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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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N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission has chosen a compromise on a controversial shrimp trawl amendment.
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Draft Southeast Sea Otter Population Assessment Out
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Fishing boat captain from East Lyme pleads guilty in tax evasion case
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Retired Commercial Fisherman Joseph C. Whaley Jr. of Narragansett, R.I. has passed away
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Could the Harp be the Next Tourist Attraction? Christopher Mitchelmore
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Computer Glitch shuts inshore herring fishery causing bait shortage – Price Spikes!
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Rutherford, others sign letter opposing Atlantic coast seismic testing for oil exploration
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Tensions run high as crab harvesters call on N.L. government to introduce outside buyers
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Seal Fishery Set to Open Tuesday
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N.L. government will help displaced fish plant workers
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Grimsby man whose house was full of model boats sells 400 of them at auction
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update August 3, 2014
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