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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

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44′ Calvin Beal Lobster Boat, 4’4″ aluminum extension, 405-HP Cummins

Herring quota in southwestern Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, reduced again

States Schedule Hearings on Atlantic Menhaden Draft Amendment 2 – The dates, times, locations, and analysis provided by savingseafood.org

Bluffton has the last hand-shucking oyster house in SC; owner wants to ‘keep it alive’

Commercial fisherman guilty in man’s sea cucumber diving death

Long Island Sound boundary at Oyster Bay Harbor decided by courts

THREATENED – Scallop fishing off the coast of Long Island

It’s OK to be crabby

NOAA, NGOs debate effects of ocean farms on wildlife, Litigation may be deterring investors

Alaska: Seafood industry faces more uncertainty

Maine to spend $25 million to rebuild waterfront after devastating winter storms and flooding

Drilling plan off Nova Scotia eco-friendly, says Shell

Fishermen Want More Time to Negotiate Over Wind

NORTH CAROLINA FISHERIES ASSOCIATION – WEEKLY UPDATE – July 4, 2014

Lobstermen speak out against proposal to have Maine’s entire fleet report data

9 dead, 3 missing after trawlers collide off Peru

Fire Dept. Honored On 5th Anniversary of Saving Historic Workboat from Flames

By executive order, Gov. Walker merges Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission with Alaska F&G

Time, salt air takes its toll on Middle Thorofare Bridge

Salt in their veins and fire in their bellies: fishermen battling for Brexit

United States continues global leadership to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

NMFS Approves “Majority” of Council’s Habitat Amendment

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

EDITORIAL: All aboard for saving right whales

Parat Halvorsen to Install Steamboiler on F/V American Triumph

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