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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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  • David Goethel: Fishermen’s anger justified

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    Seattle seafood company reports 6 more crew have Coronavirus in Dutch Harbor

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  • OPINION: ‘Fisher’ falls short of creating gender equality in fishing industry

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  • UPDATED: Search suspended – Coast Guard searches for overdue crabber near Anacortes, Wash.

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    Be There! Saturday, Sept 10th – Brew River’s boat docking event a ‘rodeo on the water’

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  • CCA is telling fish tales about Omega Protein

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    MAIB report reveals drama of the moment a WWII bomb exploded under a fishing boat

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  • Don Cherry’s ‘barbarian’ comments on eating seal creates social media outrage

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    Leading veganism advocate is ‘really, really sorry’ she was captured on camera eating fish

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    NOAA and its new “partner” Ørsted agree to share data on wind farm lease areas

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    From grief to gratitude – April McCarthy’s husband was lost at sea

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