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August 22, 2013 New England

Open Ocean Trading Looking for boats: Umass / Wellesly Contract – All Sector Managers/Vessels, We are now looking to fill some larger orders over the next 4 months, with a possible extension of another 4 months. We need approximately 20,000lbs of round fish from a select group of boats monthly. The exact pricing details are found on our platform and all fish will be delivered to an auction or your current unloader. Depending on the unloading/trucking there is .16cent to .40cent incentive for the fish to be delivered direct to Portland, ME. Read more here 09:31

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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