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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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State of Alaska Federal Fishery Disaster Request
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Ocean plankton’s absorption of CO2 higher than assumed
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Commercial whelk fishery opens in eastern Cape Breton
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County authorizes tourism grant of $300,000 to dredge Oregon Inlet
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SMU students hoping to save whales with ropeless fishing gear
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Slow going toward the 39M harvest forecast
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Open letter to John Bullard, Terry Stockwell: Fishermen are the real environmental stewards
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A Fundraiser for the Nickerson Family – Assistance for family of fallen Maine Captain
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Februay 6, 2017
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