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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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Sad news: Barnegat Light Scalloper ‘Apparently Fell Overboard’ and Dies in Massachusetts
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Tofino whale watching tragedy rescuers honoured by Lifesaving Society
Ten people who helped rescue victims after a whale watching boat capsized off the coast of Tofino in October, 2015 have been awarded medals for their Read More » -
NH Candidates Sought/New England Fishery Management Council – Feb. 5
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Birth of the Eagle: How a Nazi training ship found its way to the Coast Guard Academy
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Lawsuit claims sexual harrassment, worker retaliation at seafood company in Skagit County
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Probe cites wrongs by NOAA prosecutors
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Fishermen Land $20 Million in Dungeness Crab in Crescent City, $51.1 million statewide
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My View: Science, sense needed in fishing’s ‘human crisis’ – Scott W. Lang
The human crisis in the groundfishing industry is a real crisis. It is not contrived, it is not looming, it is not a threat, it is Read More » -
Pitted against the hook-and-line halibut fleet are 16 Bering Sea trawlers – Conflict threatens to close Bering Sea halibut fishery
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New York Commercial Fishermen blast new Department of Environmental Conservation report
Commercial fishing advocates Thursday lambasted a new state report that criticizes New York’s top fisheries regulator. At a rally beside a commercial fishing trawler in Hampton Read More » -
Harbour seals prime suspect in decline of steelhead populations in Thompson watershed
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Prince William Sound humpy forecast of 67.16 million fish is largest on record!
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Locals Tow Burning Fishing Vessel Away from Port Saunders Wharf to Limit Damage
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Coast Guard search underway after radio beacon alert and debris found off Wilmington, North Carolina
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Fish board boosts limits for salmon dipnetters on Copper River
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Eastern Shore fisherman pleads guilty to overharvesting, trafficking of striped bass
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Netting Alaska’s spoils – Craig Medred
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