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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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Corps of Engineers called in to do an emergency dredging of Ocean City inlet
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Crab Harvesters Demand Fair Share
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Cod quotas slashed on Cape Cod
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‘This process was wrong’: N.L. fisheries minister says criticism of surf clams decision is building
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Back in Black: Black Sea Bass Stock is Rebuilt
The wait wasn’t easy but it’s over. NOAA Fisheries has declared the southern stock of black sea bass successfully rebuilt. With that, the combined commercial and Read More » -
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ASMFC Summer Meeting – August 4-6, 2015 – Alexandria, Virginia, Listen LIVE!
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Damage Control For Flooding (Some notes on what to do when you have that sinking feeling)
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Dan Webster’s Sustainable Shark and Fisheries Trade Act Championed in Senate by Marco Rubio, Lisa Murkowski
At the end of last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced they would champion in the Senate U.S. Rep. Read More » -
Maine’s new elver rules will delay season start until April
Jeff Nichols, spokesman for Maine Department of Marine Resources, said Tuesday that because of the time needed to work out the logistics of the new measures, Read More » -
Volunteers will be dishing out some free surplus salmon from Michigan DNR weirs.
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Crab season delayed again in Oregon – Crabbers on hold until at least Dec. 31
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Fishing Industry At Risk Of Disappearing In New England – Video
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Legendary Boat Builder Ralph W. Stanley of Southwest Harbor has passed away
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American Eel Is in Danger of Extinction
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