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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

From trap to plate, Maine lobster distribution is a complex system

Bering Sea Pollock Target Up for 2014

Tasmania: Seafood, rock lobster industry receives state government relief package

Government Shutdown: Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown

Shrimp Tales

For Alaska’s seafood processors, the Coronavirus pandemic has cost tens of millions

Please, Donate if You Can to the San Francisco fishing fleet fire recovery fund

Van Drew Holds Third Hearing on ‘Offshore Wind Industrialization’

New group to fight for SouthCoast’s fishing industry

Atlantic City: Local lobster business getting lonelier

East Peoria businessman aims to take a bite out of Asian carp population in Illinois River

CETA breakthrough revives discussion over contentious fisheries renewal fund

No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

Threatened Catch

A Great Fisherman Throttles Back – ALASKA CAFE

Science Café Explores Controversy: First Offshore Wind Farm in the USA Now a Possibility for North Carolina

To our Friends at Home and at Sea, We send our warmest wishes to all on this Thanksgiving Day.

Still stuck – No luck moving grounded shrimp trawler

‘Get Off The Boat’ — Women In Commercial Fishing Industry Fight Sexual Harassment

Washington and Oregon States adopt lower Columbia seine salmon fisheries

Save the Samish salmon hatchery media event held (Photos)

Inshore shrimping to close Friday across most of La. coast

Lobster industry rebounds with low dollar and high prices – Lobster exports from Nova Scotia are worth $385M

American Samoa: Two alia pass Coast Guard safety inspections

58-year-old Chris Melanson identified as 2nd victim in weekend lobster boat crash

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