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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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Millions of dead fish wash up on Yorkshire beach after Storm Emma
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Alaska: Commercial fishing is a good investment
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Arrival of the new F/V Copious the ‘ultimate expression of confidence’
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Federal Court of Canada – Legal challenge threatening autonomy of inshore fishery opens today
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Launched as Sweet Promise A 746 in 1965, this Noble’s-built stalwart, Tern LH 53, has clocked up almost 60 years’ service
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Northern cod reclaiming its territory
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F/V Aleutian Storm: Unified Command transitions authority of response for the grounded vessel near Bodega Bay
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Seismic Blasting Off Jersey Shore Postponed Until Next Year
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Report: Mid-Atlantic offshore wind industry would create 70,000 jobs, generate billions (Lets just turn the East Coast into a huge junkyard)
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Brixham fishermen recover rare ship relic off Dorset coast
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Heres a handy interactive doodadd to play with – Rebuilding Depleted Fish Stocks –
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New Trawler Offers Comfort and Towing Power
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An old boat with a prosperous past awaits a future afloat
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Maurice Noonan, a fisherman from Bay de Verde, was fined $40,500 last month for snow crab fishing violations committed during the 2008 and 2010 fishing seasons.
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