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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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You have to ask yourself a number of questions when actions like this are taken. Is there a HIDDEN AGENDA, is it POLITICAL, KNEE JERK, or just a plain lack of COMMON SENSE?
Jobs and Traditional Careers have been under attack since the GREEN MOVEMENT has taken hold. I realize where talking about the UK here, but the same thing is happening here. So much for AMERICA HOME of the FREE… Have you noticed that this AGENDA has reduced OUR FREE access and COMMON PROPERTY by a SIGNIFICANT FRACTION?