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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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Brian Rothschild Testifies at the Boston Listening Hearning and Identifies 9 Discussion Issues Relevant to the Reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act
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Our view: Fishing disaster’s unseen casualties
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Crew member hospitalized after vessel strikes new bridge
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Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44’11″x 18’6″ Fiberglass Novi Scalloper,122A Volvo Diesel
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2nd red snapper season likely in the Gulf
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Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries Officials urge changes needed on striper limits
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Meet the business elite who took up the fight to get fish farms out of B.C.’s water
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Lobsterman, Beverly at odds over mooring – To be blunt, Beverly Solicitor Roy Gelineau sounds like……
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No-fishing zones proposed in New Jersey
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Lobster fisherman says he was at the wheel during fatal boat collision
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NCFA Weekly Update for June 10, 2024
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