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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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VEAZIE, Maine – Date set, July 22, for historic Veazie Dam breaching
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2017 Gulf Shrimp Landings: Louisiana At Historic Lows, Alabama At Historic Highs
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Gloucester fishing community seeks relief from catch limits – Gloucester’s historic industry. Uncertain future
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NOAA Determines Porbeagle Sharks Not Threatened or Endangered
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Breaking News – Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Closure
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Lobster/Tuna/Dragger,2013, Fiberglass, John Deere, Onan 13.5 Kw genset
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Illegalities stoke California squid fishing war – Brail-fleet members allege Canadian-built purse seiners are grabbing all the catch
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The Green Party of BC releasing its new fish farm policy aimed at reversing the decline in wild salmon populations
Castanet.net – The Green Party of BC is celebrating Earth Day 2013 by releasing its new fish farm policy aimed at reversing the decline in wild Read More » -
Federal fisheries officials are predicting below-average brown shrimp season for the next year in waters off Louisiana and federal waters off Louisiana and Texas.
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Strong start to fall lobster season in P.E.I.
The vice-president of the Prince County Fishermen’s Association (PCFA) has a simple method to gauge the success of the fall lobster season so far. “There’s nobody Read More » -
Black Point Fish Trap to close due to windmill farm cable installation
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Updated: Video available – Coast Guard medevacs wounded lobsterman
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Lobster pots destroyed
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Alaska’s Don Young, longest serving congressman, dies at 88
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Port of Redwood City reels in public with mini-Fisherman’s Wharf
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Alaskan fishing fleet catching huge proportion of B.C. salmon
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Ross Sea marine park announced, but concerns linger over expiry date
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Safeguarding the Outer Banks’ commercial fishing heritage by supporting the livelihoods of local fishermen
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