Merry Christmas to Fishermen and their Families Throughout the world on this Glorious Day

December 25, 2023 Canada, International, International News, National, New England

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4 Responses to Merry Christmas to Fishermen and their Families Throughout the world on this Glorious Day

Joel Hovanesian says:

December 25, 2023 at 7:50 am

Merry Christmas to you guys also. Thank you for all that you have done and for your tireless advocacy for fishermen throughout the world.
This website has been a true blessing!

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borehead - Moderator says:

December 25, 2023 at 2:14 pm

Merry Christmas to you, Joel, and the Hovanesian family today. We have covered a lot of fish territory since August 2012! May God Bless you and your lovely family, today, and everyday! BH

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James R Lovgren says:

December 25, 2023 at 6:00 pm

Merry Christmas, and thank you for all the work you put in throughout the years in support of the fishing industry and all creatures of the sea. Wishing you and Carol a happy new year, and good health to go along with it, Love ya, Jim

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borehead - Moderator says:

December 26, 2023 at 1:57 pm

Merry Christmas Jim, to you and your family in this yuletide season. We send our love, and Blessings to you and your lovely wife.

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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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