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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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This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Diving for dollars. Hear more after this . . .
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U.S. Commercial fishermen are frustrated by mask mandates from Maine to Alaska
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Jones Boys charged with stealing crab pots in Currituck Co, NC
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Murkowski questions if Chinese shellfish ban from Alaska and Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety. (It is, Senator)
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MSY Threat to Small-Scale Fisheries
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Legislative Hearing on 4 Fishery Bills – Tuesday, September 26, 2017 10:00 AM
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