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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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    Offshore Aquaculture: Groups divided over Gulf fish farming

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    Federal fisheries service agrees to deal aimed at curbing whale entanglements in fishing gear

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    Rhode Island Congressional Delegation opposes squid buffer zone

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    Mass. and Rhode Island pick 3 new wind projects, with less power than originally sought

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  • A couple of articles at GDT – Meeting on fishery aid distribution set for here …and Sounding off on Magnuson

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  • Alaska fishermen and their families have led the Walmart/MSC charge – Alaska salmon row moves onto political stage

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