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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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Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union News Release: Improvements to Northern Cod Fishery are a Step in the Right Direction
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Families bid for private sea search to find missing Conwy fishermen
Families of three fishermen missing off the Welsh coast have sought advice from an expert nicknamed “shipwreck hunter” in a bid to find their loved ones. Read More » -
Fisheries official pleads not guilty to obstructing justice – Peter Andrews will go on trial in March 2014 on obstruction charge
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Latin America Reckons With a Fish-Farming Boom, industry cannot be allowed to harm ocean habitats
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Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 152 miles north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
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Lobster, crabs, shrimp and more are served up in this weekend’s Key West Seafood Festival
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council – The August 2014 Council Meeting Report is now available
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Boat quotas now in place for some PEI lobster fishermen –
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Plan will remove Klamath River dams, reopening the waterway along Oregon-California border
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Fishermen attack govt offices
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Cod: The great mystery – New England’s Refugee’s are unwanted, will be deported. Whole.
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Oh No Canada. Nova Scotia approves oil exploration lease next to Georges Bank, entrance to Gulf of Maine
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University of Hawaii study shows fish are injesting plastic
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Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Michael John Porper Jr.,
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