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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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Proposed Rule, Request For Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 8
NOAA FisheriesNMFS is seeking public comments on proposed measures under the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and Butterfish Fisheries. At the request of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, NOAA Fisheries is proposing to make adjustments to the butterfish discard cap to help extend the longfin squid fishery throughout the fishing year, while protecting the buttefish stock. Click here to view the proposed rule and learn more about how to provide public comments on these proposed measures. The deadline for providing public comments is March 3, 2014. 11:17Share this post
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