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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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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update DECEMBER 22, 2013
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EU live lobster ban could cut off $125M Mass. market
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F/V Kodiak Enterprise: Shelter-in-place remains in effect as fishing boat fire continues to burn
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Sport fishing priority leaves most of us (the consumer’s) out
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Fisherynation thanks Ray Lamont, Editor, Gloucester Daily Times
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