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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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Mackerel fishery closed unexpectedly, leaving some P.E.I. fishermen without enough bait
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North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Anchorage, December 7-15, 2015
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Provincetown fishermen sustain time-honored existence – with photo gallery
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Imports and Rising Costs Concerns For Seafood Board’s Keith Watts
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Seafood processor will pay $300,000 fine for oversized fish waste piles at two Alaska plants
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Boris accused of ‘throwing the fishing industry under a trawler’ as huge Brexit row erupts
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New crab trappers in Louisiana need to be field trained
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Meet the super-plant from Nova Scotia’s shorelines: eelgrass
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Our view: The good news is that Maryland’s oyster catch is up; the bad is that it’s unlikely to last
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‘Wicked Tuna’ captain schools U.S Senate candidate Geoff Diehl on fishing issues
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A study suggests farmed fish is the source of a virus spread among wild salmon as they migrate past
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‘Precision fishing’ trial confirmed to help the tiddlers
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Cod Found Once Again in Cold Ocean Waters off New York Harbor
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California crab season finally opens but storm keeps fisherman in port
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Salmon collapse hitting workers hard
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New Bedford City Council Votes for Fishing Crisis Summit; Gomes Calls Out Senators
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East End legislators at odds over bill to study Millstone power plant impacts
“The water temperatures of the sound are rising at an alarming rate,” Schneiderman said. “Data collected show the sound’s temperature is rising one degree per decade Read More » -
Port Clinton Fish company owner invests $170,000 into business
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Fish potentially worth millions of pounds found off Cornwall – but fishermen will not be able to touch them
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Illegal striped bass harvest means trouble for N.C. commercial fishermen – By Fred Bonner
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Harvey Jarvis: Fishery proclamations much ado about nothing
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The Fishermen’s Mission and its 130-year lifeline to Scotland’s coastal communities
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