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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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Tell Your Members of Congress: Stop the Approval of GE Salmon – Food & Water Watch
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Sam Novello Writes: I HAVE FISHED GULF OF MAINE FOR FORTY YEARS
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Greedy and gangs attracted to Maine’s lucrative elver fishery – video
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Maine’s Groundfishing Fleet Awaits Word on Sandy Disaster Relief – Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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Once Robust, Bluefin Tuna Fishery Is In Economic Freefall
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Noise Pollution from an Ocean Idustrialization Shill
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My View: Joann Mackenzie – Richard Gaines
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Arson charged in boat burning – intended to burn the Slava II because he was having issues with his father and called him “a son of a bitch.”
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Feds botched the review of Vineyard Wind, lawsuit alleges – Concern over right whales in lawsuit
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Fishery Reform Post Brexit -New technology may allow regulation by effort rather than quotas
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Bitter Denunciations at Marathon Meeting on Wind Farm
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Cool Video, Cool Music, Cool Fishery – Commercial Fishing Video Of The Day | Fish On | Roe On Kelp Harvest 2014
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For offshore wind, expect more delays, review won’t be done until December
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Coast Guard suspends search for person in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama
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Privatize – Eliminate – Consolidate – Gloucester groundfish sectors consolidate
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The CPRA has decided that some Louisiana Fishing Communities have to go! Are YOU ok with that??
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European court expected to back attempt by pelt traders and sporran makers to reverse 2010 ruling Read the comments
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New Jersey: Local Lawmakers Criticize Legislation to Fast-Track Offshore Wind Farm
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