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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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Windfarm plans for Atlantic coast hit fishermen hard and threaten US food supply
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Maine researchers, students are sorting through muck and slugs to study baby scallops
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Commercial Lobster diver caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off Provincetown Friday morning
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American Seafoods settles inaccurate scales spat with NOAA for $1.75M
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Interior secretary won’t eliminate any national monuments
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Byrne, and Florida senator send letter in support of snapper – We Love Snapper!
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Pollock fishery shut down early after unprecedented salmon bycatch in Gulf of Alaska
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Boatbuilder: Frank Luke
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