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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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P.E.I. South Shore lobster season starting early to avoid fishing into July
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St. John’s company planning to build wind turbine farm in waters off Stephenville – “clean, green energy,” costing less than 10 cents per kilowatt hour!
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Commercial Fisherman Michael F. Champlin, of Narragansett, R.I. has passed away
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Georgia asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the latest legal battle in its 24-year fight over water rights with neighboring Florida.
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Conservation Law Foundation’s Peter Shelley, “The science is clear”
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The Esther II: A father’s boat, a son’s heart
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Chaos among crew on F/V American Dynasty leading up to the collision
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The Hansen Legacy On Deadliest Catch All Started With The Opilio Crab
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Climate change impact on lobster already visible, Lobsters struggle for breath in warming ocean
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Star of ‘Deadliest Catch’ meets privately with utility workers at Robarts Arena
Edgar Hansen, one of the stars of the Emmy-winning “Deadliest Catch” documentary series, met with utility workers who are restoring power in Southwest Florida Monday at Read More » -
FISH-NL calls for immediate halt to all fishing for northern cod outside stewardship fishery; independent assessment of DFO science
“When one of the preeminent fisheries science researchers in the world warns that Fisheries and Oceans may be dramatically overestimating the size of the iconic northern Read More » -
New restrictions pose threats for local lobstermen – “It will be disastrous for these guys all the way from Sandwich to Hull,”
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Is commercial squid fishing damaging the Massachusetts striper fishery?
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Bacher: CDFW salmon info webinar to discuss 2023 returns, 2024 ocean abundance estimates
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Dry Tortugas- Everglades National Park is expected to fully reopen by Thursday afternoon, to fully reopen by Friday morning
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NOAA Announces Atlantic Herring Management Area 1B Sub-ACL Harvested
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 26, 2021
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Gulf of Mexico fish farms move another step closer to reality
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Scup, Bluefish, Black Sea Bass, and Monkfish – 2019 Fisheries Stock Assessments
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Maine officials consider seasonal adjustments to minimum lobster size, tiered licenses
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F/V Aspasia Skipper honored for role in Icy Strait rescue
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Nova Scotia upping its game on lobster quality
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