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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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Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford rules against net ban as ‘legal absurdity’
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Feds Quintuple Allowed Catch on Endangered Salmon Species
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Second phase of regulation changes to protect North Atlantic right whales include groundfisheries
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Despite threats from fellow fishermen, Mass lobstermen press to allow ropeless fishing in closed areas
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Nushagak fishermen want to recoup struck down fish tax
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(PHOTOS) Crab Fishermen Rescue Young Deer That Was About to Drown Near Humboldt Bay Entrance
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Montauk April 11- April 14, 2016
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