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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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  • With a cut in clamming licenses looming, Brunswick harvesters consider digging quahogs to save jobs

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  • D.B. Pleschner: Pacific Sardines are not collapsing, may be in recovery

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  • Drop In Female Striped Bass Prompts 25 Percent Catch Cutback

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  • MU professor, complaints led to tenure denial, accused of research misconduct by the same people named in the complaint.

    A University of Missouri professor says he was denied tenure for reporting the possible misuse of federal grants. Wildlife biologist Dylan Kesler filed a 2013 complaint Read More »

  • Fishing: A Lifelong Love Flourishes

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    U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey of Malden, who, along with Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston, has declared for the special election race to fill the seat Read More »

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    Will South Carolina shrimp season delay pay off with big crop this fall?

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    China Fishery against court appointing a US trustee

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    Wild Alaskan Salmon and Seafood: Quality over quantity

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