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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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Coast Guard conducts overflight of areas near Lake Charles affected by Hurricane Delta
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National Marine Fisheries Service made mathematical errors??? No! estimating how many endangered beluga whales in Cook Inlet
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NOAA Numbers: Gulf Spill Sampling Questioned – “Their numbers were very low,” – “I thought what is going on here? It didn’t make sense.” (We Know!)
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NEFMC and NMFS Seek Comments on Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
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The flight of the grey seal and the plight of science
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Fight to Stop Privatization of US Fisheries Continues
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NMFS caught up on rulemaking for North Pacific regulations
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City struggles to sell unwanted former floating strip club
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 63′ Steel Stern Trawler , 525HP, Cummins KTA 1150 with Permits
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Public Forum On Threats Facing Great Lakes In Kincardine, Ontario
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