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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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North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet in Homer, Alaska, September 30 – October 9, 2019
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Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 13 crewmen from sinking F/V Tremont 63 miles southeast of Chincoteague
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Current Cod Crisis 500 Years in the Making
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This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Do it yourself energy audits for fishing boats.
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Seal hunt inhumane? How about a bullfight? – The hypocrisy of the European Union’s ban on Canadian seal products
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Newfoundland ponders direct fish sales to citizens
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Volunteer force in search for fisherman expected to grow over weekend
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Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska
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Commercial Fisherman Scott Allan Fulford of Peabody, MA, has passed away
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Deepwater Wind’s political ties helped lift $1.5B green-energy proposal to LIPA finals
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