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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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Commercial Fishing Pioneer And Poet David Krusa Dies At 75
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Giant great white ate its cousin during Sandbridge research expedition
When a Virginia Institute of Marine Science longline fishing survey caught a black tip shark on Friday, a much larger white shark couldn’t turn down an Read More » -
UK boat detained by France amid fishing rights row
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Fishermen ask for more time to study wind impact
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“Every crack was a stab in my heart,” – The Death of the Kaiki, Greece’s Traditional Fishing Boat
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Ukraine Selling ‘Russian Warship, Go F*** Yourself’ Stamp
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South Carolina: The 35th annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival returns
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Maine – Industry confronts access issues as scallop season opens
The Maine scallop fishery opened Tuesday morning, with predictions that the boat price will be high, the season short and the pressure to let more people Read More » -
Massachusetts state regulators reject plan to use ropeless lobster traps
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I know it’s always over fishing, but this crap is being dumped into the ecosystem, and it ain’t helping!
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UPDATE: 17th Coast Guard District to conduct maintenance on VHF radio system – anticipate intermittent service outages
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Lobster/Tuna/Dragger,2013, Fiberglass, John Deere, Onan 13.5 Kw genset
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Mount Polley Mine Report Highlights Threats to Alaska Salmon, Fishing Jobs and Communities
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Backlash after Cornish fishers call for seal cull
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Fish Harvesters Benefit Program open for 2nd phase
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