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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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Angry Newfoundland fishery workers in formed picket line Tuesday to protest the latest cuts to inshore shrimp quotas.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Sacramento, California March 8-14, 2016 Listen Live
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada – Operating in poor weather conditions led to the 2016 fatal sinking of fishing vessel Pop’s Pride
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Sen. Peter Micciche is again moving to establish a buyback program for set-net permits in Cook Inlet
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FISH-NL demands Ottawa explain itself in light of massive cuts to caplin quotas
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Still slow going for Copper River opener, remains closed at least through Monday, May 25
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