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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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Lobster fisherman ruined financially by the Long Island Sound lobster die-off, escapes a prison sentence
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Season was ‘all over the board,’ says P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association as unsettled spring lobster fishery closes – video
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Sweden has until July 31 for scientific justification claiming that North American lobster is invasive
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Great Lakes research vessel Muskie docks at Canalside for two-day visit
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Tagged in New York, Killed in Costa Rica: Beamer the Shark
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Coast Guard rescues 4 from fishing vessel fire near Fort Morgan, Alabama
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Maine Lobstermen’s Association to replace longtime leader
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Dungeness Crab season’s delay causing instability
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One Dead, Two Injured in Trawler Fire in Iceland
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Shrimp season threatened by Coronavirus pandemic
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Crab fishing is delayed over price negotiations; no one wants under $3 a pound, will not go
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Canada contemplating new Aquaculture Act
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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting March 4-8, 2019 at Westin Jekyll Island, Ga.
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Some N.S. lobster fishers report serious decline in catches
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Tributes paid in Orkney following French lifeboat tragedy
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Skipper in court on 12 fishing regulation charges
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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting June 10 – 14, 2019 in Stuart, FL
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