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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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Baltimore Canyon “urban sanctuary” off OC worries fishermen
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Vinalhaven man pleads guilty to making false distress call to Coast Guard
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Fishermen’s Premium Atlantic Lobster Inc to finance lobster processing plant in Nova Scotia
Fishermen’s Premium Atlantic Lobster company said millions of pounds of Nova Scotia lobster are exported to processing plants in New Brunswick every year and estimates a Read More » -
Hundreds of pounds of Lake Erie fish left to spoil in untended nets
A Leamington commercial fishing company and boat captain have pleaded guilty to allowing fish to spoil and have been fined a total of $3,500. Conservation officers Read More » -
RALEIGH NC: Observer funds, JEA clear state legislature
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Prince Charles and his Privatization/Consolidation EDF Intoxication Situation.
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Astoria drops below Newport in commercial catch
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Government Shutdown: Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown
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Tonight On the Fisheries Broadcast, Fisherynation.com
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‘French fishermen want direct talks with Jersey’
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#LobsterLivesMatter: Vegan compares lobster rescue to Underground Railroad
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Congress eyeing changes to commercial fishing law
mainetoday.com – WASHINGTON — As Congress prepares to revisit the law governing how U.S. fishermen ply their trade, New England’s beleaguered groundfish industry illustrates the challenge Read More » -
BC Commercial Crab Harvester Fined $20,000 for Fishing Illegally
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Maine Lobster Fest Organizers Not Plagued By Concerns Over Lobsters’ Feelings
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Most of P.E.I.’s 960-boat spring lobster fleet will set gear Saturday – Fishermen from Point Prim to Victoria will set a week later
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Despite Coronavirus pandemic, work continues on Western Flyer
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NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center to gauge unprecedented West Coast toxic algal bloom
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California drift gill nets escape legislative ban; new technology promises to reduce bycatch
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Gloucester fisherman get shout-out at Gotham Awards
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Absence of right whales in Bay of Fundy puzzles scientists
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Research vessel departs for study of ‘black hole’ of Hudson Bay
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F/V Misty Blue Missing – 2 Rescued, Coast Guard searching for 2 crew members
The U.S. Coast Guard Northeast is searching for two crewmen who were aboard a vessel in distress 10 miles off the coast of Nantucket on Monday. Read More »
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