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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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Over 20-Million Sockeye Harvested in Bristol Bay – Mike Mason
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Pound Net Watermen Prepare for Menhaden Bycatch Limits
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Cape Coral captain gets 60-day jail sentence for overfishing
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Advocates say B.C. needs a fisheries minister
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Mayday on the Carolina Queen III
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The Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization road show hit Boston on Monday – hears pleas for fishing reforms
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Commercial fishermen made that mahi eat those turtles. It’s all their fault.
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