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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  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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  The latest from Dick Grachek  - CLF NMFS AND LAWSUITS

  Who Owns Fish Under Briberization?  The Kleptocrac​y – Featured Writer Stephen Taufen

   Todays International news at Fisheryworld.com

   The Big Green Money Machine – how anti-fishing activists are taking over NOAA

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   CONQUEST OF THE OCEAN - Taking over the fishing regulations of a nation involves vanity and corruption -

   

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    You should read this. Right whale extinction crisis gains momentum on Capitol Hill

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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 4, 2019

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    Washington fish spill ‘a sad case of déjà vu,’ NL-CAR says

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    Marblehead lobstermen frustrated by lack of storage options

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  • Marine Monument excerpts from Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 8/26/2016

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    DFO study results on crab stocks bad news for harvesters, Bonavista fisherman comments. Then, theres the Cod.

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    Top brass exit Nature Conservancy amid sexual harassment investigation

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    We were here first

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  • Alaska’s Board of Fisheries will meet in Anchorage Feb. 26 to March 4 to talk about Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands issues.

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