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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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  • Being a responsible fish eater is much more difficult than it appears – Sustainable seafood is a fantasy (the comments are priceless!)

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  • Meeting Notice : Wednesday, January 23, 2013 – Scientific and Statistical Committee NEFMC Attend via webinar

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  • Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman near Kodiak, Alaska

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    Theresa May warned over handing UK fishing waters to Brussels

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    Sea Scallop Documentary To Be Screened At the 25th annual Woods Hole Film Festival August 3 at 6 PM

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    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a federal program that limits the number of Pacific whiting, or hake, fishermen can catch off the Northwest Coast. Two Read More »

  • Coalition pushing for seal control measures

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    Ownerless Bay of Fundy turbine operating without fish kill monitoring gear

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    Coast Guard says it will continue rescues near wind farms

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  • Maine’s Elver Fishermen Being Investigated for Welfare Fraud in Secret Investigation – DHHS wanted newspaper to destroy docs, not publish story

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    We’ve surrounded the Earth with surveillance satellites, but who is that good for?

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    Oregon suspends Columbia River reforms review, Spring Chinook allocation also in question

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    SBA Offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to Small Businesses In Florida Affected by Hurricane Irma

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  • Opposition To Proposed Offshore Natural Gas Project 28 miles off the north Jersey coast.

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    “ammonium” – San Francisco’s love affair with Dungeness crab grows more toxic

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