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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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Woods Hole gets $5.2M to research marine microbes from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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New Hampshire fishermen face declining prices
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Southeast commercial king crab season will remain closed
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THE COMMITTEE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE ACTION AND DIRECT NOAA TO CLOSE NERO IMMEDIATELEY
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Federal scrutiny on the Bounty’s ill-fated final voyage
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H.R. 2504 – House approves Poliquin’s proposal for swifter exports of Maine seafood
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) that aims to limit mandatory inspections and hasten Read More » -
NMFS issues overfishing notice for 4 northwest salmon stocks, and North Pacific swordfish
The federal agency in charge of managing fisheries has ruled four stocks of Pacific Northwest salmon are being overfished. The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Department Read More » -
Study shows depleted fish stocks can come back from the brink What a difference in articles!
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New England/Mid Atlantic: Public Scoping Meetings for Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
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Offshore Wind: California’s New Gold Rush
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