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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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Richard Gaines, Staff Writer, Gloucester Daily Times
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CT, RI wind farm gets federal decision on environmental plan
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Hired Skipper Privileges Changing in Halibut/Sablefish IFQ Fisheries
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Maine is being set up to sell its coastline to Industrial Scale Aquaculture
On March 18th, a letter was sent to Gayle Zydlewski the Director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program, signed by several academics from the University of Maine, Bates College, Read More » -
Fisheries minister meets with stakeholders to discuss right whale protections
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Louisiana’s Shrimpers deserve some help
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To be Served Today: Commercial fisheries groups plan to sue over turtle regs
The N.C. Fisheries Association teamed with the Carteret County Fisherman’s Association for the action and will be represented by local attorneys at Wheatly, Wheatly, Weeks, Lupton Read More » -
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 101′ Steel Shrimper, 95k capacity freezer hold, 3508 Cat Diesel
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Groundfish: NEFSC to Hold Port Meetings With Fishermen to Talk About Upcoming Assessments
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NOAA Responds to Massachusetts legislators on cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder: the answer is still no
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VCU Receives NOAA Grant to Study Biology and Ecology of Iconic Fish The Atlantic Sturgeon
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Coast Guard experiencing communication degradation in Prince William Sound, Alaska
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Letter: Fishery ‘disaster’ rooted in basic greed Gloucester Daily Times
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Willapa worries: Fishermen protest salmon-harvest cutback in bay
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Naval service detains Spanish trawler off the south-west coast
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North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update August 3, 2015
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Freezing temps put chill on early crawfish season
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