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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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Aleutian Islands Nominated as National Marine Sanctuary
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Magnuson-Stevens Act – National Standards 1, 3, 7 – Proposed Revisions
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Commercial Fisherman Gregory Allan Bray of Perryville, R.I., has passed away
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Unicorns and Mermaids! Ocean Rebellion in Cornwall call for ban on bottom trawling
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CF/V Gale Force grounded by storm leaking fuel onto Comox beach
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Fisherman loses most of his lobster traps in fire
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Nova Scotia looks to keep redfish quota as other provinces want in
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77-foot fishing boat runs aground on Jersey Shore beach
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Maine lobstermen will not be scapegoated over right whale
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Hooked on the thrill and tedium of commercial fishing
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New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Portsmouth January 24 thru 26, 2017
The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting in Portsmouth N.H. at the Sheraton Harborside. To read the final agenda, click here Register click here to listen Read More » -
Reflection on the Minderoo Foundation’s Global Fishing Index by Ray Hilborn
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Brixham is celebrating after being named Port of the Year
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