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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

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Ocean Beauty won’t can salmon in Petersburg in 2017

Citizen science study to map the oceans’ plankton

Report: Fatigue, fog were factors in 2012 vessel crash that killed Port Angeles man

Sealord convicted for endangering workers after asbestos found on fishing vessel Will Watch

Research set-aside helps sustain Atlantic sea scallop fishery

Crew abandons ship safely to Survitec Liferaft when vessel erupts in flames

Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) Opposed to 55-square-mile closure area of Stellwagen Bank

‘The job’s f****d’ – Fishers slam local MP for comments

Ships not complying with right whale protections in Cabot Strait

Crisis Without End: Key moments in the Oregon Inlet saga

Portimão seeks skilled labour to restore historic fishing boat

Janet Napolitano bids farewell to Department of Homeland Security

Outgoing fishing leader warns of challenges facing local fleet

Bermuda, the Azores, Monaco, United Kingdom and the United States signed a declaration committing to the conservation of the Sargasso Sea

Ocean City Fishermen Say US Wind is to Blame For Their Damaged Gear

Millennial fishermen and women carry out an Alaska state tradition on the Copper River Delta

DFO closes another fishing area in northern N.B. after right whale sighting

Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 24, 2020

Thanks for all the fish – Part III – ‘There’s fish in them thar waters!’

Alaskan Coastal legislators support halibut bycatch cuts

Coast Guard conducts safety inspections as Bristol Bay fishery begins

The fate of the $150 million in federal disaster aid still in limbo at year’s end

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