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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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Black Carolinians in fishing industry heart of new exhibit
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Cullen slams Shea over sockeye crisis – “The minister … is doing just as good as a job as she did last time, which is to say terrible.”
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Plymouth lobster pot tree honors lobsterman Mike Furlong
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Nova Scotia to ban drilling on, around Sable Island
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WPFMC asks for transparent analysis of proposed marine monument expansion
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More than $200K raised for families of fishermen lost aboard the F/V Chief William Saulis
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Captain Michael John Morgan of Newport, Oregon has passed away
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F/V New Age: Captain lands vessel at Belford Seafood Co-op after salvage operation, including the fish!
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SNP MP urges locals to oppose marine protection plans
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For Tax-Exempt Groups, How Much Politics Is Too Much?
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Maine fishermen testing a ‘game-changer’ for protected cod in the Gulf of Maine
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Council for Sustainable Fishing – Working to prevent a grouper closure and catch shares
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‘I love it’: More women making a living on the water off Shelburne
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