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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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Light shows to honor Gloucester fishermen’s wives
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New monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen
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Hurricane Ida Expected To Move Into The Gulf Of Mexico Tonight
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A group of Hawaii fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list
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National Park Service ignores National Marine Fisheries Service FishWatch Program while endorcing two private enterprises eco-labeling programs
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You want to trust NOAA? Are you kidding me? Newsflash….NOAA is no friend to the New England fishing industry. There will be nothing left but corporate companies owning our fisheries resources when they are done.
You want action? Take a page from the French and what they are doing in relation to government mandated fuel taxes.
The old saying goes , ” I’m from the Govt, I’m here to help you….” NOAA or BOEM it’s all the same. Agencies that are “top heavy” with people whose only real agenda is to retire with a fat pension and cover their ass in the process of destroying an industry.
It is nothing more or less than regulation by default, we take over control of the fisheries by over regulation and then we give the sea bed to oil and wind. They should at least have the guts to be honest about this and admit that they have an agenda that is designed to destroy the commercial fishing industry as it now exists.
Money talks and money is doing the talking, take away the tax credits and govt incentive programs and the ocean horizon would be clear of these intruders.
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N,O,A.A.’S BROTHER-HOOD KEEPS GROWING ,WHILE OUR FISHING INDUSTRY KEEPS SHRINKING !