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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

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Sea stars impacted by wasting disease spotted in chilly Alaska waters

More and More Non-Residents Hold Fishing Permits in Alaska

Lobster licensing fee fairer say’s seafood firm

Queen’s Speech: Access and management of UK waters to return to British fishermen

Disappearance of Daley Bros. another harbinger of bigger crisis facing N.L. fishery

Safety board wraps up Miss Ally probe

Review of fishery stock assessments set to begin

Marine Monument Case Aligns Trump, Conservationists

Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival celebrates its working waterfront with Blessing of the Fleet

Maine Lawmaker/Lobsterman and Sternman ‘lucky to be alive’ after a “giant rogue wave” from Lee flips lobster boat

Fishermen seek winter black bass pot fishing again

One in 100 million cotton candy lobster caught in New Hampshire

B.C. orders clean-up of decaying and abandoned cannery at Namu

Fisherman facing life in prison after finding 20 kilo’s of cocaine at sea, setting up a distribution ring

Fisherman medevaced from F/V Jeanette near Kiribati

Über-Fish: The Amazing Tunas

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 22, 2019

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, July 26, 2015

Lobster fishers want to see a crack down on poaching in southwestern Nova Scotia

Louisiana – Shrimp prices up as season closes

New Beamer Hits The Water

Christmas for the Shem Creek Fleet

Pacific Fishery Management Council – deep cuts for Sardines

NMFS: Maine’s proposal to keep right whales from getting entangled in lobstering gear doesn’t go far enough

With coronavirus pandemic procedures in place, Copper River salmon season ready to open

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