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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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Coast Guard is actively investigating the death of a fisherman aboard a New Jersey boat
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Man Of Fortune: Beloved Fisherman to Receive Memorial Statue at Shem Creek
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F/V Tracy D saves five people from the Columbia River after boat capsizes
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Gulf of Maine – Planned fisheries closure leaves locals reeling
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Defra accused of ‘remarkably poor scientific practice’ over crabs
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CLF OVERRULED! New Fishing Rights in Gulf of Maine Upheld by Judge
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GloucesterTimes.com Editorial: NOAA leaders should extend current cod rules
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Lobster season on Nova Scotia’s southwest coast delayed by bad weather
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In victory for commercial fishermen, court orders Cook Inlet fishery to reopen
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Congressman Van Drew Joins Chairman Westerman on Natural Resources in Leading Letter to GAO Requesting Offshore Wind Study
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Shell Canada Ltd to deploy seismic survey ships to survey deepwater sites off Nova Scotia’s southwestern shore.
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Two Bering Sea pollock processors lied about catches, feds say
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