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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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Slanted Journalism – Facebook posts used against candidates pursuing seats on Humboldt Bay Harbor Commission
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Washington State officials shutting down geoduck tract to harvesting
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Humboldt Bay awarded nearly half billion dollar grant for offshore wind terminal
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Scituate’s four remaining federal fishermen. Its time to revolt!
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FISH-NL plans Day of Action for Nov. 6th: ’We need more fight to make this work’
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Endangered Atlantic Salmon Are Facing A New And Potentially Devastating Threat
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House stymies aid for fisheries
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