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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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Grachek: Connect The Dots – The question is why would anyone trust anything that comes from organizations such as Oceana?!!!
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NCFA Weekly Update for March 11, 2024
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Fewer fish, or fishy science? Commercial fishers, biologists at odds over the state of Lake Winnipeg’s walleye
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The Silent War on Fishing
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41st Maine Fishermen’s Forum on tap for March 3
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Alaska needs a major halibut bycatch reduction, by David Bayes
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After record haul, Bristol Bay sockeye harvest forecast to drop next year
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NH Public Hearing: October 16, 2013, Marine Aquaculture License Amendment – Proposed Shellfish Aquaculture Operation
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Last commercial fisherman in town will fight fines after being found guilty of engine error
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Overwaitea Food Group dropped by sustainable seafood program SeaChoice
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Furuno’s new Multi-Beam Sonar
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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: Atlantic Striped Bass not overfished or experiencing overfishing
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Coronavirus: Seafood prices have dropped, but New Bedford fishermen still fish amid pandemic
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Fishery resource state at Newfoundlands Grand Bank assessed
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Lady Washington out of the water is still shipshape – ON THE WATERFRONT WITH DAVID G. SELLARS
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RIP Pussen, the feral harbour cat.
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Fire crews fight Port Stanley boat fire that caused $750,000 in damage, man arrested
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In photos: Historic Great Lakes fishing tug Palmer is removed from the Root River
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Right Whale – Wrong Data
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