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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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EMS is easy; AK fishermen will shape the program
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Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet tows disabled F/V Ocean One, finds numerous safety violations
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Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association calls for herring catch study
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Fish processor seethes in court over RCMP actions during Shippagan riots
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Oregon: State regulators rushing to catch up on market squid fishery
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Richmond herring sale for kids with cancer next week
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Just Now! F/V Osprey sails out of New Bedford across a skim of ice.
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NOAA and its new “partner” Ørsted agree to share data on wind farm lease areas
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