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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

For Spanish fishermen, sea’s bounty includes plastic

Gulf of Maine Research Institute says lobster season will likely start around June 19.

North Atlantic right whale – from Endangered to Critically Endangered

Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia fund projects to boost innovation in the fish and seafood sector

P.E.I. fall lobster prices are going up and landings are good according to fishermen’s group

Choppy waters limit crowd, times at Bass Harbor lobster boat races

Cape Pond invests in new ice maker, and into the future of the Gloucester fishing fleet.

Are you a survivor like John Aldridge?

Big Turnout for the Fluke for Luke Fishing Tournament on the Vineyard!

Fishermen condemn Labor candidate Lucy Stanton’s claims – Mark Jason Alexander, Commercial fisherman

Columbia coho run 26 percent larger than forecast

Did catch shares enable the Codfather’s fishing fraud?

Interior Department Considers Cable Plan to Wire Ocean Floor for Wind Farms Off NJ-NY Coast

Alaska Fish Said to be Unaffected by Fukushima Accident

States to announce Friday if New England is ready for more offshore wind farm

Huge crowd! 1,800+ People voice concerns at Ocean City offshore wind turbine meeting

Letter: Follow the leaders in fisheries management – Gus Etchegary Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s

CEO of company that recorded 2.6 million dead salmon apologizes to N.L. government

Catching Jonah: Could an overlooked crab break Maine’s lobster dependence?

Alaska files cross-appeal in fishing case it won against 13 subsistence fishermen

Elver season falls short of statewide quota – Feds suspect significant illegal activity, though.

Canadian shrimp processors face survival test on falling quotas

Lobster Fisherman loses hand in lobster boat accident

Why Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national day of service

North Carolina: Local shrimpers still competing with the flood of imported shrimp

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