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

Recent Posts

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Tri Marine Group announces closure of Samoa Tuna Processors cannery December 11

Commercial Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Income Tax Evasion

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber’s festering dispute with the commercial fishing community comes to a head

Alaska: 8 People Were Murdered Aboard a Fishing Boat. Though It’s the State’s Most Infamous Mass Killing, It’s Also Unsolved.

A Q&A With Nantucket Scalloper Carl Sjolund

Coronavirus: Maine Fishermen’s Forum board of directors has canceled the 2021 event

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NRDC petitions NMFS to list a new (and very endangered) species. Of course they do.

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This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Pink salmon diets take a direct hit.

151 Maine legislators call on Biden to rescind new lobster fishing reg’s, while the real threat remains

Crabbers Want In on Federal Plan to Trace Illegal Seafood

Stanley launches wood-glass hybrid

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One king salmon worth more than a barrel of oil to AK fishermen; Updates for 2018/19

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Louisiana seeking temporary exemption from TEDs – Shrimpers are fighting the impact of debris left by Hurricane Isaac

Panel endorses changes to tribal elver bill, deal ‘pretty much gone,’ says tribe

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