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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

NovaScotia: Fishing is good, business is rough

F/V Bunchie towed back to Dillingham Harbor after near sinking Monday

Any Wooden Boat Nuts Near Chesterton, MD Nov. 4th Will Want to Attend This Event with Mike Vlahovich

Northeast Regional Planning Body (RPB) releases draft Northeast Regional Ocean Plan

The 100-year-old NSW fisherman who has spent his life trawling

Crew rescued as lobster boat sinks off Escuminac

Cape Breton: millions of dollars of the crustacean being held in live storage, fishermen are expected to tie up boats

New rules in works to lift safety standards in fishing industry

Northeast Multispecies Fishery Trip Limit Adjustments for the Common Pool Fishery

Irish pair detained in Norway

Louisiana Shrimp “Red Listed” by Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch

Susanne Altenburger — The only way out that’s left, Combining groundfish ecology with fleet economics

The Fall 2014 issue of the Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter is here!…

Second coronavirus wave would be ‘catastrophic,’ Massachusetts fishermen say

Northport, P.E.I. community celebrates a fishermans life with a parade of boats

Our view: Bay State’s ‘Sacred Cod’ has become NOAA’s sacred cow

Hurricane Harvey decimates Galveston Bay’s oyster population

Lobster Boat Skipper Sentenced for Manslaughter

Video – Dead body found on fishing boat in New Bedford

A Win for Shark Fishermen is looked at as a Strategic Loss by the Enviro’s

Fears UK fishing industry losing out on £230 million and 2,700 jobs

Mega Cut: Haddock, a staple Atlantic fish, is in decline off New England, regulators say

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 09, 2019

Commercial fishermen on Outer Banks struggling

Groups planting eelgrass, vital to the survival of many species on Nova Scotia’s south shore while fighting Green Crabs

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