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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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Russian Crab Renews Fleet
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Invader green crabs from Europe threaten havoc in Puget Sound
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The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong
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Nanaimo Poacher/ Hired Skipper Scott Steer found guilty of selling large quantities of illegally caught fish. Owner alerted DFO
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Santa Cruz teen brothers start Point Fish Co.
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Newfoundland sisters continue family’s lobster legacy
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