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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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Learning lessons from BP oil spill-On the surface the damage seems limited, but the seabed is covered with a thick layer of gunk.
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German supermarkets ban lobster sales – Albert Schweitzer Foundation campaign calls lobster deaths ‘gruesome’
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Good Lord. Pacific Fishery Management Council Closes 200 Miles Of West Coast To Salmon Fishing
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Fish Tales Of A Gloucester Fisherman by his daughter, Virginia (Frontiero) McKinnon
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Re-examining safety practices in the wake of this year’s commercial fishing deaths
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USCG suspends search for missing F/V Swift crewman 25-year-old Alan Young of Chehalis, Wash.
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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 29, 2014
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Poll shows overwhelming numbers of the public support local fishing
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Center for Biological Diversity criticize Coral protection plan delay – deal with it!
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Controversial flounder plan could get final approval Thursday
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Eastern U.S. and Canada: Great white shark population surging, study says
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Gloucester: Open Door, fishing vessel win food security grants
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DFO says Snow crab biomass relatively unchanged
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Moulton’s Trawl Task Force wins $500K to count groundfish
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Coast Guard aircrew medevacs Canadian crewmember from 72′ fishing vessel near Graham Island, British Columbia
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