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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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Letter: ‘Codfather’ permits should be redistributed
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Alaska fishermen bewildered, alarmed at loss of king salmon
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Alaska Senate passes Stedman’s sea otter resolution
The Alaska Senate passed a resolution Wednesday calling on the federal government to take steps to increase the harvest of sea otters in Southeast Alaska. Senate Read More » -
Breaking News – Disastrous Start to Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery – But is it Really?
Yesterday morning we were told that the Oregon Dungeness Crab season was off to a near disastrous start. The “derby” style fishery opened on December 1st Read More » -
Über-Fish: The Amazing Tunas
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Florida Keys Lobster season starts with record harvest, low prices
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A massive coastal wind farm off Long Island will please pretty much no one
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OPINION: Deadly year at sea reminds us that perceptions about PFDs are outdated
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting August 15 – 18, 2016, New Orleans, LA
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State, federal officials confiscate, sell nearly 3,600 pounds of fish from longline vessel
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Pallone, Environmentalists Want Shipping Speeding Rules Enforced
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Two companies have proposed offshore wind farms in Hawaii
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Chase Dixon of Otway, N.C. has passed away
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