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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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D.B. Pleschner: Oceana claims controversy but knowledgeable; scientists disagree
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P.E.I. biologist says low temperatures help kill invasive tunicates
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Fishing. It’s not for everybody! – From Bundy farm to trapped at sea for 20 days
Dreams of working on a fishing trawler as an alternative to farm work soon turned to a nightmare at sea for a French national. Jeremy, 28, Read More » -
Commercial driftnet opening set for Saturday in upper Cook Inlet – 7 a.m. and go through 7 p.m. Saturday
Commercial driftnet fishermen — but not setnet fishermen — will get a chance Saturday to target Cook Inlet sockeyes, state fishery managers announced Friday evening. Read more here 09:05 Read More » -
Walmart threatens to stop selling Alaska salmon over that little ENGO sticker? US fisheries are sustainable. Good enough.
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SUNDAY! Lobstermen to rally in Stonington, Collins, Pingree, and Golden to speak
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Missing shrimp boat and captain found
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U.S. Coast Guard responds to over 700 false alerts in 2018, urges everyone to register beacons
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This is good! Mullet plan could create hundreds of jobs, preserve fishing industry
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Offshore Wind Developer Asks Biden to Restart Permitting Process
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Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 50 miles E of Chincoteague, VA
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Historic fishing vessel refloated after it overturned in high winds – “she just keeled right over”!
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Federal ‘Fluke Fairness Act’ would correct inequitable treatment of L.I. anglers: Schumer, Zeldin
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Reposted: Pacific Fishery Management Council meetng in Vancouver, WA, March 6-12, 2019
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Cape fishermen and environmentalists push to protect herring stocks from “Localized Depletion”
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NPFMC directs NMFS to modify new observer program Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Capsized shrimp boat recovered from Okanagan Lake
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Ludger (Lu) W. Dochtermann, Kodiak, AK Responds to NOAA TIGHTENS HALIBUT BYCATCH LIMITS FOR GULF OF ALASKA GROUNDFISH FISHERIES.
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