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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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UPDATE: Tugs tow Coast Guard cutter, disabled fishing vessel back to Kodiak
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This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Landings and poundage and values, oh my! What a difference a word makes
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Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater medevacs ailing fisherman
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State House hearing on calamari shows importance of squid to R.I. economy
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Biden Administration Is Killing Whales and Covering it Up
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Fishing Vessel Orion is the latest new trawler from Macduff Shipyards
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Port Clinton Fish company owner invests $170,000 into business
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Gloucester webinar tackles concerns about wind farm projects
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Baby eels remain one of America’s most valuable fish after strong year in Maine
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UPDATED: Maine’s shrimp fishery may face new restrictions
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Reminder – NEFMC, Notice of Public Hearings for Habitat Amendment 2
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Read the final Coast Guard report on the 2019 sinking of F/V Scandies Rose in Gulf of Alaska
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