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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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Depth of Despair: Coorong fishermen on suicide watch after struggling to co-inhabit with long-nosed fur seals
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Proposed herring quota would put lobster fishermen in a pinch for bait
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‘Unacceptable sacrifice’ – Ottawa extends mackerel moratorium when U.S. continues to fish same stock
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For Argyll: ‘a quarter of England’s entire whitefish quota is now owned by a single Dutch super trawler’
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Visit us at The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association Annual Weekend & Industry Trade Show
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FISH-NL extends membership drive
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New Bedford fishing industry considers compensation for offshore wind’s impact
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On this Day: April 12,1977: “Mother ship of the Russian fishing fleet” seized by Coast Guard off Nantucket
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Late Petersburg man named 2018 Fisherman of the Year
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Fishermen ask MLAs to avoid another costly mistake with Northern Pulp effluent
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GET ON THE DAMNED BUS!
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UPDATED! Video: Coast Guard aircrew hoists 2 people from grounded fishing vessel in Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey
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Mi’kmaw treaty lobster fishery launches, fisheries officers seize lobster and gear
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Wicked Tuna Fisherman Tyler McLaughlin Receives Prestigious First Responder Award
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Western Pacific Fishery Management Council – 171st Council Meeting at American Samoa, October 17-19, 2017
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Film chronicles stories of a changing Seabreeze
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