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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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Texas Game Wardens on Border Make Large Gillnet Seizure
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Wellfleet shellfish ban a blow to fishermen
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Free survival training for commercial fishermen Friday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sandwich Marina
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Kodiak trawl fleet ends protest, negotiates higher price
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Where to find fresh South Carolina shrimp: ‘The more marsh, the more shrimp’
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Coast Guard rescues 3 from commercial fishing vessel fire near Pascagoula, Mississippi
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“What We Heard” – DFO hosting inshore fishery outreach meetings in Labrador
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Storm seas hampers Dungeness crab harvest for North Bay consumers
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Nils Stolpe – Summer Flounder Management – Can it get any worse?
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