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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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Alaskan Fisheries Fight Back Against Russia’s Food Import Ban
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Seabrook, New Hampshire honors fishermen lost at sea
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Updated, Corrected. Search continues for five Nova Scotia fishermen, F/V Miss Ally capsized in heavy winds and high seas
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Fukushima radiation has reached U.S. shores – Poses no danger to humans or the environment, they say.
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Trade minister says she’ll keep eye on U.S. probe of Canadian lobster industry
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New England: Judge Says He’ll Decide Within 2 Weeks When Feds Issue New Right Whale Protection Rules
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Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence cod could be extinct by mid-century: report
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Memorializing a fishing tragedy helps complete a family puzzle — 50 years later
About 200 Islanders gathered in Souris, P.E.I., on Saturday to remember the 10 fishermen who died when their boat Iceland II was grounded in a storm off Read More » -
N.J.’s fluke question will be answered next week
New Jersey will get an answer to the question of whether the state is out of compliance with its 18-inch summer flounder regulation next week. State Read More » -
Alaskan halibut, caught by a century-old Seattle boat, provides a glimpse of Amazon’s strategy with Whole Foods
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Common sense and disaster relief – Paul Cohan, Gloucester
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Fishing boat gets stuck in Danish ice, collides with bridge
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F/V Demi Lynn, sinks at her Warren Town Wharf berth
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Steve Train, lobsterman
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NY State, Fishermen Map Out Possible Conflicts At Sea To Help Clear Way For Future Wind Turbines
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Tribes air issues with non-Indian sport, commercial fisheries
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Conservationists: Overturning Net Ban is Fishing for Trouble
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