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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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1st whale meat auction held since restart of Japan’s commercial hunt
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Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 13 crewmen from sinking F/V Tremont 63 miles southeast of Chincoteague
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In the Guest Writers Column, Jay Andersson – The Reasons For The New England Groundfish Collapse Are An Inconvenient Truth For Regulators
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Claims that seals are endangering the livelihoods of local fishermen
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Port of Toledo continues expansion
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Elyse Moore: ‘Flip dog’ in the shadhouse: Recalling the Connecticut River days when fish and rum ran freely
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F/V Rhonda Denise and Coast Guard units assist Shinnecock F/V Tradition
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P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association favors conserving the recourse over extending the season
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Despite promising numbers, king salmon managers still uncertain about run strength
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With king salmon returns slowing to a trickle, Alaska managers roll out closures
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Hurricane Warnings In Effect for Parts of Long Island and southern New England
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Recovery of Marine Mammal predators causes unexpected conservation challenges
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2,788 incidents coordinated by Coast Guard in 2023
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NFWF grants support Maine lobster industry participation in alternative fishing gear testing
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Bi Partisan Amendment to Support Monitoring of New England Fisheries
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Proponents blitz federal energy department in support of Cape Wind project
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Sixteen Mainers Win a Chance to Enter Lucrative Elver Fishery
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Fishermen are staging a mass protest in Plymouth on Sunday against the Brexit transition deal
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Wow. Someone realizes it’s not the Great Whites. A bounty system would work. It might take a few years but it would work. Seals are a environmental and health Hazard. Would you eat clams our any bottom feeders that come from Chatham. Not me. I wonder y people say to me. But the clams r so sweet. ?????
This is nature. Please rely on experts in this field to learn about the reality, not an ill informed non expert. Contact this agency to learn the facts. The issue re: sharks is not just on Cape Cod
https://www.atlanticwhiteshark.org/