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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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Nat Geo Shill’s for Cape Wind. They don’t mention the impact on fisheries. They foolishly believe it’s an aesthetics issue!
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My Friend’s Stage IV Cancer Diagnosis Showed His Remarkable Strength
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Coastal Villages Region Fund’s (CVRF) CUT IN HALF; LARGEST REDUCTION FOR ANY CDQ GROUP BY FAR
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Held Hostage For Ropeless? Reject the Pew Petition for 3 lobster area closures that protect no Right Whale!
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Distressed Whale spotted near offshore wind survey vessel – Jim Lovgren
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Peter Shelley to NEFMC: Shut Down New England Cod Fishery
Last Wednesday, January 30, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to cut catch limits for New England’s cod stocks by 66-71% from their 2012 levels. Read More » -
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 7, 2020
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In New Orleans courts, the legal gusher BP cannot contain
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Newfoundland: Equinor, Exxon given environmental go-ahead for exploratory drilling offshore
Equinor and ExxonMobil have been given the green light from Canada’s Environmental Assessment Agency to drill exploratory oil wells in the Flemish Pass and Jeanne d’Arc Read More » -
EU Commissioner Damanaki will not return to Greece or Greek politics – approached by international organizations
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This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. 25 years ago oil invaded Alaskas coastline… Today Kodiak remembers.
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Illegal Lobster Harvest Costs Three $22.4M
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Harvest quotas set for 2015; pots for sablefish pondered
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Trump administration readies to lease Atlantic offshore for oil exploration
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2022 Copper River Salmon Season Launches on May 16th
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Well connected NY energy czar to recuse himself from LI wind farm meetings
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