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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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Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

“Minister Michael Creed and his officials have effectively turned their backs on the fishing industry.”

Oops. Shrimp boat raises Holy Hell at the St. Simons Island pier!

Mismanaged Since 1949! – A primer on fishing failures

DFW proposes a test commercial fishery using fish traps in Willapa Bay

What we know and don’t know about dive boat Conception’s demise – crew, ship and regulations are all under scrutiny

The new Charleston ice plant is up and running with increased prices

This Greying of the Fleet thing is out of Control! 87 year old woman hoisted from a fishing boat

Friends recall Billy Jack Tom Hatfield, eldest of the five fishermen aboard the Miss Ally

The Pacific Marine Expo Opens Today! CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle, WA

LETTER: Snapper Plentiful – Bob Zales

Scientists from Canada find transgenic Atlantic salmon can cross-breed with a closely related species – the brown trout.

Alarmingly warm water in Gulf of Maine bringing changes

Alabama: Gulf Coast Shrimp Season Opens June 1st

Rocky Barker: A quick guide to the salmon-dam debate

“awwww, Mom, not lobster again!!” – Beach House Diaries: Lobster Tales

Scallop boat Captain William Francis Phaneuf, “Cape Cod Bill,” 72 has passed away

Mote Receives National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Money to Bring Electronic Monitoring of Fisheries to Gulf (Way too intrusive)

Boris Johnson’s Looming Wind Disaster. Its coming here, and is being sold by huckster politicians

Is Millstone power plant killing lobsters in the Sound?

DEVELOPING STORY: Peter Pan Seafoods announces base price for Bristol Bay sockeye

California representatives: Federal reports confirm Bay Delta plan not based on sound science

Governor McDonnell visits Chincoteague Island to tour the area affected by Hurricane Sandy

Alliance Rubber Company announces the launch of the Seafood Banding Machine for lobster and oysters

New Report Supports Pallone Position on Flexibility in Fisheries Management

Porbeagle shark swims onto endangered list

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