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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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Maryland assigning commercial fishermen catch shares – will have individual quotas of striped bass
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Click Here – Cod, Cod and more Cod! – Various articles from the region indexed in this post. More will be added
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ASMFC Summer Meeting, August 5-7, 2014 in Alexandria, Virginia
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Ship Conducting Undersea Surveys Ordered to Pause Work Following Conflict With Local Crab Fishermen
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Fishermen fight NOAA penalty for accidental catch of porpoises – Bullard Meets NH Fishermen –
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$230M Class Action Settlement in 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
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California Crab Groups Oppose Legislation Requiring ‘Ropeless’ Gear
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North Carolina: New blue crab management plan in the works
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