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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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Important meetings in Florida and Georgia this week! – Council for Sustainable Fishing
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Stonington scallop boat crewman remembered for devotion to his daughter
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CHOW CHOW CHOW! LIVE from Capitol Hill Ocean Week
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Lobster Fisherman Gentle Giant (Jim Buchanan) Fundraiser
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PEI: Fish processors look to students to fill labour void
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Snow Crab Quota Down 19% Compared to Last Year
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Halibut catches set this week by IPHC
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 2, 2017
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, OCT 11, 2015
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Council for Sustainable Fishing applauds proposed Magnuson-Stevens Act reforms offered by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Hastings
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