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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

Five processors have monopoly on inshore fishery: FFAW-Unifor

EPA fines American Seafoods nearly $1 million for Clean Water Act violations

Inshore shrimp harvesters, plant workers worried about 2018

UPDATE: P.E.I. lobster fishermen on strike – Photos – The Guardian

PFDs: Encourage fishermen to wear lifejackets while on deck – Safety training and equipment saved lives

Will Potomac oysters make comeback?

Workers begin salvaging a fishing boat that wrecked in Saturday’s storm

Brexit May Be Too Late to Save Britain’s Fishermen

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Baltimore, Maryland: December 12-15, 2016

A Global Fish War is Coming

Still Love NY? NY’s Offshore Wind Obsession Means Vastly Higher Power Price

Listening for Cod in the Gulf of Maine

Baker – The axeman cometh for DFO and Coast Guard?

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, OCT 25, 2015

Oregon: Entire coast open to commercial crabbing on Jan. 1

NOAA’s Fisheries Service Seeks Comments on Proposal to List Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks under Endangered Species Act

Really? Cut the Chopper from Newport, Transport baby Sea Lion to Sacramento?

Department of Aquaculture, Agriculture and Fisheries official’s obstruction case delayed

Feds say “damn the whales” in the Gulf of Maine

The $2 million fish? Jersey fishermen calling on government to allow targeting the bluefin tuna market

Commercial fishermen fear for future under NSW Government industry (catch share) reforms

Maine shrimp season won’t change yet

The heartbreak of lost Shea Heights fishermen, for friends, families and reporters alike – Jonathan Crowe

More black sea bass added to quota

Norwegian fisherman’s new Cleopatra 36

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