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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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Feds say few commercial fishing trips are monitored
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Seafood industry contributes $3.2B a year to the Maine economy, report says
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Brexit doubt and dismay replace optimism in fishing villages
Fishing communities were among the strongest supporters of the UK leaving the EU ahead of the 2016 referendum, but on Scotland’s north-east coast the Brexit wind Read More » -
Ocean planning meetings at village level urged – Locals push back
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Battered by a marine heatwave, Kodiak’s cod fishermen may not be fishing in the Gulf for much longer
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Two missing fishermen found dead off the Maine coast
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Roger the lobster saved after his date with a dinner plate falls through
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SNAPSHOT IN TIME: MAGNOLIA | Fishermen’s Terminal
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Sitka Sound having another spawning wave
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Marine resources commissioner opposes task force to study addiction in fishing industry
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NOAA disperses final $13M for 2012 king salmon disaster
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New York State DEC Adopts Regulations for the Atlantic Ocean Surfclam Fishery
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‘Some will call it a day’, warns East Neuk prawn fisherman as Coronavirus and Brexit impact bites
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The abandoned Irish Piper did not go quietly. But go it did!
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NFFO Fights Back against Appeasement
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National Aquarium Willing To Pull Baltimore Canyon Designation Effort If Community Opposition Continues
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DFO investigates fishing licences for outside control
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Large scale investigation into alleged lobster fishery violations
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