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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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Support the Seal Hunt. Boycott The Ellen Degeneres Show – Petition published by Robert Byrne
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At Last, Greenpeace Admits to ‘Rhetorical Hyperbole’
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Chignik fishermen stuck ashore as sockeye run fails
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Fisherman, conservationists want more research before developing wind farms
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Panel Decision Opposite of Strong Market Indicators, Harvesters Outraged
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Opinion: Feds should ask local fishermen how to manage fish stocks By Robin Alden, Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center,
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