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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

A Fundraiser by Joseph Daughtry for a Florida Statewide Commercial Fishermen’s Reunion

Lawsuit claims US federal government violated regulations in approving Massachusetts offshore wind project

SEA-NL: Fish price-setting ‘fiasco’; minister did not refer complaint to labour board

Life with Industrial Wind Turbines in Wisconsin: Part 9, “then what will it do to fish?”

Coronavirus: Atlantic Canada’s fishing industry calls on feds for help

Square One: New England Fishery Managers Trying to Un-do Decades of Protection

Louisiana Shrimp Task Force approves money to assess sustainability

Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for November 13, 2014

New England Fishery Management Council punts – Officials struggle to find cod fix

First dose of Bull Bleep today: Cape Wind: Construction has begun – (Hey Stu! Manufacturing is not constructing! Until that first mono tube is driven,,,)

Real Cape Hippie – We Now Harvest The Blood Of Half A Million Horseshoe Crabs A Year

Insurance tips for fishing vessels – “Getting the Most Value When Buying Fishing Vessel Insurance”

A drop in the population of wild Atlantic salmon in North America raises questions over Greenland salmon harvest

New fisheries co-op incorporated; Fisheries Protective Co-operative

Going Full Crackpot! Sale of live crabs, lobsters and fur banned in Amsterdam markets

Fishing companies fined $1M for dumping oil into New Bedford harbor

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Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival celebrates, blesses a busy fleet

Police in Md. Seize Truck Filled With Undersized Oysters

Close call for crewmember of the F/V Glutton

NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard bemoans state of groundfish at Explorium talk

Fishery FUNDD Act: Reps. Palazzo and Huffman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Federal Fisheries Disaster Relief Program

Judge dismisses case to ban lobster lines, but opens door to future right whale protections

Following a decade of decline, halibut harvest will increase in 2015

Why doesn’t Supervisor Compton support Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary? It IS Federally Funded, you know!

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