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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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NSC grateful to Gov. Patrick for certifying severe economic injury to Mass groundfish industry
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Oil spill spared fish
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Scam Alert: Claims Offshore Wind Will Soon Power The World Are Pure Bunkum
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Virginia shucks oyster taxes, starts user fees
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NMFS Chief Chris Oliver suspends large whale rescues in U.S. following rescuer death
An American agency that responds to marine mammals in distress has halted its efforts to free large whales trapped in fishing gear following the recent death Read More » -
Hawaii longline fishery to take 40-percent cut on its current bigeye tuna quota? video
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Dungeness crab: Central California numbers rise to average of five times that of past decades
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A perfect storm threatens to sink the New Jersey Party Boat Industry
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CLF and CLF Ventures: or we get rich by litigating the hostile takeover and trading away of public resources for corporate exploitation while claiming to save the planet. Dick Grachek
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