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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

Deadliest Catch Roundup – Season 12 – Various articles leading up to tonight’s Season Premier

Fishermen indicted in federal court for alleged fraud, violation of herring laws face September trial

Low price for lobster stirs anger in Canada – But protests similar to the ones last year are not expected to target Maine.

Rewards offered for information in Gulf of Mexico dolphin attacks Captain Paul Watson pledged a whopping $20,000 reward

Port au Choix crab fishermen charged with obstruction of justice over May protest

Coast Guard assists fishing vessel taking on water near Ocracoke Island, NC

New England: Catch accountability should take place at the dock

NOAA selects Penobscot River Watershed, and Choptank River Complex for targeted habitat conservation efforts

Climate change impact on lobster already visible, Lobsters struggle for breath in warming ocean

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for December 26, 2016

NOAA reviews new management measues aimed at allowing young scallops to mature

Cairns detectives charge man with torture and slavery offences against deckhands on board his fishing vessels

Galloway fishing representatives hope voices will be heard after meeting cabinet minister

Dives show no sign of Foxy Lady II crew Foxy Lady II wreckage covers wide area, Coast Guard says

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Shrimp Season to Close In Majority of State Inside Waters Thursday, July 18,

A New Bedford fishing boat needed a new engine. Cost: $175K. And that was just the start.

Pollack fishing: Setting quota to zero ‘damaging’ to South-West industry

Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers announces US-Russia pact on illegal fishing

Death of deckhand in Hurricane Irma leaves void in Tarpon Springs

Getting a Jump on the Competition! Two busted for shrimping in closed state waters

They got Beamer.

We have not published anything by a non-scientist… until today! A fisherman responds to George Burgess

A Fire Bug? Prince of Wales Island fires damage three commercial boats and a building

Fukushima sake brewer warms shattered Japanese fishing community

Trawling has “negligible” effect on soft-bottom seafloor

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