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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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Marine Resources Committee schedules hearing on elver legislation
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UMaine scientist – population size of scallops affects fertilization success
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Editorial: Fishery shutdown would showcase economic impact
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Coronavirus: Seafood prices have dropped, but New Bedford fishermen still fish amid pandemic
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Be merry and bright with 20th annual Port de Grave boat lights
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Unfavourable forecasts continue to keep P.E.I. lobster boats off water
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New evidence points to former EPA official pushing pre-emptive Pebble Mine veto
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UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen near Block Island, RI
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 5, 2015
Click to read the Weekly Update for June 5, 2015 as a pdf To read all the updates, click here 06:12 Read More » -
Virginia’s Latest Pricey Boondoggle: Offshore Wind Power
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RODA Receives NOAA Fisheries Grant
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Trump’s NOAA Pick Says He Won’t Censor Global Warming Data
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Drones and high-tech cameras used to catch illegal crabbing activity in New South Wales
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Free survival training for commercial fishermen Friday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sandwich Marina
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‘Big Fish, Texas’ Follows Buddy Guindon And His Commercial Fishing Empire
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A Petition – Re examine the data of North Atlantic right whale entanglements and the Fishery closure
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WATCH: Ted Danson Fights for Marine Life with Oceana
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Connecticut inches toward lucrative eel industry
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Training for new recruits needs to be extended says Seafish.
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REPORT: Mid-Atlantic Council Workshop on East Coast Fisheries and Climate Change
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