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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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It’s time to listen to the fishermen who are asking for more ecological protections for the fish, not less.
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MY SON LOST HIS LIFE THAT DAY …HIS NAME IS SAMUEL-RENÉ BOUTIN ….
SINCE THAT DAY THE GOUVERNEMENT TOLD THE FISHERMEN …THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING TO CLEAN (HELP) TO REDUCE THE SANDBAR …BUT THEY WENT ONES WITH THOSE MACHINE … BUT SINCE THAT THE GOUVERNEMENT PROMISE THEY WOULD DO MORE …. 2 WEEKS AGO THE FISHERMEN ASSOCIATION HAD A REUNION AND THE RESULT OF THAT WAS THE GOUVERNEMENT WONT DO NOTHING MORE TO DIGG OR CLEAN ALL THE SANDBAR …. THEY NEED TO DO A GULLY …
I’M A MOTHER …I LOST MY SON …. I CANT BELEAVE THEY WONT DO NOTHING !!!!! ..3 LIVES A BEEN LOST !!! WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR ????? MORE DEATHS ??? … I DONT HAVE WORDS TO EXPLAIN ALLS THE PAINS WE ALLS LIVING SINCE THAT NIGHTMARE …… :'(