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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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Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Press Release 6 March 2015
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 6, 2018
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Ropeless Fishing: ‘We’ve got to do our part’ to prevent right whale deaths, Yes! Slow ships down
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55-year-old Fisherman medevaced from F/V John S. Dempster in Southern Chesapeake Bay
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Proposed Rule, Request For Comments; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 8
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Congresswoman Aumua Amata pleased with recommendations on marine monuments
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Crews in Florida count scallops to determine water quality
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Wesley Loy becomes Pacific Fishing’s new editor – We wish him well!
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ADF&G sockeye numbers questioned amid large pink salmon run
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Scientists perplexed by this year’s low chum salmon numbers in Yukon River
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United Fishermen of Alaska has inducted Late journalist Bob Tkacz into its Hall of Fame
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Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo named minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
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Maine lobster marketers look to re-brand ‘shedders’ as treat
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I dream of a federal government that doesn’t overreach
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Editorial: Any fishery aid should come from NOAA, Commerce – mad science and built-to-fail catch share management policies
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Regulators worry NE fishermen are cheating
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SBA Offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to Small Businesses In Florida Affected by Hurricane Irma
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