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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

UPDATED: News Media Bungled Vineyard Wind Ocean Turbine Reporting – Vineyard Wind decision delayed until December 2020

Fishing delays in Canada worsen EU coldwater shrimp shortage

UPDATED!! NEFMC – Revised Council Meeting Agenda!

Asian carp lure Chinese investors (and Commercial Fishermen) to Kentucky

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association seeks end to federal ban on discussions related to supply

Letter: ‘Codfather’ permits should be redistributed

Maine: Elver price plummets; lobster industry seeks help

Fishermen ready for crab season

Clam War – Claims Over Shellfish Fuel a Battle in the Bay

Commercial King Mackerel Season to Re-open for Two Days November 1

Researchers cultivating arctic surf clams in Maine mud flats, hope to create interest among sushi lovers

Coast Guard capture images of daily operations in support of Hurricane Harvey

Report cites threat from fish ‘bycatch’ to ecosystems, including waters off R.I.

$20M+ in federal funds to California fisheries for disaster relief, $7M+ Oregon

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 21, 2017

Three Men Charged with Illegal Fishing Causing Environmental Damage and Threatening Industry

Video: Coast Guard set out to rescues 3 people, dog from a capsized fishing vessel offshore Apalachicola, Florida

Study: Alaska salmon stocks spiked and crashed long before commercial fishing

A heritage plundered and abandoned – 70 years of complicity from Canadian governments

BOEM elaborates on map for New York Bight areas for offshore wind

Coast Guard chopper plucks sick fisherman from F/V Sao Paulo

Terrebonne sales tax exemption for commercial fishing requested

Sonoma Coast Dungeness crab season delayed

We can’t win if we don’t fight! “Save the Oceans” – Not from “overfishing”, but from GREED!

Newfoundland scallop fishermen left high and dry

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