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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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ICES honours scientists – Outstanding Achievement Award to Bill Karp, Northeast Regional Science Center
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Louisiana crab catch rose in 2014, preliminary state numbers show
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Fishermen in Cornwall urged to stay safe during ‘deadliest month of the year’
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PEIFA shares concerns about right whales
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Kiribati Terminates Giant MPA to Boost Tuna Fishing
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National Marine Fisheries Service: New Regulations for Vermilion Snapper and Red Porgy Effective September 5, 2013
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Envelope pushed in St. Marys Bay and Digby folk pushed into a corner – Susan Beaton
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