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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

U.S. Coast Guard, Japanese Coast Guard and U.S. Navy medevacs fisherman off Guam

A full weekend of events! Darien gears up for the 49th Blessing of the Fleet

The National Ocean Policy Coalition update

Nils E. Stolpe: Flotsam and Jetsam FishNet-USA/December 8, 2013

Shrimp season may be slow, opens June 20

Transportation Safety Board investigating sinking of fishing boat off Yarmouth

N.L. government seeks injunction against fishermen amid tense protest at Confederation Building

Halifax trawler faces arrest over broken Greenland cable – accuses owners and crew of CF/V Acadienne Gale II of negligence

Nils Stolpe: How many statisticians does it take to….

The good and bad of seismic testing. (the good?)

Cape Coral captain gets 60-day jail sentence for overfishing

Ready for the future

Editorial: Fishery aid package should be among top Markey priorities

Coast Guard crew assists fishing vessel south of Cape Ann

Eel smugglers halted in sting led by Europol

Tsawwassen First Nation fisherman fighting U.S. over native fishing rights

Salem considers commercial marina

Warm water expected to keep killing Willamette River salmon

Outrage in Newfoundland as Indigenous groups get cut of Arctic surf clam fishery

Elections fail to be a fisherman’s friend

Fishermen Approve Controversial Compensation Deal

CETA: Liberals’ passivity a detriment to our fishery

5-Year Crab Fishing Ban Lifted in Kamchatka

NOAA’s civil action against Carlos Rafael involves scallop permits

UK authorities pledge support for pollack fishermen

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