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

Recent Posts

New Mississippi rule on oysters not based on science, Vietnamese group says in lawsuit

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Decision on preliminary injunction on offshore sale in ‘coming days’

Department of Justice: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty in spill

Senators Markey and Sullivan introduced the Ocean, Coastal and Estuarine Acidification Necessitates (OCEAN) Research Act.

Rep. Antonio F.D. Cabral seeks $450,000 for SMAST project

Fishermen’s Premium Atlantic Lobster Inc to finance lobster processing plant in Nova Scotia

We went down hard, but FixMyWP.com picked us back up!

Fishermen’s Wives attorney responds to Coast Guard claims that the helicopter is not needed in Newport

Gulf of Maine lobster stock at an all-time high

NCFA Weekly Update for June 10, 2024

United We Fish -10 years ago fishermen marched on D.C.

Coast Guard medevacs ailing fisherman at Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

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RCMP tell onlookers to stay away from Bonavista boat fire

Highest Hurdle For Deepwater May Be Winning The Trust Of The Region’s Fishing Community

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