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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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This horse shit has been going on for decades. NOAA/NMFS aided and abetted by the lame stream media has been on a crusade to destroy the commercial fishing industry in order to get fisherman off the water to make room for these giant corporations, mostly foreign, to invade and take over everything that has sustained our nation. We are being invaded by hostile foreign entities. From our sovereign borders to our oceans and lands. Chinese buying lands next to our most sensitive military bases. Aided by our elected officials who turn a blind eye and continually allow it to happen. Are you friggin kidding? Way to go Joe.
These so called environmental groups use these corporations as a cash cow to further destroy and further their own utopian visions as to how things should be. They drove me out of doing what was a lifelong occupation. 46 years worth.
I made a decision that I was not going to play along with their idiotic games.
WHEN INJUSTICE BECOMES LAW …. REBELLION BECOMES DUTY!!!