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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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‘Founder of New Bedford scalloping’ dies at 91- Myron Marder – accountant turned fleet owner helped jump-start the industry in the 1960s.
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Former Board of Fisheries nominee charged with Permanent Fund fraud
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Over the last few years, federal law enforcement have arrested and convicted a slew of aquarium wildlife collectors in an operation dubbed “Operation Rock Bottom.” The Read More » -
Coast Guard Medevacs 67-year-old fishing vessel Captain from Matagorda Bay, Texas
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Outdoors: Commercial hoarding threatens to flatten winter flounder stocks
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X15-Powered Lobster Boats on the Water, the first commercial fishing application of this engine.
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A Good News Report: Blue crab numbers rebounding
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Copper River Seafoods Does the Right Thing by Thumbing Their Noses at the MSC
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Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Making Hoax Distress Call
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Fish, Drugs, and Murder – As fisheries along this idyllic looking coast unravel, so does social order.
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Does this sound familiar?
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Donated, discounted traps going to lobster fishermen whose gear was destroyed
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Tories ask ethics commissioner to probe fishery bid they say favours Liberal insiders
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Newfoundland and Labrador Groundfish Industry Development Council launches with recognition of challenges ahead
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