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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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Is Fukushima Radiation Contaminating Tuna, Salmon and Herring On the West Coast of North America? by a blogger named George Washington
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Gear-lending program has harvesters working through closures and trying ropeless fishing gear without commitment
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Fishermen want to uplift Mullet Run Season
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U.S. Rep. Don Young calls for subsistence seats on council, Yukon panel
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A European Revelation On Climate That Biden Should Heed
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Red’s Eats Challenges Maine’s Business Community to Help #SaveMaineLobstermen
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Lobster boat racing season kicks off, with race season schedule.
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Chesapeake crab count up, but fewer watermen catching them
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Fishermen oppose river diversions to fix Louisiana coast
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ASMFC 2013 Summer Meeting Press Releases, Meeting Summaries and Motions
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