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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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Great idea. And it sure as hell doesn’t matter how crowded their beds are — They can just suck it up, roll over and make room!
Great writing, BH! It’s all starting to come together hopefully the storm continues and the big green mafia is fully exposed for all to see
Absolutely brilliant and spot on BH. But the one thing you forgot was accountability measures. There has to be accountability measures!
Oh shit I forgot, they work for the government and are accountable to no one.
Oh to be a fly on the wall of these crooks offices.
US congress,…..the largest organized crime syndicate in the history of the world. With the Capo du tuttti Capi residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue