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North Carolina Commercial fishing groups file complaint regarding Endangered Species Act

August 5, 2014 Mid Atlantic

Litigation was filed today alleging that several agencies and their representatives have failed to abide by the Endangered Species Act, (ESA), in the. Plaintiffs are the North Carolina Fisheries Association, Inc,; and the Carteret County Fisherman’s Association, Inc., both non profit trade associations of commercial fishermen, seafood dealers and processors. <Read the Press Release here> 16:43

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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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North Carolina Commercial fishing groups file complaint regarding Endangered Species Act

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

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NJ Fishing Community Says Coronavirus Aid Helped Keep Them Afloat

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VIDEO – Bureau of Land Management, NOAA, NMFS, US Interior, BOEM, National Ocean Policy Same Same Same

The Vietnamese Impact on Jefferson Parish’s Seafood Industry

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‘They need to come to the table’, Lennox Island chief rejects PEIFA’s calls for July lobster fishery ban

Calamitous West Coast commercial albacore tuna season nears end

A group threatens a lawsuit over NC shrimping rules

Jimmy Buchan warns no-deal Brexit ‘will hurt’ Scottish fishing industry

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