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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

What 2010 Gulf Spill Doesn’t Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill

Hold on Rear Admiral’s Promotion as South Carolina and Oregon Lawmakers Urge Coast Guard to Reverse Course on Helicopters

New Program Aims to Reduce Offshore Fishing Debris

Cautious, healthy and critical. Northern shrimp stocks a mixed bag, suggest DFO’s latest numbers

My family was affected by the cod moratorium. Now that it’s lifted, I feel caught

Harvesters Won’t Fish for Panel Price, Colossal Failure of Price Setting Panel Continues

A Tale of two pictures – NOAA and Enviros have it all wrong on Gulf of Maine Cod!

Once-bountiful scallop fishery collapses as oil leak persists in Newfoundland bay

Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board oversight shifted to lt. governor

Minister MacKinley in ‘hiding’ while lobster fishery flounders, says PC Opposition

PEI Fishermen’s Association Tuna committee suggests mid-July opening

Three new pelagic trawlers for Shetland

Bountiful crab season underway – Red king season winds down, boats shifting to Tanners

Endangered species

Fisheries council boosts Gulf of Maine quotas for cod, haddock, pollock

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

Interior Approves New York City Offshore Wind Project, Commercial Fishermen Oppose

Fishing Boat Design: New Crab Boat/Groundfish Trawler from Gaspé Yard

Fishing regulators say no to catching more elvers, a most valuable species

Selling Lobster and Themselves: Cousin’s Maine Lobster Update – What Happened After Shark Tank

Will Reviving the Cod Industry Doom It Yet Again?

Fate of NJ Fishermen in the Hands of Supreme Court

Letter to the editor: Standing up for fishermen and our heritage

Bristol Bay 2015 season summary: 3rd-largest run ever

Tally’s hauls big tuna from the woods

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