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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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As I looked read this article I couldn’t help but look at those who would complain that the much needed flexibility in the MSA was a bad thing. These blood sucking whores who have capitalized at the expense of others need to have their wings clipped starting with the seafood harvesters of America. This self serving pack of prostitutes took $250,000.00 dollars from EDF. EDF is the main NGO behind the industry crippling catch share plan. Time to drain the swamp of these special interest leaches.
Great article- –Most of U.S.A. FISHERMEN , THINK AS YOU DO ????
Yessir!