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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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Factory farmed salmon: inland farms offer alternative to diminishing wild stocks, with bigger carbon emissions
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N.J. commercial and recreational fishing groups aligning against coming offshore wind farms – ‘This is our farmland’
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60 Massachusetts Lawmakers urge Governor Patrick to seek fishing aid from Obama, his personal friend from their Chicago days
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Advisory group wants to move Astoria Marine Construction Co. Shipyard, Fishermen leery
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National Fish & Seafood sues former employee
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This has nothing to do with Wind-Turbines, it’s just a perfect example of will happen!!! Not only will they be providing transportation for these invasive species like the European Green Crabs before them!!!
Keep in mind the Turbine Bases will make excellent Habitat for these invasive species!!!
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–SBH–