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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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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 7, 2019
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Maritime industry leaders discuss challenges at symposium
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Almost 300 homes on Bere Island without power after sea trawler damages underwater ESB cable
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Virginia’s Latest Pricey Boondoggle: Offshore Wind Power
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Pacific Seafood Finds Temporary Facilities After Processing Plant Fire – Audio
Workers at a Pacific Seafood processing plant near Astoria are racing to finish modifications on a borrowed plant, after a devastating fire last week. The fishing season Read More » -
California’s bluefin tuna drowning in a sea of politics
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Plan to impose lobster levies to go public
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Louisiana Fishermen happy for reopening of waters affected by oil spill
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44′ 11”x21′ 2003 Novi Lobster Boat
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High chinook return projected in 2014 – Largest troll quota since abundance-based management began in the late 1990s
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Escaped farmed salmon – The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong
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North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District candidate Phil Law Responds to N.C. Seafood Industry questions
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Division of Marine Fisheries Reopens Waters South of Cape Cod to Shellfishing
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A little story about my day at sea yesterday
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Two N.C. fishermen behind bars -Found with more than 16 times the legal possession limit of red drum
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