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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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Louisiana Oysters on the brink: ‘It’s not a decline; it’s zero population’
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Part of the bottom of the fabled Georgetown Hole will be closed to fishing by 2017
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NOAA step won’t aid local boats – “The area they want us to fish does absolutely no good to the Gloucester and New England fleet,”
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The Morons at Delaware North Companies Sportservice of Buffalo, NY Have Dumped Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster
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We should never allow offshore oil drilling near Myrtle Beach, BY Carol Coney
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Book Review: American Dunkirk, The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
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New restrictions seek to save Long Island Sound lobsters
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Guest View: Rotating closed areas may be better for stocks
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Biloxi, Mississippi: The 91st annual Blessing of the Fleet is happening Sunday!
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As Salmon and Squid Seasons Rebound, New Questions
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OLE Undercover: Anchorage man feels the sting! $15,000 dollars worth.
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P.E.I.-N.S. ferry cancelled for a 2nd day after fire aboard ship forced evacuation Friday
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Commercial Fisherman Michael “Mikie” Devlin of California has passed away
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Unwanted lionfish may help end ban
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Jersey fishing community’s fight for revival after storm
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Coastal Conservation Association allowed to intervene in Columbia gillnet lawsuit on behalf of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
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