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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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So long and thanks for all the fish: Irish fishermen say UK Brexit position could spell ‘unmitigated disaster’
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Coast Guard insists marine safety will ‘improve’ under new MCTS system
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Fiji police investigate high-seas shooting video
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US Coast Guard Braces for Western Alaska Winter Fisheries
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Fall chinook run shaping up to be third largest in modern era
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American Seafood Corp. Fights Giant Jones Act Penalties
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The National Marine Fisheries Service announce proposed sea lion protections that could benefit fishermen
and.com – ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Marine Fisheries Service is taking public comment on proposed revisions to Steller sea lion protections in the western Aleutian Read More » -
A record 300,000 salmon returned to Klamath River in 2012, by Dan Baucher –
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