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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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Counting Fish – The full documentary can be seen here!
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Stormy horizons – Salmon farms
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A Greek tragedy? New England lobsters caught in perfect storm of warming seas and save the whales activism
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 22, 2018
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Chesapeake Bay fishery to keep deteriorating unless nutrients from land are addressed
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PETA wishes Warren Sapp well after shark attack, sends (delicious cruelty-free) fake lobster
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Fish fleeing for cooler waters spells trouble
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A Senate committee is recommending the federal and provincial governments continue a program aimed at retiring lobster fishing licences.
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Ocean polluters seek to have convictions overturned
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Another bump in “Ocean City Inlet” road – Commercial fishing operators say inlet’s all but closed to them as shoaling worsens
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Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission discusses salmon fishing reforms
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