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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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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 75’ Blount Steel Scalloper $275,000 LAGC Permit with Scallop Quota Available
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Atlantic Herring Larvae Appear to Tolerate Increases of Ocean Acidification
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Inslee issues emergency order for green crab infestation, a danger to clams, Dungeness crabs, and salmon
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Yacht Captain in fatal crash is guilty
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On This Day – September 28, 1889: Cape fishermen heading for South Africa for mackerel
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Deepwater Wind Statement on BOEM’s Announcement of Wind Energy Area for Rhode Island and Massachusetts
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Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook MEDEVACS passenger from party boat near Sandy Hook, N.J. this morning
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