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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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This is a naïve, if not foolish, position to take. National Fisherman has just lost a long time subscriber and I doubt that I’m alone in this response.
I wouldn’t wipe my ass with that ragazine.
I too am done with that rag. It’s been in a downward spiral anyway. Too bad, a long heritage there. You reap what you sow
Full disclosure… I was receiving ‘NF’ free for a few years due to a website I run. If “anyone”, especially the target industry fishing audience didn’t realize how a once traditional and community based fishing industry magazine morphed in its subtle political tone, along with having articles and editorials that literally were “carrying the water” for this current rogue administration, it does astound me as it was pretty obvious. Another large corporation which felt more comfortable in keeping advertisers happy by not rocking the boat, then in being an advocate and vocal supporter of fishermen by pushing back against the ENGO agenda of NOAA/NMFS which is deconstructing the American fishing industry.