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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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Lobstermen mull changes – Alterations to season, new work week for crews among association’s plans
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Product of USA??? President and Chief Executive sentenced, fined for mislabeling crab meat
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Washington again delays commercial crabbing on south coast
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Fish crime does not pay: Freeport fisherman Beau Gillis speaks about his heavy sentence
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Five B.C. First Nations say salmon decision shows systemic racism at DFO
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Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale
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It’s four years since the Brexit vote. Now what?
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Coast Guard investigating fishing fatality
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Aleutian Spray extends Starbound to produce high grade surimi, fishmeal, fish oil
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Garret Graves calls CARES Act funding for Louisiana fisheries a ‘slap in the face’
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Carving up the Bureaucracy – MPI dismantling received positively by Nelson fishing industry
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Council for Sustainable Fishing based in Inlet is watchdog for fishermen
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Industry silenced locals on coastal planning- “onslaught of massive, unplanned development from federal Outer Continental Shelf oil leasing” By LISA WEISSLER
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AK New Year kicks off with cod; goes all year round
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