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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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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Seafood Harvesters of America “National Outreach Days,” in Washington D.C.
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Oyster lease bid plan unpopular with Louisiana’s oyster industry
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A message for Del. Jay Jacobs – This will not go unanswered.
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Great white shark numbers off Massachusetts rose sharply last year
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Nantucket Residents Against Turbines: Presser Wednesday to announce federal lawsuit to halt construction
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Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) – Public Meetings Scheduled: Preserving and Protecting MA Groundfish Industry
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Councilmember Mike O’Brien booted from gala; wife shouts at fishermen
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Judge hears lawsuit over fish farms in Puget Sound
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Day’s of Reckoning – Feds seek prison time for Carlos Rafael; sentencing Monday, Tuesday
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Maine lobster group backs new speed limit on ships to protect whales
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Putin launches war on Britain’s fishermen: Russia signs off plan to ban UK trawlers from its cod and haddock-rich waters
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