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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

Harbourmaster wants to sell sunken trawler for £1

Maine State Chamber of Commerce puts spotlight on lobster

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Fiberglass Scallop/Gillnetter/Lobster, 6 Cylinder John Deere 6081 Diesel

I rescued a bird at sea and now I’m getting called the Owl Whisperer

NMFS Announces Final 2014 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas

Wind Farm Conflict: Fisherman, “I feared for my life”

Full Steam Ahead! SEA-NL founding convention is scheduled for Nov. 18-19th in Gander

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 13, 2016

Fishermen Save Twenty-three people, including 14 kids, rescued from sinking boat in Chesapeake Bay

Darwin fisherman Daniel Schoolmeester granted bail after allegedly holding workers captive without pay

Police investigating fire of Membertou commercial fishing boat

Funding for Kenai smolt study uncertain

OUR OPINION: Back off, NOAA – enterprisenews.com, and who the hell is NOAA spokesman Scott Smullen? Put yer hand back in yer pocket, parasite!

Government Considers Protecting Iliamna Harbor Seals Under Endangered Species Act

Anguillian fishers to be trained in new fishing technique

U.S. tuna fishing fleet to be shut out of vast area of Pacific Ocean in fee dispute

The CLFer’s just can’t get it right! Saving Seafood’s crew set’s ’em straight. AGAIN!!!

Cold, storms, whales and seals ‘playing havoc’ with gulf lobster season, fisherman says

Hurricane Dorian Moving Northwest Across the Atlantic; Major Hurricane Possible Over Florida or Georgia This Weekend

Fish council eyes lifting of closures- Conservation Law Foundation,Earthjustice, Nature Conservancy Will Sue

Seasonal Prohibition on Fishing Grouper in Caribbean Federal Waters

Input sought for Northwest Atlantic mackerel research

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission limits take of sea cucumbers to 200 a day

Fate of shrimp fishery will be decided soon

We destroyed the L.I. Sound in 50 years: an eyewitness account

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