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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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New England Clammers Fishing For Surf Clams (Rare Pictures of A Little Known Fishery)
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Lawsuit Filed to Save Four Southeast Fish From Extinction
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Two fishermen dead after lobster boat capsizes
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P.E.I. lobstermen seek environmental tax stamp
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B.C. coast to see historic cleanup of marine debris as Japanese tsunami money runs out
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Wendell’s Boy joins Tremont fleet
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Key Word -“displaced”: New London wants state to fund new pier for displaced fishermen.
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The Alaska Fisheries Report
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Seafood Coalition Supports the Commercial Vessel Discharge Reform Act of 2013
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Interesting to see this type of article brought up on a commercial fishing industry portal, and I doubt it is breaking news that everyone during their daily life either stretches the truth or are so pathologically disturbed that it is embedded in their DNA. Contemporary examples in the news would be, 1) James Comey – who should be fitted at this point for a XXXL tall orange jump suit, 2) the punched face clown and political carnival act known as Hillary Rodham Clinton, 3) Joe ‘I never can tell the truth’ Biden, 4) Lying sicko ‘Shifty’ Schiff and a tie for 5) with Mr. Money Bags – Little Mikey Bloomers and the deep swamp creep John Brennan.
See how easy it is these days when you hear these reprobates open their pie holes that you do not have to buy this guys book which I believe was written over a decade ago….
Interesting enough, Ec, is that the writer isn’t selling a book about Madoff, but opens his opinion piece with a reference to Maddoff.
When I read it, certainly your examples of upstanding civil servants come to mind, as do dirty politicians, but there were others that were on my mind, like regulators, and wind farmers that are in continues spin to push their agenda.
Listening to Comey, and his confidence in the operations of the FBI, and all I can think of is the NOAA, OLE scandal that proved to me there is a deep state full of liars, and it is aided and abetted by the media.