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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

Alaska Seafood Industry Asks For Retaliatory Ban on Russian Imports

Fishing quota carryover reeled in by NOAA

Senate Commerce Committee approves S 2094, the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Black gill disease shows up early in Georgia shrimp

F/V Jamie Lynn stuck ashore due to tides, strong winds, and a needed plan to release her

New demersal trawler COPIOUS LK 985 delivered to 60 North Fishing

TRADEX 3-Minute Market Insight – Further Shrimp Price Increases to Impact East & West Coast Markets

Killing to Conserve – Is it effective, or ethical, to cull one protected species to help another?

Stealing from Fishermen – Two NRP busts lead to fishery charges

NCFA Weekly Update for Feb. 20, 2015

New England Fisheries to be Topic of Discussion on Boston’s WHDH Urban Update: Airs Sunday, December 9th at 11:30am

Top climate hawk bashes first big offshore wind project. Sheldon??

Red Snapper Quotas could affect Commercial Fisherman and Restaurants

Police save naked RI man from water off pier in New Bedford

Le Canot – French owner welcomes new scallop trawler to fleet

Western Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting October 21–24 in Pago Pago, American Samoa.

Sockeye market volatile, say industry experts – Boat prices dropping, What about Wholesale/Retail?

Sunday Night: Rockporter joins sixth season of ‘Wicked Tuna’

Pew Supported Study Shows Inbreeding in Winter Flounder in Long Island’s Bays

EU pressure on illegal fishing threatens more than 8,000 Thai fishing boats

Alaska Supreme Court upholds $20,000 fine for Metlakatla fisherman in fishing rights case

Winter Crabbers Start Strong Despite New Quota for Norton Sound

‘Pervasive’ amounts of radioactive material found in LA, Long Beach harbors

Hearing! 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday – MSA Reauth – Oversight of Fisheries Management Successes and Challenges

President: “Fishermen for Trump, I like that,”

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