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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Governor Jerry Brown’s Water board chief admits he ‘was wrong’

Prince William Sound coho, chum, sockeye harvests still rising

Pallone to introduce $193M federal bill to help Sandy-battered fishing industry

Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for September 2020 Has Arrived!

Alert over salmon deaths crisis on Scots fish farms caused by infectious disease

Coast Guard conducts multiple rescues off Ocean City, Maryland

Fishing Industry, NEFSC Team Up for Gulf of Maine Longline Study

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council suspends controversial research set-aside program

Ready to respond: FOL Cold Bay

Chinese buyers snap up Maine’s lobster haul

H.R. 4576, “Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act” Passes Committee Unanimously

Lobster only major seafood to lose value over 10-year period, report says

German vessel’s skipper lands in court on fishing charges

Art and science of counting the Kenai River’s precious king salmon – ‘Kenai not overharvested’

Dungeness Crab Season Could be Delayed Again this Year – The push for pop-up gear systems

California Dungeness Crab season opens Dec. 23

‘Pirate’ fishing charters make money with no license. A recent attempt to stop them failed

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) – Public Meetings Scheduled: Preserving and Protecting MA Groundfish Industry

NEFMC Initiates Monkfish-Skate Specifications; Approve Monkfish RSA Priorities; Discuss Skate Limited Access

Neglected fishing nets lurking in Lake Michigan create headaches for boaters

With demands for an investigation, Skipper describes how local boats are pushed out of fishing grounds

Cape Breton snow crab fishery escapes impact of right whale closures, Different story in New Brunswick

Dr. Rothschild receives Lifetime Achievement Award and Discusses CSF’s Proposed Rewritten National Standards

Celebrating with sake, Japanese whalers bring ashore first catch

Washington and Oregon States adopt lower Columbia seine salmon fisheries

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