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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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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 26 , 2019
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Spanish fish barons admit taking illegal catches in UK waters
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EDF Matt Mullins View: Electronic monitoring is inexpensive, effective
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Mussel boat pulled off sandbar after capsizing near Malpeque Harbour
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Bloated Bureaucracy Creating Conflict by Executive Order – NOP Riverhead “Listening Session”
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Scientists want protections for salmon in Tongass
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Typifies how clueless the government, in all forms, is about this industry
Politicians are getting younger. Its become a career choice. There in no one more clueless than youth, which is wasted on the young!