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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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Bipartisan group opposes oil exploration off Georgia
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Peter Shelley -Conservation Law Foundation – Enviro group urges fishery shutdown
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The crews of F/V Miss Jana and F/V Equinox rescue three persons from sinking vessel near Valdez Arm – Then it got sticky!
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Fisherman medivaced from scalloper F/V Ocean Prowler approximately 50 miles east of Nantucket
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FWC tightens rules on use of certain stone crab traps
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Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Power Offshore Oil Platforms Gains Approval
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 36′ Wayne Beal Lobster Boat, 500HP Cummins
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Support local seafood before it’s too late
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Secondary scallop processing has proven to be a solution to the troubled Ramea fish plant.
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Ocean Beauty accepts offer on seafood plant for sale in Petersburg
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Coast Guard rescues 4 from a grounded, capsized fishing vessel in Coos Bay
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The Western Flyer is about to be uncloaked – getting $2 million renovation in Port Townsend
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