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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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Bloc Québécois wants more squid fishing after feds cut herring quota
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6 things to expect at the Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Wrightsville Beach
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Is Pebble Partnership CEO John Shively on the pipe? Says the commercial salmon industry in Alaska is losing its importance!
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New chairman at the helm of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission: commercial fisherman Sammy Corbett
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Drug ‘khat’ uncovered in Unalaska , in the area of the Unisea seafood processing plant
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Lake Erie walleye quotas up but ‘devastating’ drop for perch, says commercial fishery
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NSCC School of Fisheries providing education, training and safety
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Salmon fishing shut down on the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland
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Shadow markets mask the size of China’s demand for lobster
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 72′ Steel Offshore Lobster/Crabber, 460HP Cat, Price Reduced
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R. Tiner: “Elver fishermen target of welfare probe” article gave wrong impression
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Cook Inlet Setnet ban initiative is an anti-salmon initiative
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This Down East town isn’t enthusiastic about becoming a rocket launch site
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BP Deepwater Horizon disaster – Who are they trying to protect with this mosquito prosecution?
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Fishing crew speaks after finding missing American off B.C. coast
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Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk resigning, taking state job
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Menemsha: Commercial Striper Season Off to Slow Start
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Texas to Suspend Flounder Season as stocks continue to decline throughout the Gulf and South Atlantic
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‘Jellyballs’ Are Serious Business
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New group to fight for SouthCoast’s fishing industry
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Alaska’s Halibut, Black Cod Harvest Season Opens Tomorrow
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