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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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Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

SEA-NL: Seal summit fails to produce action plan

Latest joke in labour circus; FFAW’s top executives acclaimed after thousands blocked from union election: FISH-NL

Unfounded Environmentalist Dogma Overshadows DFO Mackerel Meeting

Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. ordered to pay $100,000 for academic research after illegal pesticide dump

Time is running out to protect the Atlantic coast from Seismic Testing for oil exploration

Deepwater canyons off northeast US coast harbour coral hotspots

Commerce appoints Blue North CEO to serve on NPFMC

Sea Grant awards $2 million to advance understanding of American lobster, support industry

Happy Birthday, Ginny! Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ celebrates 103rd birthday

A new commercial fishery for deep water crabs is being considered in South Australia

TradexFoods 3-Minute Market Insight – Pacific Hake Plugging Up West Coast, Upcoming Puget Sound Chum Salmon Run

Lubec, Maine: A Town in Between

Gulf of Maine: Whale scientists fire back – Marine biologists disagree with a judge’s decision

Alaskan Fishing Boat Captain/Pro Skier…McKenna Peterson Is One Badass Woman

South Atlantic Council, NOAA science gets ripped! Another crooked closure of red snapper

A Czech fisherman in Alaska is bringing a taste of the Pacific back home

Bloated whale carcass beached in Lamaline – I don’t see any fishing gear on it!

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service proposed rule to amend ESA sections 4, 7, 10 of the Act

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Schumer: Feds should renew permit to keep cormorants away from Oneida Lake

P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association: Lower catches and increased demand are driving lobster prices up

Swordfish captain, author Linda Greenlaw, to speak at Gould commencement

F/V Lonestar Not Going Anywhere, For Now

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