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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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    Western Australia’s Crystal crabs immune to impact of coronavirus, selling for more than $300

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  • Murkowski questions if Chinese shellfish ban from Alaska and Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety. (It is, Senator)

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  • Fishing industry still reeling from Sandy [Asbury Park Press, N.J.]

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  • Sedgwick lobsterman faces criminal charges, 3 yr suspension after violent ocean confrontation

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  • Marine Conservation Society fish stock downgrade branded meaningless by fishermen

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    ADF&G releases terms of new Pacific Salmon Treaty

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    Small scale NZ commercial fishers worried new video surveillance will give away their best spots

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    U.S. Coast Guard, Japanese Coast Guard and U.S. Navy medevacs fisherman off Guam

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    Red Tide Crisis: ‘It’s a ghost town out there’ – Fishermen and Protestors ask DeSantis for Emergency declaration

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    Shrimp Boat F/V Big Earl still on the beach, a fundraiser was started to help with expences to pull her off

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    SAFETY: A gradual culture change has been taking place across much of the fishing industry

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    Product of USA??? President and Chief Executive sentenced, fined for mislabeling crab meat

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  • Illegal commercial fishing to blame for dead mullet on Anna Maria Island beaches, officials say

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