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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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Mass shellfish deaths off Whitby area coastline to be probed in Government’s new hearing – Middlesbrough Council ‘absolutely on board’
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Protecting Fish from Antidepressants by Using New Wastewater Treatment Technique
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High lobster prices push fishermen to take risk, the Captain of an all-female crew pushes for change
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Freeport fisherman to be sentenced for catching red snapper without commercial license
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American Samoa long line fishery faces “potential collapse” says WCPFMC
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Gloucester Fisherman Robert W. Noonan has passed away
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Mafia tactics employed at New Bedford scallop hearing
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The election has enviro groups all worked up! – Reactions to Trump victory trickle in from seafood industry
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BREAKING – Cashes Ledge dropped from National Marine Monument plan
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Halving the number of vertical lines – Finding consensus on whale protections a tough call in Maine
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New shellfish regulations taking effect in NC
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‘Lazy’ NSW fishing reforms breach ‘hierarchy of wealth’ test, fishing consultant says
Daryl Sykes now manages the NZ Rock Lobster Industry Council, but has been involved with reforms in Queensland, Victoria and in Commonwealth waters as a member Read More » -
Territory dedicates WPFMC funded projects – Fisheries Council welcomed with ava ceremony
The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council dedicated on Friday and Saturday several projects that were funded by the Read More » -
31st annual N.C. Seafood Festival – It’s all about seafood
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A fishing boat ferries health-care workers to Neils Harbour, Nova Scotia
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Well, he did it, but we knew he would. Obama just destroyed more fishermen and supporting businesses
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Cease and Desist – Judge bars boat from dredging for clams
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Illegal striped bass harvest means trouble for N.C. commercial fishermen – By Fred Bonner
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US fishermen lose quota in new fishing pact with Canada
American fishermen are losing thousands of pounds of valuable fishing quota under a new catch share agreement with Canada. Fishermen from the U.S. and Canada seek Read More » -
Fish stocks ‘can recover,’ marine expert says at URI lecture
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Keeping it real with eels
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A reminder of Conor Shea
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A Dungeness Dinner – Three recipes that dare to be different!
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Days of gillnetting on lower Columbia River may be numbered
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F/V Aleutian Isle: Fishing boat that sank off San Juan Island had apparently run aground the previous day
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