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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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    Happy 230th Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard!

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  • Gulf of Mexico Commercial harvest of gray triggerfish will reopen in state and federal waters Aug. 1

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  • Letters to the editor – New fee will add to lobstermen’s woes, lobsterman Nelson King, East Boothbay

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    The fishery is worth more than ever. If the fisheries were meant to save rural N.L., what gives?

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    Term limits bumping four members from NEFMC

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    Small Fishing Vessel Code enters into force – Updated vessel inspection requirement

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    Keliher gives fishermen homework on whale rules

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