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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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Outer Cape project is largest salt-marsh restoration project from Maine to New York – Against the tide in Herring River Basin
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U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Bill would shut local NOAA office
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Ex-Hull fishermen tell Nigel Farage UK has ‘never won an argument over fishing’
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Crabber combines old methods with social media to sell his catch
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More than a pin
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FISH-NL – Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Torrent River Inn in Hawke’s Bay
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Lobsterman accused of stealing traps, Some confiscated equipment belongs to late Tony Rahn
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Coast Guard battles to reopen Georgia ports after hurricane Matthew
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NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard explains stock stands
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