessel Saturday for suspected shrimp fishing in the Dry Tortugas shrimp sanctuary during Read More »
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    New Organizers Carry on Tradition of Bristol Lobster Boat Races

    Lobster boats cranked into high gear in Pemaquid Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 13 for the 31st annual Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races – a competitive event Read More »

  • Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for February 6, 2017 Has Arrived

    Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. – We are Direct to Read More »

  • My Turn: Weigh in on Board of Fish Proposal 243 By MICHAEL BAINES

    At its Statewide Finfish meeting in March, the Board of Fish (BoF) will consider the Board generated Proposal 243, which would add Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) Read More »
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    Closing out the seventh season, ‘Wicked Tuna’ celebrating 100th episode

    The hit National Geographic reality series “Wicked Tuna” is going to close out its seventh season with its 100th episode Sunday night. When producers first came Read More »

  • Rusty Brace Defeat’s NOAA Office of Law Enforcement on behalf of Jason and Shane Robinson

    For longtime fishermen Jason and Shane Robinson, the decision saved them from paying more than $17,000 in fines, which is a relatively low amount compared to Read More »
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    Northern cod growth off NL stalled, latest science indicates

    Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on Friday released it’s latest stock status assessment information on northern cod. “We continue to be concerned about the status Read More »
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    One man band(er) in high demand

    There’s a growing list of South Shore lobster crews in desperate need of John Cooke’s expertise. Just a few days into the season, catches are currently Read More »

  • Zeldin: Long Island fishermen in real need of relief

    On Long Island, so much of our economy and way of life are connected to the water around us. Fishing is a treasured part of our Read More »

  • “Greater Atlantic” First River Herring Technical Expert Working Group on March 27, 1-4pm.Attend via Webinar

    NOAA Fisheries,NMFS in collaboration with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, has established a technical expert working group (TEWG) for river herring throughout both species’ range Read More »
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    Lobstermen frustrated by regulations after new study shows whale entanglements decline

    A new report has Maine lobstermen saying, “I told you so.” The report says large whale entanglements dropped in 2020, including for the right whale. Lobstermen Read More »

  • Commercial Dungeness crab season scheduled to start on Nov. 15

    On Thursday, the California Department of Public Health said that the local commercial Dungeness crab season is expected to begin as scheduled on Wednesday for the Read More »

  • Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven to build two new stern trawlers for Icelandic seafood company Samherji

    The vessels will be 80m long and with hulls of ICE 1A* class, and equipped with a wide range of Rolls-Royce equipment, including main engines, thrusters, Read More »

  • Keys lobster fishermen drop traps for opening of commercial season

    Throughout the Florida Keys and at a few other locations in the state, the crews of hundreds of commercial boats dropped nearly a half million licensed Read More »

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