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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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New Zealand: Sealord’s new $70m freezer trawler will shortly be recruiting staff
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FBI, Coast Guard investigate disappearance of American Fisheries Observer off coast of Peru – “He’s just gone,”
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Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting June 19-25, 2019 in San Diego – Listen Live.
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Safety Training Offered for Commercial Fishermen in Cordova
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American boat patrols waters around new offshore wind farms to protect jobs
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Commercial Lobster Industry to be heard at Potlotek First Nation challenge to the Fisheries Act
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MV Leviathan II tragedy: Official rescue role for First Nations urged
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Fishing Law Privatizes Sea off Chilean Coast
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