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Fishing is the most dangerous job
A short article about the commercial fishing occupation.
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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Recent Posts
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Local boats forced off fishing grounds by large Spanish-owned but UK-registered fishing vessels
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Yarmouth herring seiner grounded off Isle Haute
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Woman shot on fishing vessel in Port of Cape May
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ADF&G News Release Announcement: Dutch Harbor Food and Bait Herring Fishery Announcement #3
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Responses to fishing crises differ, Bob Borck, FV Belle J II
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A halibut issue impacts south coast fishermen
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Second Second Giant Sea Creature Washes Ashore Along Santa Monica Coastline
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Iceland’s Forgotten Fisherwomen
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Community meeting sees scathing opposition to offshore wind farm in Coos Bay and Brookings
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East Hampton Selects Captain Julie Evans to Represent Fisheries on Wind Farm Project
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N.L. pledges $2M to seal hunt
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Bristol Bay fishermen poised to pass on pinks – The price for pinks? About 28 cents per pound
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GOP Senate candidate Geoff Diehl visits New Bedford waterfront
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FISH-NL asks Ottawa to review quota-sharing arrangements of adjacent stocks – A Letter to Fisheries Minister Wilkinson
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Tsukiji market’s last days: Tuna from around the world
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Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance Inc. – New Attack on Cook Inlet Setnetters
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Tautai o Samoa Longline and Fishing Association wants waiver to fish in 50 mile zone
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Captain of scorched fishing vessel mourns loss of ‘dream’ boat
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Impressive pearl found in Bay of Fundy scallop
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Virginia’s blue crab commercial harvest period extended
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Red snapper catches reported as outstanding, stock assessment needed now
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Clearwater, Florida June 20 – 24, 2016
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NOFish Announces Area Closures for Common Pool Northeast Groundfish Fishery
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New Measures Proposed for Federal Waters Lobster Fishery
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New Brunswick Crab fishermen to test ropeless fishing
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