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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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Three Days left to Comment on Proposed Rule on National Standard 1: Deadline is Sept. 15
September 10, 2012 — A reminder that the deadline for comment on the Proposed Rule on National Standard 1, which was originally scheduled for August 1, has been extended until Sept. 15. There are five days left to comment.
http://www.savingseafood.org/regulations/five-days-left-to-comment-on-proposed-rule-on-national-standard-1-deadline-is-sep-2.html
Fisheries of the United States; National Standard 1 Guidelines https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/05/03/2012-10683/fisheries-of-the-united-states-national-standard-1-guidelines
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