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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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Fishing crew speaks after finding missing American off B.C. coast
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More humpbacks could cause problems by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News (audio)
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Storm damages fishing boat, raises Holy Hell in western Newfoundland
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P.E.I. oyster season delayed for at least a week due to ice
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Sparse Fraser River sockeye run is an echo of 2009
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MFV LOUISA Crew family fund
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Fishermen Outraged! ‘We have to buy our jobs back’
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Areas closed to protect North Atlantic Right whales ready to re-open Friday in western P.E.I.
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