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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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Public Listening Session at the New England Fishery Management Council Meeting: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 – 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA
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Getting a Jump on the Competition! Two busted for shrimping in closed state waters
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Kuskokwim fish wars heat up again as silvers enter the river
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Chinese company seeks 30-trawler fishing fleet in Guyana
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Waste Water Treatment Plants: Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids
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I Dunno. Maybe that union ain’t a good idea.- Undersized turnout for talk on lobster fishermen’s union
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ROCKLAND, Maine: Linda Bean fires back at PETA, claims animal rights group has launched ‘full-scale attack’ onlaunched ‘full-scale attack’
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Enviro groups point to chemical pollution, not overfishing, as main cause of fishery decline
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No rescue by Congress for $75M fishing boat in Anacortes that can’t fish in U.S. waters
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 24, 2021
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First Nation groups in Newfoundland and Labrador coming together to apply for new surf clam licence
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