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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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Despite arbitrator’s ruling that FFAW strike was illegal, president says he’d do it again
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The Whale Killing Study the Feds are Afraid to Do
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Carbon monoxide leak at fish plant has union, processors at loggerheads
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But Will They Sell Spiney Dogfish? – Loblaws commits to sustainable seafood products by end of 2013
The head of Loblaws told the seafood industry on Monday that the grocery chain is on track with its plans to only sell sustainable fish products by the end of Read More » -
Commercial fishermen rail against Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion plan
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Herring in Missouri? Hell Ya! Angler ties state record with 3-pound fish
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Congress votes to keep USCG chopper in Newport Oregon
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Sipekne’katik Social and Ceremonial Fishery Delayed To June 3rd
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Officials are calling off the search for the fishing vessel Alaska Juris.
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DFO rejects rock crab plan to ease lobster bait shortage
The P.E.I. government has asked for the rock crab fishery to open early to help with a lobster bait shortage, but the request has been rejected Read More » -
Fish Farm: Audit finds 70 percent of B.C. fish-processing plants do not comply with environmental regulations
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British Columbia approves reopening of Mount Polley mine after tailings spill; may threaten downstream Alaska watershed
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Comment: Stop polluting before you worry about ocean garbage – Erik van Sebille
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900 tonnes of herring unloaded in Hull as city’s fish industry booms
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F/V Bing Bing: Captain and deckhand recovering in hospital, one released – Vessel to be salvaged
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Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished?
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A submerged concern: offshore wind cables
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