July 4, 2016 – May God Bless our Freedom, and the United States of America
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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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God bless America and those who protect her.
As for crooked Hillary and her band of liars and thieves, well………….
Joel,
God bless America and you and your family.
Joel is a true patriot.
Economic efficiency, political correctness and liberalism IS destroying the United States of America.
God Bless the Protectors, workers, and honest citizens of—–OUR COUNTRY!!!!
Thank you Steve. I hope you and your family had a great holiday.
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