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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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    Listuguj, Ottawa agree to collaborate on regulations, opens door for moderative livelihood fishery

    Listuguj First Nation, the Mi’kmaw community in Quebec just across the river from Campbellton, N.B., has agreed to a five-year rights reconciliation agreement with the Minister Read More »

  • The Government of Canada Invests in Mission Harbour

    Randy Kamp, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Member of Parliament for Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission, announced today that the Read More »

  • Best boot? A commercial fisherman’s likes and dislikes.

    After six weeks away from home fishing in Bristol Bay, you’d think I would have larger concerns than what to wear on my feet. However, as Read More »
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    North Carolina Joins Effort to Establish Regional Fisheries Mitigation for Offshore Wind Development

    Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina has joined other Atlantic Coast states involved with the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind on a coordinated project to Read More »

  • Coast Guard Aircrew Medevacs Crewman from Fishing Vessel West of Port Orford, Ore.

    A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated a crewman who reportedly fractured his arm on a 285-foot fishing vessel 25-miles west of Port Orford, Thursday morning. An Read More »
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    F/V Hard Merchandise, F/V Wicked Pissah fight to the finish of “Wicked Tuna” Season 10

    One of the most challenging seasons ever experienced by the “Wicked Tuna” captains drew to a close Sunday, with Wicked Pissah, captained by Gloucester-based fisherman Paul Read More »

  • Kings off limits starting Thursday: ADF&G cites low chinook salmon stocks coastwide

    The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Thursday will shut down commercial and salt-water sport chinook salmon fishing throughout Southeast Alaska. “Extreme management measures” are Read More »

  • ‘Deadliest Catch’ – A test for crab-fishing rookie Amy Majors – “There were definitely certain times that I questioned my sanity,”

    Alaska native Amy Majors, who was born into a fishing family in Ketchikan, wants to prove to the world and the crabbing industry that she’s tough Read More »

  • New Federal Research Plan Highlights NOAA’s Critical Role in the Future of Aquaculture

    A Message from , Head of NOAA Fisheries  National Marine Fisheries Service I am pleased to announce that the White Houses’ Office of Science and Technology Read More »

  • New England: Fishing regs have widespread impact

     In mid-December, Les Eastman sent out one of his fishing charter party boat full of tourists who were in the region to fish in New Hampshire’s Read More »

  • Brilliant Doesn’t Begin To Describe The Genius That is The Chum Cutter – Video – GoodMorningGloucester

    Our buddy Stevie Corbett designed something so simple, so efficient so time saving for ANYONE that does ANY amount of fishing.  Unless of course you’d rather Read More »

  • INVITATION: RI Seafood Strategy Meeting

    YOU ARE INVITED! RI Food Strategy: Fisheries & Seafood Session  Thursday, March 23rd, 2-3PM Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation Commercial Fisheries Center, Building #61B URI East Farm Campus, Read More »

  • Tobique First Nation fishery mired in court battles, band council split

    The future of the Tobique First Nation’s commercial fishery is up in the air after the latest courtroom battle between the band and the companies running Read More »

  • Maine seaweed company vies for $50,000 prize at national Slow Money event

    Bangor Daily News – The VitaminSea business is growing, with SeaCrunch varieties available in health food and specialty grocery stores around the state. Whole Foods is Read More »

  • Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 70′ Steel Stern Dragger, Permits, 600HP Lugger Diesel

    To review specifications, information, and 9 photos’,>click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 07:50 Read More »

  • DNR Question of the Week – Is there commercial fishing in Minnesota?

    A: Commercial fishing in Minnesota for walleye and other game fish was eliminated in 1983. Today, commercial harvest is mostly limited to rough fish such as Read More »
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    Lobstermen to state: ‘Step up’ and sue feds over gear, fishing restrictions

    Stonington lobsterman Dwight Staples’ 37-foot lobster boat provides the essentials for 10 people. “This year has been different for me and maybe it has for you Read More »

  • BREAKING—-John Bullard comes through for Gulf of Maine and New England Gill Netters!

    John Bullard, the new regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, decides in favor of fishermen, justifiably so! A pending  closure for an area of ocean Read More »

  • National Marine Fisheries Service commercial dolphin season closure forces Keys restaurants to import

    Florida Keys restaurants are searching for other sources of mahi-mahi, after federal authorities brought an early closure to the island chain’s commercial dolphin season. In the Read More »
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    The Newfoundland and Labrador Groundfish Industry Development Council are Disappointed with the Northern Cod Maximum Allowable harvest announced today by DFO

    “The NLGIDC were hoping for an increase in the harvest level for 2023 based on the extremely successful cod fishery in the 2J3KL area in 2022”, Read More »

  • Gulf of Mexico menhaden purse seine fishery is close to perfect

    Some biologists, though, have called the Gulf of Mexico menhaden fishery a near-perfect fishery. Factors of such a perfect commercial fishery would include: • Low bycatch.• Read More »

  • UPDATED: Coast Guard suspends search for Captain Kenneth Martin of Fishing Vessel Sea Beast

    The captain of a Neah Bay fishing vessel missing since his boat capsized Sunday has been identified by his family. The Coast Guard search for Kenneth Read More »

  • Obama breaks his promise on frankenfish, (and everything else) and Alaskans will pay

    For close to two decades, AquaBounty, a company from Massachusetts, has been genetically modifying salmon. Apparently the whole years in the ocean, swimming back to the Read More »

  • Bill to remove St. Croix alewife barriers clears committee hurdle

    AUGUSTA, Maine — Emergency legislation calling for removal of barriers that block sea-run alewives from full access to the St. Croix River watershed won unanimous endorsement Read More »

  • New Documentary ‘Dirty Energy’ highlights dangerous role of dispersants in BP’s cleanup effort

    In the movie, marine toxicologist Riki Ott summarized what the oil industry learned from the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989: “We have to control the Read More »

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