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When Editorials go bad: Ignoring science (bad science?) will limit the Gulf of Maine to a bleak fisheries future

November 19, 2014 New England

Meanwhile, Gulf of Maine fishermen are increasingly noticing species that traditionally sought out warmer waters, including Maryland blue crab, red hake, turbot, squid, black sea bass, dogfish and others. Some prey on shrimp, partially explaining that crustacean’s decline. (They wrote this, then ignored it, blaming everything on over fishing!) Read the rest here 16:00

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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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When Editorials go bad: Ignoring science (bad science?) will limit the Gulf of Maine to a bleak fisheries future

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

5 rescued from sinking fishing boat off the coast of Yarmouth

PETA takes credit for Linda Beans exit from the lobster industry

Tribute to Redgeway Russell thrown overboard in a bottle washes up exactly where he’d want it to

Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters Federation calling on Ottawa for Coronavirus aid

Gloucester Fishermen Albert Cottone, Joe Orlando – NOAA Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard owes fishermen apology

Coast Guard assists vessel aground in Sukhoi Bay, Alaska

Union files petition in Ottawa to stop foreign ownership of fishing licences and quotas

Georgia: Longtime St. Marys dock owner ready to rebuild

Indians in the Hamptons Stake Claim to a Tiny Eel With a Big Payday

Commentary: Commercial herring seining and subsistence are my family traditions

‘Definitely the most difficult rescue I have been on’ recalls a rescuer of F/V Atlantic Destiny crew

Deep sea trawling industry marks historic 50-year milestone

Your New Seafreeze Ltd. PRICE LIST for 5/23/2013 has arrived!!

NPFMC closing Cook Inlet federal waters to commercial salmon fishing

Steinbeck boat being restored – A crew is bringing her back to life, plank by plank, spike by spike, nail by nail.

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Coast Guard experiencing communication degradation in Prince William Sound, Alaska

DMF Sends Hurricane Florence Commercial Fishing Relief Checks

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Hawaii Tuna Fishery Reopens, But Judge Could Quickly Close It

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