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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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End of era for Naples fishing industry? Commentary by Tom Marvel, commercial fisherman, Naples
It is noteworthy in our city of Naples when a business lasts for 70 years. Such is the case with Combs Fish Co., where local commercial fishing vessels have unloaded their catches since the 1940s. As a commercial fisherman in Naples for the past 38 years, I have been closely following the potential sale and redevelopment of this business and the adjoining restaurant collectively known as Kelly’s. The significance of this property is that it is home to the last vestige of Naples’ commercial fishing heritage; it is our last remaining fish house inside the city.,, On some days, at the height of the fishing season, up to 10,000 pounds of fish will cross the dock, all before 7 a.m. With the proposed redevelopment, the future of this fish house is in question. click here to read the story 18:41
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